Finally, Friday is all about you! Hopefully by now you have had time to fill in our short survey – it will take you less than 5 minutes, go and do it now, I’ll wait …
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Love Data Week – Thursday – Open Data
Open data for government, citizens, researchers, and businesses can mean very different things. The people who created the Open Data Handbook describe it as “…data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone – …
Continue readingLove Data Week – Wednesday – Data & Digital Literacy
Fake news or not fake news? The world of social media, and the ever increasing volumes of information available on the internet has led to the crisis of so called ‘Fake News’ – information and …
Continue readingLove Data Week – Tuesday – Everyday data
One thing that we don’t focus enough on when talking about Data from our seats in an academic institution, is the everyday sort of data, the kind generated when you use social media or collected …
Continue readingLove Data Week – Monday – Help us help you!
Welcome to Love your Data Week! This week we are going to be talking about data from all perspectives starting with an investigation of the data that underpins the research that is done here at …
Continue readingNew for 2019: Term-time Tuesdays!
Just a short post today – don’t forget help and support is available on all of the above here on the blog, on Twitter, in person and also by email and on Skype. I’m normally …
Continue readingUniversities, Publishers, Journals and now Funders all back ORCID
Nine funders, including UKRI, Royal Society and Wellcome Trust have all signed an open letter pledging their commitment to implementing ORCID IDs: Full article on Research Professional This is a very welcome move that follows …
Continue readingGeneral Data Protection Regulation guidance for researchers
UK Research and Innovation has provided some guidance on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for researchers of all disciplines. The guidance has been compiled with the support of the Information Commissioner’s Office and is an …
Continue readingOpen Access Week – Finding and using OA resources
All this week we have been talking about Open Access and the benefits of sharing your work – but there is one more benefit for you! The fact that everyone else is making work Open …
Continue readingOpen Access Week – #ThesisThursday!
Welcome to #ThesisThursday, an event being held as part of Open Access Week, led by the British Library. Follow @EthosBL today or the hashtag #ThesisThursday to see what is going on! Last year the University …
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