Research Support Unit (RSU)
The Graduate School of Education is well resourced in terms of research support. Doctoral students are provided with a newly refurbished, modern Research Support Unit containing computers and other equipment, plus a variety of quiet work areas including allocated offices and 'drop in' space. The 'drop in' space is open to all postgraduate students, while allocated offices are only available to those in the research phase of their studies.
This Unit is open to research students, 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. The unit is located in South Cloisters - to gain access you will need to have your university card registered to work with the lock. The School’s IT support can help you do this.
The aim of the Research Support Unit is to provide an area dedicated to postgraduate students engaged in the research process. Further details about the use of the RSU and the allocation of desk space can be found in the Code of Good Practice on the Use of SELL's Research Support Unit and Its Facilities (document below).
RSU computers run a standard set of software packages and provide students with personal storage space on a server that can be accessed from any machine. Technicians located in South Cloisters support students in the use of RSU facilities.
Software currently available
- Microsoft Office 20037 (Word 2003 and Word 2007; Excel; Powerpoint) for word-processing, spreadsheets, statistics and creating presentations.
- Data analysis packages including: SPSS v15 and v16, NVivo v8, Atlas TI, HyperQual, Testfact, BilogMg, BEST, Hyperresearch
Graphics packages
- GIMP (Gnu Image Manipulation Program)
Others
- Textbridge Pro for OCR (Optical character Recognition). This scans in documents and converts them into an editable form.
- Endnote v10.2 (to help store & format bibliographies).
- RealPlayer
- Quicktime Player
- Flash Player
- Shockwave Player
- Java
- Primo PDF Creator
- Acrobat Reader v9
- WinRAR
Loan equipment
We have tape recorders, mini-disks and digital recorders (for interview recording) transcribers, Laptop computers, a portable OHP, a digital camera, a video player customised for transcribing, a digital camcorder, and a web camera.
Further information on these is available from the IT Technicians, email s.p.lunn@exeter.ac.uk
Other RSU services
The following services and resources are normally available through the RSU:
- use of the computer and printing facilities within the RSU
- access to the RSU telephone for urgent and work related calls
- use of a scanner
Documents
- Application for Use of RSU lockable Storage Space (doc, 41kb, 16/01/09)
- How To Access Exeter Emails (doc, 28kb, 10/02/09)
- Meeting with RSU Users 4th November 2008 (doc, 46kb, 14/11/08)
- Meeting with RSU Users 9th February 2009 (doc, 31kb, 09/03/09)
- Printing and Photocopying Procedures for RSU students (doc, 45kb, 05/11/08)
- Provision of Lockable Storage for RSU students (doc, 29kb, 05/11/08)
- Respurces Available for RSU students (doc, 37kb, 05/11/08)
- RSU Code of Practice (doc, 36kb, 05/11/08)
- RSU Request for Allocated Space Form (doc, 53kb, 09/09/09)