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Researcher Development : Trusted Research Essentials - Secure and Informed Collaboration

Description

Theme:

Education and Research

Category:

Education and Research .

This activity is for Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers.

This session will be DELIVERED VIRTUALLY - joining instructions will be provided beforehand.

About this course:

Trusted Research helps ensure that research remains open, collaborative, and secure.

In this course, participants will be introduced to the key principles of Trusted Research and the importance of managing risks associated with international collaboration.

Staff will learn how to identify potential threats and implement practical safeguards to protect people, research, data, knowledge, and assets from theft, misuse, and undue influence.

The course explores the key principles of Trusted Research:.

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- Know Your Activity - understanding the nature, purpose and potential sensitivities of your research or innovation activity.

- Know Your Partners - due diligence on collaborators and funders and end user risks.

- Know Your Legal Obligations - recognising and complying with relevant legal and regulatory requirement, including Export Controls, the National Security and Investment Act and the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

- Know Your Threat - identifying and mitigating potential security risks and vulnerabilities.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to recognise potential risks, and understand processes designed to protect research, people, data and innovation.

Learning outcomes:

As a result of attending this course, you will be able to:.

- Apply the four Trusted Research principles: Know Your Activity, Know Your Partners, Know Your Legal Obligations and Know Your Threat.

- Recognise key legal and regulatory requirements affecting research collaborations.

- Understand institutional processes that support secure research and innovation activity.

Who should attend this course:

The course is specifically designed Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers.

If you have accessibility requirements, please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk in advance to discuss further.

Presenter(s):

This session is delivered by Tim Wilkinson.

Tim is the university's Export Control and Trusted Research Specialist Advisor.

https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/24884-tim-wilkinson

Before the course:

No preparation is required for this course.

A joining link will be provided beforehand.

Learning provider:

This course is administered by Researcher Development; please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk for more details.

If you register for any of our sessions, it is expected that you will attend.

If you are not able to attend please log in to the `iTrent' online system to remove your name from the relevant activity before it is due to take place.

You will be expected you to attend for the whole session and for ease of administration, attendance registers will be taken at the end of each session.

Should you need to leave a session early or you experience ongoing technical issues, please email ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

This course occurs on the following dates
DateLocationStartFinishCostTrainer(s)Places
Available
07/10/2026 Delivered Virtually 14:00 15:00 Free Tim Wilkinson 24
10/02/2027 Delivered Virtually 14:00 15:00 Free Tim Wilkinson 24
16/06/2027 Delivered Virtually 14:00 15:00 Free Tim Wilkinson 25
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