{"id":600,"date":"2018-04-18T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T10:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/highly-relevant\/?p=600"},"modified":"2018-09-18T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T10:12:07","slug":"5th-data-conversations-stories-from-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/highly-relevant\/2018\/04\/18\/5th-data-conversations-stories-from-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"5th Data Conversations – Stories from the Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We recently held our fifth Data Conversations here at Lancaster University Library. These events bring researchers together and act as a forum to share their experiences of using and sharing data. The vibe’s informal and we provide our attendees with complementary coffee, cake and pizza…<\/p>\n

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It’s FAIR<\/a>\u00a0 to say that pizza is a popular part of the event. Who doesn’t love pizza…? The informal lunch at the start brings researchers together. It’s a chance to spark conversations and connections with colleagues from different disciplines and at different career stages.<\/p>\n

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Once again we had a great programme with contributions from three fantastic speakers:\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

Up first was Dr David Ellis<\/a>, Lecturer in Computational Social Science from the Psychology department and one of our Jisc Data Champions. David spoke about his experiences (including challenges and solutions) of working with National Health Service Data.<\/p>\n