Research Data Management Training for Support Staff: A DaMaRO Project Survey

In March and April 2013, the DaMaRO Project ran a survey for University of Oxford staff whose roleinvolves supporting researchers. The survey was intended to gauge support staff’s awareness of and
confidence regarding a range of research data management topics, and to ascertain the areas in
which training might be helpful.
The survey was run in collaboration with the DataPool Project at the University of Southampton.
DataPool had previously run a similar survey for Southampton support staff, and the Oxford survey
was based on this (with a few alterations to reflect the Oxford context). The survey was also hosted
on Southampton’s iSurvey system, and members of the DataPool Project provided considerable
assistance with the analysis of the survey results.