Research Register for Social Care - adding content

When you login, you will see a number of new options in the left-hand navigation bar. These are:

Edit your details – click here to change your personal details, including your username and password. Changes to your profile will only be seen in new records - please Contact us if you want to apply changes to existing content.

Add items – click here to add a new item to the Research Register. Data is added by filling in a a simple form. This form is identical to the form that is used for updating information.

Click here for further information about adding and updating records.

Delete or edit items – click here to see a list of all items you have added to the Research Register. This is the page that you arrive at when you login. Click on the title of an item to see the full record. From here you can update or delete the record using the 'Save' or 'Delete' buttons at the foot of the form.

Customise fields – click here to add your own fields to the database. You can use these customised fields to store management information or other data outside the core dataset. This information is only visible to you.

Remember that research activity recorded on the Register includes research studies, consultation, service evaluations and non-financial audit. The Register does not include student research undertaken purely for the purpose of obtaining an educational qualification.

We appreciate that there will be grey areas and if you are in any doubt we would encourage to add the project to the Register. Some discretion will be necessary and it may be also useful to look at some examples from the Register or to consult a colleague.

Before adding a new record , please check to ensure there are not duplicate records on the Register for the same piece of research.

Managing your records

New projects - please add a new record as soon as a piece of research activity has received research ethics and governance approvals.

Abandoned projects - please delete the record as soon as you become aware that a piece of approved research isn't going ahead.

Completed projects - please update the record when a piece of research is completed. You will need to Edit the following fields: Research Status, Estimated or end date and add to information to the Main Findings, Link to research outputs (link text), and Link to research outputs (link url).