Library Help: Office For Open Research

What is open research data? 

Research data forms a valuable output from the research process, with potential for reuse by the wider research community. Making research data open, where possible, is a key component of open research practice and research data management, and enables research to be replicated, validated and/or further built upon by other researchers. 

Not all data can be made open, but you should aim to make it as FAIR as possible.  

Research practices which enable open data 

There are a number of Open Research practices which you can apply to ensure your data is accessible and reusable. Find out more about considerations on sharing or restricting research data.

• Managing data under the FAIR principles 

• Data Stewardship 

• Data management planning 

• Data publishing 

• Open formats and licensing such as Creative Commons 

• Data Access Statements 

Open Research Skills Framework 

Open data is one of five themes within the Open Research Skills Framework. Find out more about our support for open data and the Open Research Skills Framework through the Library’s My Research Essentials programme. 

Further support

Need any help? You can find more articles about research data-related topics or get in touch with the team.