Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/Y003829/1
Collaboration for Environmental Evidence Training Opportunities 2023 (CEETOP 2023)
Training Grant Award
- Lead Supervisor:
- Dr NP Randall, Harper Adams University, Agriculture and Environment
- Grant held at:
- Harper Adams University, Agriculture and Environment
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Marine
- Terrestrial
- Atmospheric
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution and Waste
- Science Topics:
- Earth & environmental
- Conservation Ecology
- Information & Knowledge Mgmt
- Analytical Science
- Abstract:
- This initiative is to deliver training, and provide mentoring support for PhD students, early career researchers, and others (eg policy workers) that are working or wish to work on systematic reviews within the NERC remit. The training consists of a taught training course, and mentoring. Each element can be attended independently. The training is led by specialists with experience of producing evidence syntheses for environmental policy and practitioner stakeholders. Training Course. A 4-day interactive short course taking participants through the stages of environmental systematic reviews, systematic maps & related syntheses to include: - An introduction to evidence syntheses, question setting, and protocol development - Stages of the systematic review/systematic map process (searching, screening, critical appraisal, data extraction, coding) - Making sense of data (meta-analysis, narrative synthesis, evidence mapping, strengths and weaknesses of different approaches) - Tools and resources to support evidence syntheses - Engaging with policy and industry stakeholders and end-users Learning outcomes - Recognise different types of evidence synthesis, & apply the most appropriate approach - Recognise the importance of planning, and create a draft protocol - Understand and apply steps of evidence synthesis processes and associated methods - Interpret and evaluate existing evidence syntheses and meta-analysis - Select the appropriate approach to synthesis for different data sets - Work with end-users and reviewers to plan and develop reviews and associated outputs. Activities will include taught sessions, workshop style sessions and hands-on activities and will consider: different evidence syntheses; specific stages of a review such as developing questions and inclusion criteria for a protocol, search strategies, screening, developing a data extraction/coding tool, critical appraisal. Consideration of stakeholder involvement, tools and resources, advantages and disadvantages of different approaches, and appropriateness of different outputs will all be considered. Mentoring - Participants can receive bespoke one-to-one support for an evidence synthesis on which they are working or about to commence (eg in specific stages of a review such as literature searching and reference management, metaanalysis, narrative synthesis, qualitative evidence synthesis in a specific type of review, or in a specific field. Mentoring support will be via online meetings and email (face to face will also be available where specifically requested). Mentoring is likely to be offered to people that have attended a ceetop course or had alternative equivalent training/practical experience of evidence syntheses, and will be offered in half day blocks. This proposal combines the complementary skills of two Institutions that form the UK Centre of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE).CEE has developed generic guidance for the conduct of systematic reviews and systematic maps for specific use in global environmental sector and is linked to the wider evidence synthesis community, which provides a cross-disciplinary support and perspective to this training. The need for more mechanisms to support evidence syntheses has been put forward by various policy organisations in recent years, and a 2018 Nature commentary authored by policy & academic collaborators (including the Chief Scientific Advisor at Defra) suggested that UKRI put in new mechanisms to support evidence syntheses alongside approaches to improve the rigour, inclusivity and accessibility of systematic reviews and other syntheses. This course will help build the capacity of people working in the sector that are able to deliver and interpret high quality evidence syntheses.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/Y003829/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Doctoral Training
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Advanced Training
This training grant award has a total value of £49,655
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
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