Research Ready: a student-initiated workshop model for developing foundational research skills

Author:

Sivarajah Nivetha12,Irranious Jenevan A.1,Krishnamoorthy Sivagini1,Kalaineethan Thayaparan13,Kugathasan Deluxeani1,Sivanantham Uventhikka1,McMillan Mary E.2,Ketheesan Natkunam24ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Manitham, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

2. Science and Technology, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia

3. AIRIIS Software, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

4. Australian Tropical Solutions, Queensland, Australia

Abstract

ABSTRACT Travel restrictions, pandemics, economic downturn, and increasing costs in organizing workshops all impact on face-to-face training of undergraduates planning to undertake research. The inability to obtain basic, first-hand information regarding research in practice causes undue stress for students and leads to unrealistic expectations regarding research projects. Here, we describe how a student initiated online workshop, co-designed by a group of undergraduate leaders in conjunction with a panel of international academic researchers, and enabled the delivery of an introductory workshop on research training to meet student needs. Post-workshop, over 80%–95% of the participants rated their understanding of different aspects of research in practice as either being good or excellent. The design of this workshop provides an innovative template, in particular for resource-restricted countries, on how student-initiated workshops with multi-institutional academic collaboration could enhance training in research practice.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Education

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