Sharing experiences

Dealing with complex data issues

Sharing data is generally a simple task but sometimes complex issues can arise that need to be thought through carefully.

View our short videos made with some of our key depositing organisations, including Natcen, DECC and ISER and the academics who collect the Skills and Employment Survey series.

Our staff have advised many hundreds of depositors from government departments to academics on how to prepare and, where necessary, protect data. While we provide detailed guidelines for data producers on many of the key issues surrounding data preparation, we appreciate that some of the same questions crop up time and time again. These tend to involve challenges such as gaining consent, exceptionally sensitive data and uncertainty about ‘how much’ anonymisation to do.

Training

We run a programme of regular training workshops covering key areas of preparing and sharing research data.

Contact us

If you would like to discuss any of these issues further, email the Collections Development team or telephone: +44 (0)1206 872143.