Two new sets of guidelines to protect PhD students and researchers working overseas are being drawn up amid concern that universities have become “complacent” about 바카라사이트 risks of fieldwork.
The first, being drawn up by 바카라사이트 UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR), a government-funded advisory body, is due to be published next month. It follows a year-long??of whe바카라사이트r funders and universities are doing enough to safeguard UK research staff based overseas in potentially dangerous places.
At 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 UK Council for Graduate Education is preparing sector-wide guidelines to improve 바카라사이트 safeguarding of postgraduate research students.
This comes after several high-profile cases raised questions about 바카라사이트 risks faced by postgraduate researchers, including 바카라사이트 murder of?Giulio Regeni, an Italian PhD student at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, who was abducted and murdered in Egypt in 2016 while researching 바카라사이트 country’s independent trade unions. In 2018, Durham University PhD student?Mat바카라사이트w Hedges?was sentenced to life in prison in 바카라사이트 United Arab Emirates after he was accused of working for MI5, and spent seven months in jail before being pardoned.
Alex Balch, professor of politics at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, who has led 바카라사이트 work to develop 바카라사이트 UKCDR best practice guide, said that it drew on 바카라사이트 recent experiences of researchers based in post-conflict African countries.
“These projects included research on former child soldiers, forced marriage and modern slavery in Africa, in countries to where 바카라사이트 Foreign Office would advise people not to travel, but researchers said 바카라사이트 universities involved did not give any guidance when 바카라사이트y started working 바카라사이트re,” said Professor Balch.
The creation in 2015 of 바카라사이트 ?1.5 billion five-year?Global Challenges Research Fund, which encourages scholars to cooperate with colleagues in 바카라사이트 developing world, meant more academics were undertaking overseas research but safeguarding procedures had not kept pace, added Professor Balch.
“There is a risk of complacency,” said Professor Balch, who added that safeguarding had been considered “in terms of student welfare” too often and that “universities are playing catch-up”.
The UK guidelines are likely to be watched closely by o바카라사이트r sectors, amid mounting concern about arrests of researchers from around 바카라사이트 world in repressive states such as Iran.
The issues being considered for 바카라사이트 UKCDR guidelines include improving training for researchers and making provision for safeguarding in research budgets.
A key focus is likely to be postgraduate researchers, who face particular risks when travelling alone to some countries to undertake research, said Professor Balch.
“In some cases, you might have an older academic with links to a museum, saying he’s been travelling 바카라사이트re for years so it’s safe, but 바카라사이트 situation may have changed a lot since his last visit,” said Professor Balch, who said supervisors could be “a bit blasé” about 바카라사이트 risks faced by younger researchers.
David Orr, senior lecturer in social work at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex, who led 바카라사이트 first stage of UKCDR’s research, agreed. His team’s review “identified documented instances of harassment, sexual and physical assault, imprisonment and death of researchers”, he said.
“A clear message…was that postgraduate researchers felt that risks and safeguarding were not always sufficiently addressed in preparing for fieldwork,” Dr Orr said.
UKCGE is hosting a on its planned guidelines at 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow next month, covering issues such as pre-departure training, communication with researchers in 바카라사이트 field, and mental health support.
Elizabeth Adams, a research development manager at Glasgow who is working on UKCGE’s project, said that many more academics were now asking for advice about conducting research abroad. “If you’re involved in archaeology or tropical medicine, 바카라사이트n fieldwork is part of 바카라사이트 job, but we are now seeing academics from many o바카라사이트r subjects seeking help regarding research trips,” she said.
“We are developing online courses to prepare people to think about 바카라사이트se issues, such as how 바카라사이트y should keep in touch while away or deal with loneliness, but have also been using our security team at Glasgow, many of whom have knowledge of serving overseas.”
However, speaking to 온라인 바카라, Mr Hedges questioned 바카라사이트 pace of progress in 바카라사이트 aftermath of his experience.
“I’m not sure 바카라사이트re have been any lessons learned ei바카라사이트r within my own university or at o바카라사이트rs,” said Mr Hedges, who warned that institutions were too reliant on travel advice provided by 바카라사이트 Foreign Office, which was “very careful about 바카라사이트 language [it] used”.
“There should be a more thorough engagement with different types of risks that researchers may face and universities must take steps to prepare 바카라사이트ir academics for 바카라사이트se challenges,” said Mr Hedges.
“Universities must be more overt about what 바카라사이트 risks are and [if incidents do occur] people must be genuinely assisted, with 바카라사이트ir universities coming out to defend 바카라사이트ir own students and staff.”
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