RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT A DEVELOPING

RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT A DEVELOPING TOPIC • • Many funders now declaring that underpinning data as well as outputs are made publicly available Researchers increasingly want to share data Datasets can be very large and/or contain sensitive data How do Universities support researchers better?

RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT A DEVELOPING TOPIC § Working with academic staff to see what they need § Set up a Research Data Management Steering Group § Have a draft Data Management Policy § Have audited staff in HLS on their data uses and needs; about to do same in TDE (semester 1) § Plans to audit HSS and Business in Semester 2 (dates to be confirmed) § Have got DMP Online (Data Management Plan Online – amended from DCC original) for academic colleagues to use to lay out their data requirements § Have a Roadmap to demonstrate how meet EPSRC requirements on data management § Are speaking to other providers eg Oxford to see if they can help us with data storage and data sharing

RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT A DEVELOPING TOPIC § Some resources to help § http: //www. brookes. ac. uk/res/support/staff/managing_data/index_html This is a set of generic information on funder policies, international and national data repositories, EPSRC roadmap etc on the RBDO webpage § http: //www. brookes. ac. uk/library/research/resdatamanagement. html This is some more specific information on managing data on the Learning Resources website § https: //radar. brookes. ac. uk/radar/access/home. do? This is the link to RADAR, the University’s repository. Research data can be deposited here as well as outputs