ChaveryResearch Companion

For colleges and universities

An institution buys a pool of research projects for the year, not a count of logins. Departments allocate projects from the pool as students begin their work.

How the pool works

You buy 50, 100, 250, 500 or 1,000+ projects a year. The per-project rate falls as the pool grows. Your administrator allocates a project to a student when they start, and sees what is used and what remains.

Who sees what

This is the part institutions ask about first, so it is worth stating plainly.

RoleCan seeCan change
Student (the researcher)Everything in their own projectEverything in their own project
Assigned guide or supervisorThe whole of their student’s project — plan, master chart, analyses and written sectionsNothing. A guide reviews, comments, approves or sends a section back; the student remains the author
Institution administratorMembers, departments, licence use and administrative reportingAdministrative records only
Other faculty in the institutionNothing, unless the student shares it with themNothing

An institution buys licences, not the research. An institution administrator does not see students’ research data by default. Where an institution requires administrative access to research data — for an ethics audit, for example — that must be granted explicitly and is recorded.

Pilot first

We start with a three-month pilot on a limited pool, running the whole journey with one department, before an annual licence is discussed. It is a better test of whether Chavery suits your students than any demonstration.

Arrange a pilot