Dear Colleague
In October 2013, David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science, announced the recipients of the first phase of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) £64 million funding of investment in Big Data. Four new innovative administrative data research centres and a data service as part of the Administrative Data Research Network (ADRN) will strengthen the UK's competitive advantage in Big Data. These ESRC investments will enable researchers, across the UK to securely access administrative data (i.e. data currently collected and held by government departments and other organisations for their operational purposes).
To enable researchers within academic institutions across the UK, with limited or no access to secure data access facilities, the ESRC is making an additional investment in prefabricated sensitive data secure rooms (SafePods), which measure approximately 2m x 2m x 2m.
A SafePod will provide accredited researchers with remote access to sensitive data held at ADRCs (and possibly for other sensitive data that need to be accessed from a secure setting) via a thin client over a separate secure network. No data will be held within the SafePod.
Full details about the SafePods, application and awards process is available from the ADLS website at http://www.adls.ac.uk/adls-resources/esrc-sensitive-data-secure-rooms/.
Should you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact me on 01334 463901 or email [log in to unmask]
Yours faithfully
Darren Lightfoot
ADLS Manager
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