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Laura Beauchamp

Data Access and Support Officer

Laura Beauchamp
Email:lebeau  add @essex.ac.uk
Tel:+44(0)1206 874367
Address:UK Data Archive
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 3SQ
Job description

Laura supports data access and data delivery for the UK Data Service. She is responsible for checking and processing orders for both online and offline access. This includes processing orders for data from other national archives, orders which require depositor permission and overseeing data and documentation delivery generally. She also processes Special Licence applications, e.g. assessing research proposals, before they are sent to the data owners and assists with all aspects of data access.

Laura primarily deals with applications to access controlled data via the Secure Lab - overseeing the application process, including assessing research proposals and ensuring legal agreements are completed and liaising with researchers and data owners.

Laura also assists in answering user queries and supporting users through the registration, finding, online browsing, ordering and download process.

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

1 of 10: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 10: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 10: Each of our data collections has a unique persistent identifier (DOI) that makes it easier to find and cite
4 of 10: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
5 of 10: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
6 of 10: We are certified to ISO 27001, the information security standard, and helped develop the Data Seal of Approval
7 of 10: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
8 of 10: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
9 of 10: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
10 of 10: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

OUR SERVICES  

RELU-DSS 
supporting rural research data management
UK Data Service 
data promoting evidence-based research
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