UK TRE Community meeting - March 2024#
- Date:
- Time:
09:30 - 13:00
- Registration:
- Location:
Online
Background#
The UK TRE Community is a community of over 200 people that has grown organically over the last year for anyone interested in TREs, including researchers, operators, information governors, managers and more, from all sectors and disciplines.
The core aims of fostering collaboration and sharing of innovative ideas to support the delivery of groundbreaking research with sensitive data have resonated across the UK and beyond.
The community has a website, an active mailing list and Slack channel, and working groups tackling shared problems. We also run quarterly events like this for the community to come together, discuss ideas and problems within the TRE space and work collaboratively together on possible solutions and ways forward!
Agenda#
Time |
Agenda Item |
|---|---|
09:30 - 09:45 |
Welcome and intro |
09:45 - 10:30 |
|
10:30 - 10:45 |
|
10:45 - 10:55 |
Break |
10:55 - 11:00 |
Intro to breakout session 1 |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Breakout session 1 (see below) |
11:45 - 11:55 |
Break |
11:55 - 12:00 |
Intro to breakout session 2 |
12:00 - 12:45 |
Breakout session 2 (see below) |
12:45 - 13:00 |
Wrap up |
Keynote#
Dr Chris Russell, Head of NHS Research SDE Network: Data for R&D
Community updates#
Launch of the Researcher Access Service at Research Data Scotland in Spring 2024#
Katie Oldfield
The service is a streamlined pathway for data professionals. It digitises the process for the first time, making it simpler to apply to access Scottish Public Sector data for research.
Initially launching with 9 datasets https://www.researchdata.scot/our-work/current-projects/researcher-access-service/
Scottish Safe Haven Charter Refresh#
Katie Oldfield
Scottish Safe Haves are refreshing the charter to reflect advances in Scotland and across the UK https://www.researchdata.scot/our-work/current-projects/scottish-safe-havens-steering-group/
Public Engagement Fund Completed#
Katie Oldfield
We funded eight projects across Scotland to carry out public engagement activities around data. Their findings, summaries and contact details are available online for more info https://www.researchdata.scot/our-work/shaping-our-services/public-engagement/
DARE federated architecture blueprint v. 2.0 out soon#
Rob Baxter
Working Groups#
Citizen Agency Working group#
Pete Barnsley
The UK TRE Working Group on Citizen Agency has recently developed a draft scope and output report framework available here.
It was recognised that citizens could have much more involvement in research and this would be a good thing. How it relates to Information Governance and data release processes is a key area.
It would be very useful if everyone read the initial reports from January.
Input to the proposed Discussion Document is particularly welcome - ideas on services that both citizen and researcher may want and views on the Information Governance implications and impacts on federation approaches.
Extending control Working Group#
Pete Barnsley
The UK TRE Working Group on Extending Control has recently developed a draft scope and output report framework available here.
It was generally recognised this is a key area, how Information Governance can be extended by technology, but views on how and the extent to which they differ are varied.
It would be very useful if everyone read the initial reports from January, and shared views on issuing a “Request for Input”.
This process would collect solutions, or components to one, and ideas on how extending control can be implemented.
Also it would be helpful to have thought about the constituencies that should be approached and how to do that.
SATRE Working group#
Chris Cole
We had a successful meeting on 27th Feb where several topics around implementation, evaluation and accreditation were discussed which we’re in the process of bringing together and reporting on.