Open, reproducible and responsible research

This workstream sits alongside existing University approaches to research data management (RDM) and the work of the Office for Open Research. Planned activity is further shaped by RLP’s secure research environment engagement work. The University Library already works to provide researchers with clear guidance to the management of research data and FAIR data principles.

The next phase of RLP will further develop RDM services, training, and processes as well as help support a community of data stewards across the University. This will include the review and development of open research platforms and ensuring they meet the changing needs of researchers across all disciplines. Solutions for archiving of research outputs will also feature in this workstream.

We will deliver projects to meet our aspiration to become a research institution that is recognised as world-leading for our secure environment. New approaches will ensure that our funders, collaborators and regulators have confidence that we are working in a secure way, with Responsible Research as an underpinning principle. Within this theme, we will look at the changes needed to be made to policy, technology, process and behaviours.

Success here will see the environment in which we work enable researchers to thrive and produce work of the highest quality in its ambition, rigour, integrity and creativity. This will be underpinned by a joined-up service offering across libraries, professional services and cultural institutions that make it easy for researchers to ensure our data is ‘as open as possible, and as closed as necessary.’