NORHED Rising Scholars learning opportunities

Through our partnership with Norad, researchers at African NORHED institutions can access a growing selection of free, high-quality online learning opportunities. These include both facilitated and self-paced courses, as well as flexible, on-demand resources to support your professional development and research practice. Click here to see the full list of African NORHED partner institutions.

Upcoming courses

Introduction to research ethics - starts February 17 

Course duration: 4 weeks

Course objectives:

• Evaluate the ethical soundness of your proposed research study.
• Critically assess ethical challenges and dilemmas across the research process, drawing on past examples of unethical research and current pressures on researchers.
• Apply step-by-step approaches to seeking ethical approval.

Who will find the course useful

• New researchers and those who have not applied for ethical approval before.
• Researchers who want to refresh their understanding of ethics in research.
• Members of an ethics committee/board who feels they need more support in their role.

Sign up

• Log in or create a learn@inasp account if you don’t already have one.
• Open the course enrolment page.
• Use the enrolment key Ethics_is_important and select “Enrol me”. Check carefully for spaces.

If you have not already done so, register here to receive regular information about the online learning opportunities available to researchers at NORHED universities in Africa through INASP's partnership with Norad.

Other learning opportunities available

Below you will find other ways to learn with Rising Scholars. Please also browse this website to get an idea of all the different ways Rising Scholars can support you!