Simplifying REF compliance
To be eligible for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF), submissions published after 1 April 2016 must be made Open Access, i.e. available via an institutional or subject repository and free to read online or ...
The biggest lie on the internet
It is said that the biggest lie on the internet is "I have read and understood the terms and conditions". Can you honestly say that when presented with terms online, you read them carefully and ...
Seen these new CORD features?
Our Cranfield Online Research Data (CORD) repository uses the figshare platform, which is updated roughly every month, so you'll often see new features, improvements, or bug fixes. Three recent highlights you may be interested in ...
STEPs to working ethically with social media data
Social media posts can be an appealing source of data for researchers to analyse, such as in studies using location-based posts to map urban activity or using Twitter data to detect epidemic outbreaks. However, just ...
Four tips for consent forms
Having recently looked at data protection in research data management (RDM) generally, and anonymisation more specifically, now let's take a look at participant consent, as that's another common area for questions. Ethics support at Cranfield ...
Anonymising your research data
In our last RDM blog post we discussed data protection in general; now let's take a further look at anonymisation. The main message is to think about it early, planning well to ensure that data ...
Data protection in research data management
There was a young man we’ll name Paul, Who answered a short survey call. He provided his data And was shocked to see later, His age, faith, and health shared with all. This limerick is ...
But how will people find my data?
Researchers are now growing used to the increase in funder and publisher policies requiring them to share their research data. As a result, one question I've been asked a few times, when researchers prepare to ...
Love Your Data Week 2017
In case you've not seen the social media discussions, this week has been Love Your Data Week 2017. It's an international week to get people talking online about data management, sharing, preservation, and reuse; this ...
Why should we care about file formats?
Many funders require you to share your research data after your project, to increase its value and reach, and potentially increase your impact – and secure preservation makes your data easier to retrieve and understand if ...