Because good research needs good data

policy development

Our new policy briefing 'Common Directions in Research Data Policy' takes stock of last week's launch of the Concordat on Open Research Data, by four of the UK's leading research organisations, RCUK, HEFCE, Universities UK, and the Wellcome Trust. 
DCC staffers Angus Whyte and Martin Donnelly look at the wider context of the Concordat, which offers substantial new guidance on data policy directions that have been gathering pace for more than a decade.