data

Mark Whiteley, Climate Action Scope 3 Data Officer in the Sustainability & Space Team, writes a guest blog on his experience of creating Data Management Plans for non-research purposes and why they are helpful.   So why did I make...

I’m sorry, what’s the connection?  It’s the University of Bath’s Green Week and we all want to make the biggest changes to our carbon footprint with the lowest effort.  While no-one would normally look at Information Governance for sustainability gains,...

Deleting Personal Data after a specified period of time (outlined in the University’s Records Retention Schedule) is a legal requirement, but what if some data slips through the net?  All of our OneDrives contain files that are automatically saved and...

Imagine you’ve been promoted. You’re ecstatic on your first week of your new job and nothing can bring you down.   You get an email from a former colleague, someone that was passed over for this promotion before bitterly moving to a new job. They ask to see all the emails...

Introduction It’s your first day at the University, and you’re trying to find out more about the student population and you need some data. Having spoken to a few colleagues, you know that this data is really important and underpins...

Do you know how to connect with alumni from your faculty? Or are you in touch with alumni directly? Would you like to contact alumni for course promotion, research collaboration, industry insight or fundraising and mentorship opportunities? Do you need the most up to date data...

Picture the scene: your manager approaches you and asks, “how many international students do we have?” No problem. You pull up the data, you calculate it, you get a number. You are diligent in your work, so you ask your...

According to the Information Commission, personal data breaches are any breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data. It is really important that colleagues report any potential breaches...

If data is the stuff that keeps the University in motion, information is what drives it forward and records supply proof of the direction of travel, then archives allow us to see the roads we’ve taken and how far we’ve...

We all need to share data and information as part of daily life at the University, whether its research, committee papers, or names for the team away day. But with great data comes great responsibility. Please read on to make...