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Follow the journey of University of Bath's roadmap development for EPSRC data science strategy, challenges, lessons learned, and future plans with an emphasis on alignment, roles, actions, and milestones. Discover the progress made, implementation strategies, and the need for further support in this comprehensive overview.
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University of Bath Roadmap for EPSRC Catherine Pink Institutional Data Scientist, Research360 UKOLN, University of Bath UKOLN is supported by:
Initial Roadmap Development • Started with an example of what had worked well elsewhere • Adapted to fit University of Bath’s strategic aims Challenges • Fitting output from another institution to your specific University’s needs • Different institutional aims / structure / resource / drivers opus.bath.ac.uk/31279
Alignment with EPSRC Expectations Roles and Responsibilities: Shared responsibility Leads identified Current Position: Where we are now Based on DAF Objectives: Where we need to be Not all included Gaps filled by new objectives Actions: How we’re going to get there Milestones: Success criteria Ensures compliance by 2015
Consultation & Approval What worked well • Close consultation with PVC Research • Rejection & feedback by Vice Chancellor’s Group Challenges • Finding the balance between ‘good enough’ and ‘gold standard’ • Realistic, achievable timescales Lessons Learnt • Balanced consultation - identified ‘stakeholder gap’ in data steering group
Implementation Progress so far • High level approval essential • Departments already taking responsibility for objectives Future plans & challenges • Transition from project based to embedded activities • Fitting additional responsibilities into existing workloads • Identifying resource for institutional activities
Further support required • Help with long term planning • Will funders move the goal posts? • How realistic are the risks? • Guidance on how to use public funding for RDM support • What can individual projects apply for? • What can be used to cover institutional costs? • Will future project funding be available?
Find out more • Roadmap for EPSRC opus.bath.ac.uk/31279 • Research360 blog blogs.bath.ac.uk/research360/ • New Research Data Website www.bath.ac.uk/research/data