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The Early Career Researcher Institute<\/a>\u00a0(ECRI) is carrying out a survey to find out how Early Career Researchers (ranging from doctoral students to early career lecturers) use generative AI as part of their research process.<\/p>\n

Our goal is to understand what practices are currently common in the community with a view to disseminating best practice, informing the teaching provision we provide to the community, and advocating on the behalf of ECRs in the Imperial community at large.<\/p>\n

The link can be found here<\/a>, and should take around 10 minutes to complete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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