Open Research

There are a number of really helpful sources of information on anonymising research data for sharing. UK Data Archive (UKDA) advice on anonymisation of quantitative and qualitative data: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/create-manage/consent-ethics/anonymisation UKDA presentation on anonymisation techniques to enable data sharing: http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/eventsdocs/consentdec09vvde1.pdf University of Edinburgh provide explanation and some useful examples: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/records-management-section/data-protection/guidance-policies/anonymisation Information Commissioners Office code of practice […]

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We have a draft research data management policy progressing through various working groups and then on to committees at the University. However, we could not have reached this stage without the support of staff from the Digital Curation Centre. They gave a workshop where they advised us on the points our policy should cover and […]

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We were very fortunate to have support from Digital Curation Centre (DCC) staff when devising some research data management training sessions, drafting our research data management policy and having a first look at data management planning. They facilitated three sessions to kick-start our research data management activities and these were well received by all in […]

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Feedback from attendees at a recent RDM overview session in the University Library pointed to a few areas of concern: Protecting future research based on data collected in a project. Difficulties in sharing due to confidentiality agreements signed by participants several years ago. Participants can not be contacted retrospectively as the sensitive nature of the […]

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