Tools and technologies to support research

Providing you with the resources, tools and technologies to support you in the development of your digital skills and capabilities

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We offer a range of digital skills, tools and technologies to enable and enhance research.

ArcGIS is a software that enables the handling and analysing of geographic information by visualising geographical statistics.

Endnote

EndNote is software that enables you to keep track of the bibliographic references you discover through the course of your literature searching. It works with Microsoft Word to enable automatic formatting of references in your documents.

Gradbook

Use GradBook to set up and record notes on your supervisory meetings, completed research degree candidate milestone forms and to check your deadlines online.

Jisc online surveys

The Jisc online survey tool is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys tool. Specifically designed for Academic Research, Education and Public Sector organisations, it allows you to develop, deploy, and analyse surveys via the web.

LinkedIn Learning

Freely available to all students and staff, 24/7, LinkedIn Learning is a continually growing and evolving library of training videos and tutorials, covering a wide range of software, technologies and business topics.

MATLAB

MATLAB is a programming and numeric computing platform used by millions of engineers and scientists to analyse data, develop algorithms, and create models

NVivo

NVivo is an easy-to-use, collaborative qualitative analysis software that allows researchers to import, organize, explore, connect and collaborate on their data to reveal more significant insights from their qualitative data faster.

SPSS software

A suite of software programs that analyses scientific data related to the social sciences. SPSS offers a fast-visual modeling environment that ranges from the smallest to the most complex models.

Turnitin

Turnitin is an originality checking service available to students. It is provided as a tool within Moodle, using text matching software, to help develop best practice for using and citing other people's work.