 Hello, my name is Dr Jay Simon Rhoaf, researcher and academic at SOAS University of London. I'd like to talk to you about the understanding research methods summer school that we're going to be running online in the summer of 2020 here at SOAS. It would be a great opportunity for us to welcome you and to help you with your research. Our job is to demystify what research is about, make it accessible, make it relevant to the work that you're doing. Even when you might not consider what you're doing as high level academic research, maybe you're working in the professional sector, private sector, NGO, nonetheless research is something that's fundamental to lots of the work that's undertaken these days, particularly as we're desk bound due to COVID-19. We have to be able to utilise different methodologies, different skill sets, making sure that what we're doing is valid and, you know, accountable to whoever our stakeholders may be. That might just be yourself in completing a piece of research for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree or to a board of trustees or governors, but making sure that what you're doing is rigorous, well thought out and well resourced. Research matters whether you're an academic, putting together scholarly papers or working in the field, working in the likes of medical world or anywhere else. We have to be able to understand the values that underpin research, where does research come from, why should you care and what difference it makes to the outcome. These are important ethical and moral considerations in the way you conduct your research and on this course we'll explore each and every one of those, making sure that you have the appropriate skill set to be able to engage with your project, deliver to a deadline and to make sure that you can do so in an ethical and well thought out way. Hope you'll be able to join us and feel free to be in touch with any questions. Thank you.