Andy Turner, Jisc data champion from the University of Leeds, argues “Data should be as open as possible and as closed as necessary” in a recent piece published in Times Higher Education. The article provides some…
An important component of research data management is a sound data management plan (DMP). It is good practice to have one at the start of any research project, but even more so, many funders now require a DMP…
The UK Data Service are running a series of webinars to get you up and running with data management and with finding and using UK Data Service data: Introduction to the UK Data Service, 24 April 2018, 15.00 – 16.00 BST…
The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018 is fast approaching. If your research involves working with people or data about them, then this new framework for legal and ethical…
The Jisc project ‘FAIR in Practice’ explores questions around how data is used in research, and to what extent it is findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. The focus groups will allow participants to…
Over the next few months, the UK Data Service will run a series of introductory webinars to help you navigate the data that they hold. All webinars are free and run from 15.00—16.00. Webinars on key data focusing on…
Do you want to know more about managing, organising and storing your research data? Do you need to write a data management plan? If yes, you will find the following workshops very useful. Managing, sharing and…
The team behind the Online Research Database Service (ORDS) at the University of Oxford are running a short survey on behalf of Jisc, looking at how researchers choose and use databases to manage research data: If you…
If you want to know about how using digital technology can enhance data capture, you may be interested in attending the free workshop held in London on the 20 November 2015 and organised by The London School of Hygiene…
Do you have questions about managing your research data or files? Do you want to know more about new funders’ requirements for data? The Research Data Management team can help! Book a meeting with one of us using our…