Embedding sensitive data management best practice in institutional workflows

This half-day workshop will provide an overview of approaches to management of sensitive research data based on the collective experience of GW4 (https://gw4.ac.uk/) research data management support staff at the University of Bath, University of Bristol, Cardiff University, and University of Exeter, and how these approaches may be adapted for different institutional contexts. This will include design of consent forms, data management plans, and data sharing strategies, and how to embed this within the context of individual institutional workflows and policy frameworks. The workshop is structured as a train-the-trainer package, developed from material previously delivered as part of the UKRN Train-the-Trainer programme (https://www.ukrn.org/training/data-sharing-from-planning-to-publishing-8-may/). It will include both subject matter content and workshop/training delivery design. In the first part of the workshop we will deliver current GW4 best practice on design of consent forms to enable data sharing, data management planning for studies involving sensitive data, and strategies to enable sharing of sensitive data. Following this, there will be discussion of pedagogic approaches to delivering training on these topics. The last part of the workshop will be devoted to developing content based on the topics covered in the earlier parts – there will be space for attendees to develop their own training materials tailored to their own institutional contexts. Attendees will be able to design and test content blocks and receive feedback from peers and workshop organisers.