The guidelines are specifically designed for those researchers making measurements at the postgraduate level. However, the guidelines should be valuable to anyone involved in postgraduate study and its supervision.
The guidelines have been designed to help improve the quality of data produced during postgraduate research and ensure there is documented evidence of their reliability. They do not provide a guaranteed formula for instant success but indicators for personal use and interpretation by postgraduates and their supervisors.
The guidelines complement the recent documents produced by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Research councils. Together with the other documents, the guidelines will help researchers plan their studies, design experiments, measure and interpret quality data and provide help in constructing a record of Continuing Professional Development.
The guidelines have been prepared by the LGC with the assistance of a specially formed working group of staff from a number of universities. The RSC and the Research Councils were also consulted. Other staff and research students have reviewed the material and their comments have been incorporated.
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