Certificate of Achievement
Alessandra da Silva Figueiredo
has completed the following course:
This course focused on safeguarding in research and international development. Through videos, exercises, activities and readings, we discussed principles of safeguarding and shared good practices. We reflected on potential dilemmas and issues related to procedures, contexts, ethics.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Maria Grazia Imperiale
Lecturer in Adult Education
The University of Glasgow
Giovanna Fassetta
Senior Lecturer in Social Inclusion
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Demostrate knowledge of main safeguarding principles, including definitions of abuse and harm, ethics, safeguarding; reporting and responding mechanisms
- Explore the role of safeguarding within the broader international research field and within research processes
- Interpret safeguarding within your own contexts
- Collaborate with other learners to develop translations and applications of safeguarding principles that can be used for a specific context
- Reflect on the new knowledge gathered during the course
- Evaluate how the new knowledge will shape future practices
Syllabus
- Basic safeguarding principles, including the meaning of safeguarding, why safeguarding is necessary, codes of conduct, and the difference between research ethics and safeguarding
- Reporting mechanisms (possible issues related to reporting, and how to identify emergency contacts) and responding mechanisms (safeguarding investigations, how to manage expectations, and what happens if colleagues are involved)
- Contextualising safeguarding in research (including online safety, language and translation of principles, and post-COVID research)
- Co-developing safeguarding policies
Issued on 23rd July 2026
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