The Career Professional’s Guide to Research - Resources

These resources are designed to accompany The Career Professional's Guide to Research.

Designed by author and research expert, Emma Bolger, these practical resources will support you through your research journey.

They include: 

  • AGCAS code of ethics examples and worksheet: How is the code relevant to your specific research project or to career research in general? 
  • Plan and understand research example and worksheet:
    Use this table to consider how the existing skills in your practice map onto the 
    expectations of a researcher. 
  • SWOT analysis example and worksheet: Focusing on the skills you have, the confidence they give you to disseminate your work in each form, and how you might address any challenges.
  • When samples go wrong example and worksheet: How could issues be avoided? What actions could be taken to mitigate them? 
  • Your early project plan example and checklist: The start of a research project inevitably involves many questions. At the outset of your project, you may find it helpful to note down the answers to these questions on a checklist.