'Understanding the OU’s new Research Data Management Policy' Webinar (February 2025)

In December 2024, a new Research Data Management Policy for the OU came into force. The updated policy brings the OU into alignment with the FAIR data principles, and includes some new requirements for research staff and postgraduate research students:

• A requirement for all projects to create a Data Management Plan

• A requirement to generate a metadata-only record on ORDO for data preserved/shared elsewhere

• A requirement to use an ORCID iD when publishing data, to unambiguously link data to specific researchers

• Policy now covers software in addition to research data

• Policy now covers scholarship in addition to research

Join Isabel Chadwick and Maxine Borton from the Library Research Support team to find out more about the new policy and how these requirements affect you, and an opportunity to ask questions.

Learning Objectives:

Find out about the new OU Research Data Management Policy, how it affects you and how to comply with the new requirements.

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students, Research Staff and Research Support Staff

RDF categories:

A1 Knowledge Base

C1 Professional Conduct

Registration: 

If you wish to attend, please register and you will be sent a calendar invitation. The session will be recorded, so if you cannot attend but would like to receive a link to the session recording, please register as normal and write in the registration page comments that you won’t be attending the live event. 

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