The University has paid for an institutional subscription for access to a number of the Epigeum online courses. They are available via an external website hosted by Oxford University Press (the owners of Epigeum). This content is available to all SHU staff and students. Epigeum have refreshed their online platform and updated some of the modules and content to provide an improved user experience. (You are advised to access these using Chrome, Firefox or Microsoft Edge to gain full functionality as users have reported difficulties when using Internet Explorer).
To access the courses listed below you will need to register for an account at https://courses.epigeum.com/using your shu.ac.uk email address and enter the relevant token. You do not need to pay for these courses. Please see here for details on how to do this. The course hyperlinks below will work once you are logged in (they work best in Chrome, Firefox or Edge).
Research: enter token 1b54d4f6
Introduction to Research Skills (60 minutes)
- The importance of skills training and features of the Research Skills programme comprising of 17 courses covering Research methods, Entrepreneurship in the research context, Ethical research and transferable skills (60 mins)
Becoming an Ethical Researcher (110 mins)
- Ethical decision-making
- Underpinning values for ethical research
- Ethical concerns associated with different forms of research
- Ethical concerns associated with different research methods and activities
Research Ethics in Practice (105 minutes)
- Working with human participants
- Understanding research ethics approval
- Working ethically in challenging circumstances
- Working ethically in a global environment
Research Integrity, Second Edition
- Research Integrity: Core (250 mins)
- Good research conduct (25 mins)
- Irresponsible research practices (23 mins)
- Planning your research (28 mins)
- Managing and recording your research (36 mins)
- Data selection, analysis and presentation (33 mins)
- Scholarly publication (40 mins)
- Professional responsibilities (30 mins)
- Communication, social responsibility and impact (35 mins)
- Research Integrity: Supplementary (135 mins)
- Conflicts of interest (25 mins)
- Research involving human participants (34 mins)
- The care and use of animals in research (30 mins)
- Intellectual property (26 mins)
- Export controls (20 mins)
- Effective Management of Doctoral and Master’s Research (103 minutes)
- Intellectual property in the Research Context (118 minutes)
- Working with your Supervisors (102 minutes)
- An introduction to research impact (55 mins)
- The research impact process (120 mins)
- Tools and techniques for research impact (155 mins)
- Writing about impact: Guidance and templates (55 mins)
Research Methods, Second Edition
- Undertaking a Literature Review (105 mins)
- Literature review: An introduction (30 mins)
- Identifying literature for your review (25 mins)
- Evaluation of the literature (25 mins)
- Analysing the literature and writing up your review (25 mins)
- Principles of Research Methods (128 mins)
- Understanding and framing research (14 mins)
- Developing a research question (17 mins)
- Knowing about methodology (13 mins)
- Knowing about data collection methods (11 mins)
- Knowing about sampling methods (10 mins)
- Knowing about data analysis methods (15 mins)
- Networking, collaborating and connecting disciplines (12 mins)
- Protecting, managing and sharing research data (12 mins)
- Communicating, disseminating and publishing research (13 mins)
- Drawing the strands together: Producing a research proposal (11 mins)
Research Methods in Practice: Social Sciences (63 minutes)
- Data collection methods (33 minutes)
- Data analysis methods (30 minutes)
Research Methods in Practice: Arts and Humanities (58 minutes)
- Defining your methodology and designing your research (29 minutes)
- Conducting your research (29 minutes)
Research Methods in Practice: STEM (60 minutes)
- Data collection methods (33 minutes)
- Data analysis methods (27 minutes)
Entrepreneurship in the research context
- Academic entrepreneurship: An introduction (150 mins)
- Entrepreneurial opportunities: Recognition and evaluation (180 mins)
- Entrepreneurial resources: People, teams and finance (180 mins)
Professional Skills for Research Leaders
- PSRL – Introduction (90 mins)
- Developing and consolidating your research career (165 mins)
- Funding your research (120 mins)
- Managing a research team (180 mins)
- Research collaboration (150 mins)
- Communicating your research (210 mins)
Statistical Methods for Research – Biomedical Sciences / Business / Engineering / Natural Sciences / Social Sciences
- Introduction – Statistics in the context of research (135 mins)
- Thinking statistically – Describing data well (105 mins)
- Thinking statistically – Making good generalisations (115 mins)
- Which hypothesis test should I use? (108 mins)
- Statistical modelling (101 mins)
- Analysis of categorical data (91 mins)
- Conclusion: Putting your skills into practice (86 mins)
Supervising Doctoral Studies (First edition)
- Introduction: The doctoral context (60 mins)
- Attracting and selecting doctoral applicants (75 mins)
- Approaching supervision (75 mins)
- Setting your candidate on the right course (90 mins)
- Managing progress (105 mins)
- Expectations and preparing for examination (90 mins)
- Issues in supervision (90 mins)
- Continuing your supervisory development (60 mins)
- Conclusion: Practice scenarios and full programme resources (25 mins)
- Getting published in the arts (150 mins)
- Getting published in the sciences (120 mins)
- Intellectual property in the research context (150 mins)
- Career planning in the sciences (150 mins)
- Career planning in the arts, humanities and social sciences (150 mins)
- Working with your supervisor (120 mins)
- Managing your research project (180 mins)
- Conferences, presenting and networking (120 mins)
Teaching and Development
Enter token 02a92303 to access these via the SHU subscription.
Teaching Online (960 minutes)
- Introduction to teaching online
- Mastering online pedagogy
- Designing and developing your online course
- Being a successful online teacher
- Using technology tools for teaching online
- Studying online – a guide for students
University Teaching: Core Skills (replaces University and College Teaching)
University Teaching: Core Skills is an online course hosted by Epigeum which consists of six strands:
Strand 1: Introduction: Your Role in University Teaching and Learning (56 minutes)
- Thinking about teaching
- The higher education context
- Your training needs
Strand 2: Planning and Preparing Learning Activities (133 minutes)
- Introduction to key principles
- Planning and contextualising
- Approaches to active learning
- Active learning for online or blended delivery
- Developing learning resources
Strand 3: Teaching and Supporting Learning (100 minutes)
- Engaging and motivating learners
- Group work that works
- Laboratory and practical settings
- Environments outside of the university
Strand 4: Assessment and Feedback (94 minutes)
- Assessment for learning
- Feedback
- Marking and grading
Strand 5: Addressing Barriers to Student Success (75 minutes)
- Including all students
- Supporting students’ wellbeing
- Looking after yourself and looking out for others
Strand 6: Reviewing your Teaching (68 minutes)
- Evaluating your teaching
- Rethinking and redesigning
- Milestones and pathways for professional development
Teaching and Assessment for Nursing and Allied Health Educators (309 minutes)
- Clinical teaching and learning
- Clinical assessment, feedback and evaluation
University Teaching: Core Skills can be accessed by using the weblink https://courses.epigeum.com/ . You will need to create an account using your SHU email address and further guidance on this can be found on this link Please ensure that you don’t use a personal email address to create your account and don’t pay for any modules, as payments made in error cannot be refunded. All modules are covered by the SHU subscription, which is accessed by using your SHU email address