Academia
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Guides we are writing
How to turn a topic into a researchable question
The single most common reason a study is weak.
Choosing a study design: a decision guide
What the question, not the budget, should determine.
Sampling: a plain-language introduction
Frames, methods and the difference between them.
Sample size — what it depends on and what it does not
Including why “10% of the population” is not a method.
Writing a research protocol
Structure, and the omissions reviewers notice.
Developing and piloting a questionnaire
Why an untested instrument is a hypothesis.
Reading a paper critically: a checklist
For students, and for anyone citing one.
Preparing an ethics application
What committees actually ask for.
Choosing a journal — and avoiding predatory ones
The checks that take ten minutes.
Responding to reviewers
How to disagree well.
Templates and checklists
PROTOCOL & PLANNING
Research protocol template · data management plan template · analysis plan template · consent form and information sheet templates
REPORTING CHECKLISTS
STROBE for observational studies · CONSORT for trials · PRISMA for systematic reviews · COREQ for qualitative research
CALCULATION & APPRAISAL
Sample size guidance and calculators · journal evaluation checklist · critical appraisal checklists
Learning and training
Workshops, webinars and short courses on research methods, statistics, qualitative analysis and scientific writing — for individuals and for institutions.
For institutions, we deliver methodology and statistics training for postgraduate programmes and research departments, usually under an MoU that also covers methodological clinics and analysis support.
Upcoming methods sessions, workshops and training will be listed here with dates and a registration link. To ask about a session for your department or institution, get in touch.
Opportunities
- Research internships
- Volunteer research assistant positions
- Collaboration for early-career researchers
- Student research support
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