Training

1. Information Governance training is now available, provided by e-LfH (an NHS organisation). The University has registered to access this NHS resource and individual accounts can be set up by sending name and email address to Andrew Burnham.
2. There is now a standard University Privacy Impact Assessment process where data collection or receipt, or systems purchase or development may have privacy consequences 
3. The University has adopted a simple data classification model which must be applied by the research PI and/or data owner
4. We share our RDM survey: overview findings presentation as well as the results of our 2015 survey on Your research data management needs
5. There is now a University Information Governance web presence
6. Our Data Management Planning documents have been updated - hard copies can be obtained if you contact researchdata@le.ac.uk
7. Jisc has published a new RDM strategy document - "Directions for RDM Management in UK Universities"
8. The Partridge Review - HSCIC Data Release Review - Full report (3.58 Mb) and Summary
9. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have published a new Research data policy underpinned by nine core principles and Data management plan guidance (26/03/2015)
10. RDM Principles approved by the University.
11. DMPonline version 4.0 - DCC "DMPonline" (Data Management Planning) v4 has gone live. You can use this web based form to create your Data Management Plan, and share it with your collaborators.
12. Research funder specific web pages (accessible via 'Data Planning & Management - What you need to do') for data planning and management guidance (AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, and STFC)
13. 'Data Planning & Management - what you need to' - a web page to take you through what you need to do about data planning and management.
14. 'RDM - The Movie' is released! The 4 minute digital story of research data work here at Leicester.

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