Figure 1
Conceptual diagram of Research Data Management (RDM) unit support to individual departments before (a) and after (b) implementation of the Data Champion (DC) Programme, illustrating the increased reach of RDM expertise within the University. The RDM unit is based within the Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC). The departments named are purely for illustration.
Table 1
Documented Data Champion activities as of January 2019.
| Workshops & Presentations | Other Activities |
|---|---|
| File management | Open Data FAQ |
| Data sharing | Bite-size emails |
| Avoiding data disasters | Training needs analysis |
| Writing data management plans | 1:1 RDM and data analysis support |
| Repositories | Data Policy |
| Code management | Data Audit |
| GitHub introduction | Outreach materials |
| ‘Bring your own data’ workshop | Electronic Lab Notebook trial |
Figure 2
Data Champion primary School affiliations within the University of Cambridge (46 active champions in Jan 2019). No current DCs are affiliated with the School of Arts and Humanities. ‘Affiliated Institution’ incorporates areas of the University which do not come under the scope of the six academic Schools of the University.
Figure 3
Data Champion roles (46 active champions in Jan 2019). Roles were assigned based on job titles. ‘Student’ includes all postgraduate students (Masters and PhD). ‘Data professionals’ are those who deal with research data directly in their day-to-day work but are not researchers. ‘Other’ includes roles such as administrators.