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The use of synthetic data presents potentially transformative opportunities for health research, but more guidance is needed ...
Read the Google Docs version of the report Read the PDF version of the report This report aims to map the UK government’s activity on ‘data literacy’, as part of the ODI’s work supporting the ...
Data ethics maturity model: helping you assess your level of maturity in ethical data use The data ethics maturity model is a tool for anyone who collects, uses and shares data. It helps assess and ...
Report Building a better future with data and AI: a white paper This white paper outlines our vision for artificial intelligence (AI) in the UK, emphasising the need for robust data infrastructure, ...
At its simplest, open data requires just two things: data and openness. There are lots of aspects to openness, but at its most fundamental, the key is how the data is licensed. Data that doesn't ...
Blog Why we need to be responsible about data and the environment The risks to environmental sustainability will only increase as data and technology continue to proliferate. Data stewardship can be ...
As part of our partnership with Roche, the Open Data Institute (ODI) has been working to create materials to support healthcare leaders and professionals in accessing, using and sharing data in ...
Guide Reuser's Guide to Open Data Licensing All you need to know about open data licensing ...
The UK Government's newly published Modern Industrial Strategy is a significant recognition of the central role of data in the country's economic future. Data is explicitly treated as a strategic ...
In this report, we explore how organisations assess the potential social and economic value of sharing the data they hold or have access to.
With the support of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, our continued work in this area will help bring about new, and improve existing, ways for data to be stewarded responsibly for positive social, ...
A data trust provides independent, fiduciary stewardship of data Data trusts are an approach to looking after and making decisions about data in a similar way that trusts have been used to look after ...