Research Integrity e-learning Programme
Staff and students at Newcastle University can access free online training in research integrity.
The online programme is developed by Epigeum, their research integrity training is beneficial because it provides a consistent, portable, and internationally recognised standard of training that can facilitate collaboration, career development, and interdisciplinary research. There are three options within the Research Integrity collection:
Research Integrity
The primary course Research Integrity provides a comprehensive overview of how researchers can meet their responsibilities, setting out the key principles and practices of responsible research practice and guiding learners through the lifecycle of a research project. It is broken down into eight core modules and six supplementary modules.
Research Integrity: Refresher
Research Integrity: Refresher is designed for researchers who have completed research integrity training in the past. It will help you to check your knowledge of your responsibilities and to stay up to date with changes to relevant policies and guidelines. It also provides an overview of current and emerging topics relating to research integrity. We recommend completing refresher training every 2-3 years.
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers is designed for senior and established researchers, principal investigators, and research leaders who want to strengthen integrity across every stage of the research lifecycle.
The programme offers practical, real-world guidance across three core themes: leadership and research culture, research design and planning, and global, ethical collaboration. The programme is broken into short, focused courses, enabling flexible learning that fits around busy schedules. Participants can tailor their learning experience to reflect their role, responsibilities, and professional priorities.
Accessing the e-learning programme
The e-learning materials can be accessed by staff and students here: Epigeum Research Integrity Collection
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Refresher Training
Anyone who has previously completed Research Integrity training should complete the below modules every 2-3 years. The first module will help to identify any gaps in your knowledge so you can revisit training in these areas.
Research Integrity: Refresher
Research integrity knowledge check
UK policy updates
Current and emerging issues
Early Career Researchers, including RAs and PGRs
All Early Career Researchers, including Research Associates/Assistants and Postgraduate Researchers, are recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity: Core Modules
Responsible research practice
Irresponsible research practice
Planning your research
Managing and recording your research
Data selection, analysis and presentation
Scholarly publication
Professional responsibilities
Communication, social responsibility and impact
Research Integrity: Supplementary Modules
Conflicts of interest
Trusted research and export controls
ECRs who work with animals are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
The care and use of animals in research
ECRs who undertake research involving human participants are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Research involving human participants
ECRs looking to copyright, patent, and/or commercialise their work or who would like to find out more about intellectual property and the ownership of their research are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Intellectual property
Academics, including Research Fellows
All Academics who have not previously completed Research Integrity training are recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity: Core Modules
Responsible research practice
Irresponsible research practice
Planning your research
Managing and recording your research
Data selection, analysis and presentation
Scholarly publication
Professional responsibilities
Communication, social responsibility and impact
Research Integrity: Supplementary Modules
Conflicts of interest
Trusted research and export controls
Research supervision and mentorship
Academics who have previously completed Research Integrity training are recommended to complete the below modules every 2-3 years:
Research Integrity: Refresher
Research integrity knowledge check
UK policy updates
Current and emerging issues
Academics with a management, supervisory, or leadership capacity to their research role, such as Principal Investigators, supervisors, Group Leaders, Directors of Expertise, Directors of Postgraduate Research, Directors of Research, and research related Deans are additionally recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Leadership and research culture:
- Fostering positive research cultures
- Responsible research leadership and communication
- Preventing authorship issues and resolving disputes
Experienced Academics, including Principal Investigators, supervisors, grant recipients, and project budget holders, are additionally recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Research design and planning
- Strategic project planning
- Data integrity and management
- Reproducibility and open research
Academics working with international partners are additionally recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Ethical and global collaboration
- Building equitable and trusted partnerships
- Navigating international collaborations
Academics who work with animals or who are involved in ethics review processes for animal research are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
The care and use of animals in research
Academics who undertake research involving human participants or who are involved in ethics review processes for research with human participants are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Research involving human participants
Academics looking to copyright, patent, and/or commercialise their work or who would like to find out more about intellectual property and the ownership of their research are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Intellectual property
Professional Services (Administrative & Operational)
All Professional Services colleagues who support research are recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity: Core Modules
Responsible research practice
Irresponsible research practice
PS colleagues who directly support research projects, such as Project Managers, are additionally recommended to complete this module to help build their understanding of the responsibilities of everyone involved:
Research Integrity: Core Modules
Professional responsibilities
If you travel abroad for your work or work with international partners, this additional module is recommended:
Research Integrity: Supplementary Modules
Trusted research and export controls
PS colleagues supporting publications via the Current Research Information System and Library Research Services staff are additionally recommended to complete these modules:
Research Integrity: Core Modules
Scholarly publication
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Research design and planning:
- Reproducibility and open research
PS colleagues involved in copyright or patents (including Business Development and Enterprise colleagues) are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary Modules
Intellectual property
PS colleagues who work on the Farms or with animals at any other sites or who are involved in ethics review processes or committees for animal research are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
The care and use of animals in research
PS colleagues who directly support research involving human participants or who are involved in ethics review processes or committees for research with human participants are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Research involving human participants
PS colleagues involved in funding decisions, such as the allocation of funds from internal funding pots, are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Conflicts of interest
PS colleagues who support research with a management or leadership capacity to their role, such as Heads of Faculty Research, School Research Managers, and Centre for Doctoral Training Managers, are additionally recommended to complete the below modules, as are colleagues involved in the Research Culture Programme, such as Project Leads:
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Leadership and research culture:
- Fostering positive research cultures
- Responsible research leadership and communication
Technicians
All Technicians are recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity: Core Modules
Responsible research practice
Irresponsible research practice
Planning your research
Managing and recording your research
Scholarly publication
Professional responsibilities
If you travel abroad for your work or work with international partners, the below additional module is recommended:
Research Integrity: Supplementary Modules
Trusted research and export controls
Technicians who work on the Farms or with animals at any other sites or who are involved in ethics review processes or committees for animal research are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
The care and use of animals in research
Technicians who support research involving human participants or who are involved in ethics review processes or committees for research with human participants are additionally recommended to complete this module:
Research Integrity: Supplementary
Research involving human participants
Technical Managers and leadership are additionally recommended to complete the below modules:
Research Integrity for Experienced Researchers
Leadership and research culture:
- Fostering positive research cultures
- Responsible research leadership and communication
- Preventing authorship issues and resolving disputes
Wellcome Funded Projects
Research Integrity training is a funder requirement for all colleagues and students involved in Wellcome Funded Projects.
Best practice is for colleagues and students involved in Wellcome funded projects to complete all of the relevant modules identified in their role pathways, but as a minimum we ask that colleagues and students complete all of the Research Integrity: Core Modules listed for their roles.
Colleagues and students involved in Wellcome funded projects who have previously completed Research Integrity training, either at Newcastle University or another institution, should complete the Research Integrity: Refresher modules every 2-3 years in accordance with the Refresher Training pathway.
Support
For general enquiries please contact res.policy@ncl.ac.uk. If you have completed courses/modules from the Research Integrity e-learning prior to 24/2/26, evidence of completion is available from res.policy@ncl.ac.uk.
For technical support please visit the Epigeum help page or contact the Epigeum Technical Support Team.