Research Data Management: Data Champions

To enhance research impact, funding potential and REF performance through increasing faculty engagement with open research data in line with external funder, REF2021 and BU2025 requirements. 

To increase deposits in BU Research Data Repository (BORDaR) by supporting faculty colleagues and advocating RDM best practice.

To champion a positive culture in the faculty towards the management, deposit and re-use of research data

Each Faculty Data Champion has a responsibility to:

1. Advocate RDM best practice within the faculty
2. Maintain an awareness of externally funded projects within their faculty
3. Maintain an awareness of PGR research (including externally funded  studentships within their faculty
4. Support colleagues in the management and deposit of research data to ensure compliance with external funder, REF2021 and BU2025 requirements
5. Support colleagues in ensuring that research data is deposited in BORDaR or an alternative data repository (and documented in BORDaR where this is the case)
6. Work with Library and Learning Support to develop RDM guidance
7. Support faculty colleagues in developing Data Management Plans (DMPs)
8. Represent their faculty at Faculty Data Champion meetings

3 years; review with Faculty research heads.

Faculty Data Champions (or delegated representative) are expected to attend Faculty Data Champion meetings.

Role description drafted November 2018. Role reviewed and agreed June 2020.