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UKRI trusted and connected Data and Analytics Research Environments, Phase 1

Lead Research Organisation: Health Data Research UK
Department Name: UNLISTED

Abstract

The UK Trusted and Connected Data and Analytics Research Environments, Phase 1 project involves an extensive scoping phase ("Design and Dialogue") which will involve extensive community engagement activities across the UKRI research communities for gathering detailed socio-technical requirements for the specification of hardware, software and services; and for co-designing technical, federation and accreditation standards and governance frameworks which meet the needs of data controllers, users, and the public.

Technical Summary

The UK Trusted and Connected Data and Analytics Research Environments, Phase 1 project involves an extensive scoping phase (""Design and Dialogue"") to define the socio-technical requirements for a novel national federated digital infrastructure to establish the next generation of Trusted Research Environments (TREs) (i.e. secure, cloud-enabled environments for advanced analytics) - where researchers can safely:
• store (as and when required), but mainly process, link and analyse potentially identifiable/sensitive data (generally, unconsented ‘FAIRified’ data from different modalities/sources) at UK scale; and
• have programming access to bring advanced analytical algorithms (e.g. AI/ML algorithms) to the data; but also, export software/algorithms and analyses results developed and produced within this environment.

Organisations

Publications

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Fry A (2021) UK Data Research Infrastructure Landscape in Data Research Infrastructure Landscape review of the UK data research infrastructure

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Jefferson E (2022) GRAIMatter: Guidelines and Resources for AI Model Access from TrusTEd Research environments (GRAIMatter). in International Journal of Population Data Science

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Harkness F (2022) Building a trustworthy national data research infrastructure: A UK-wide public dialogue in Building a trustworthy national data research infrastructure: A UK-wide public dialogue

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Ritchie F (2023) Machine learning models in trusted research environments - understanding operational risks. in International journal of population data science

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DARE UK (Data And Analytics Research Environments UK) (2024) DARE UK Phase 1 Driver Projects Public Involvement and Engagement Report

 
Description A New National Purpose: Leading the Biotech Revolution
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/a-new-national-purpose-leading-the-bio...
 
Description Contribution to the PEDRI Good Practice Standards
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
URL https://www.pedri.org.uk/about-us/our-work/
 
Description UK National Data Library: Technical White Paper Challenge
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://zenodo.org/records/14672004
 
Description EOSC-ENTRUST- A European Network of TRUSTed research environments
Amount £765,442 (GBP)
Funding ID 01131056 
Organisation Innovate UK 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2024 
End 03/2027
 
Description AI Risk Evaluation Group (DARE UK Community Working Group) 
Organisation Swansea University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution n/a
Collaborator Contribution Completing the activities set out in their proposal.
Impact Public/Patient Workshop: WHAT are the risks associated with AI model release: This workshop will focus on gathering patient perspectives on the risks of using their data for AI research. Researcher Workshop: WHAT are the most effective mitigation techniques: This workshop will bring together AI and clinical experts to discuss current AI methods, privacy-preserving techniques, and potential privacy risks in implementing AI models and produce a set of recommendations of best practices for mitigating privacy risks in AI and effective privacy-preserving techniques. Data Provider Workshop: WHAT is the risk appetite of data providers: The third workshop will engage data providers to understand their risk appetite and any barriers or restrictions they have regarding AI training on their data. Developing guidelines and recommendations for Trusted Research Environments on assessing AI risk and implementing privacy-preserving methods: The final workshop aims to consolidate insights from the previous sessions by bringing together all participants from the previous three workshops to co-develop comprehensive guidelines for AI risk assessment and recommendations for privacy-preserving methods within Trusted Research Environments (TREs).
Start Year 2023
 
Description AI Risk Evaluation Group (DARE UK Community Working Group) 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution n/a
Collaborator Contribution Completing the activities set out in their proposal.
Impact Public/Patient Workshop: WHAT are the risks associated with AI model release: This workshop will focus on gathering patient perspectives on the risks of using their data for AI research. Researcher Workshop: WHAT are the most effective mitigation techniques: This workshop will bring together AI and clinical experts to discuss current AI methods, privacy-preserving techniques, and potential privacy risks in implementing AI models and produce a set of recommendations of best practices for mitigating privacy risks in AI and effective privacy-preserving techniques. Data Provider Workshop: WHAT is the risk appetite of data providers: The third workshop will engage data providers to understand their risk appetite and any barriers or restrictions they have regarding AI training on their data. Developing guidelines and recommendations for Trusted Research Environments on assessing AI risk and implementing privacy-preserving methods: The final workshop aims to consolidate insights from the previous sessions by bringing together all participants from the previous three workshops to co-develop comprehensive guidelines for AI risk assessment and recommendations for privacy-preserving methods within Trusted Research Environments (TREs).
Start Year 2023
 
Description AI Risk Evaluation Group (DARE UK Community Working Group) 
Organisation University of Oxford
Department Oxford University Innovation
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution n/a
Collaborator Contribution Completing the activities set out in their proposal.
Impact Public/Patient Workshop: WHAT are the risks associated with AI model release: This workshop will focus on gathering patient perspectives on the risks of using their data for AI research. Researcher Workshop: WHAT are the most effective mitigation techniques: This workshop will bring together AI and clinical experts to discuss current AI methods, privacy-preserving techniques, and potential privacy risks in implementing AI models and produce a set of recommendations of best practices for mitigating privacy risks in AI and effective privacy-preserving techniques. Data Provider Workshop: WHAT is the risk appetite of data providers: The third workshop will engage data providers to understand their risk appetite and any barriers or restrictions they have regarding AI training on their data. Developing guidelines and recommendations for Trusted Research Environments on assessing AI risk and implementing privacy-preserving methods: The final workshop aims to consolidate insights from the previous sessions by bringing together all participants from the previous three workshops to co-develop comprehensive guidelines for AI risk assessment and recommendations for privacy-preserving methods within Trusted Research Environments (TREs).
Start Year 2023
 
Description Best Practice for Research Images (BESTIES) DARE UK Interest Group 
Organisation Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this interest group and will monitor its progress.
Collaborator Contribution An interest group dedicated to those developing imaging pipelines for health and social care research. The group aims to develop best practice recommendations for those providing pipelines to surface imaging data for health and social care research. The outputs from this group will increase the quality and availability of research imaging data
Impact in progress
Start Year 2024
 
Description Creating a federated cloud-based TRE to facilitate consortium-based research and interoperability between existing institutions/TREs 
Organisation BT Group
Department BT Research
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7119720#.ZAsOXBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating a federated cloud-based TRE to facilitate consortium-based research and interoperability between existing institutions/TREs 
Organisation Francis Crick Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7119720#.ZAsOXBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating a federated cloud-based TRE to facilitate consortium-based research and interoperability between existing institutions/TREs 
Organisation Institute of Cancer Research UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7119720#.ZAsOXBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating a federated cloud-based TRE to facilitate consortium-based research and interoperability between existing institutions/TREs 
Organisation Rosalind Franklin Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7119720#.ZAsOXBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating the blueprint for a federated network of next generation, cross-council Trusted Research Environments. 
Organisation Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085513#.ZAsQmBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating the blueprint for a federated network of next generation, cross-council Trusted Research Environments. 
Organisation University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085513#.ZAsQmBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating the blueprint for a federated network of next generation, cross-council Trusted Research Environments. 
Organisation University of Birmingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085513#.ZAsQmBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Creating the blueprint for a federated network of next generation, cross-council Trusted Research Environments. 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085513#.ZAsQmBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description DARE UK Driver Project- SARA: Semi-Automated Risk Assessment of Data Provenance and Clinical Free-text in trusted research environments, 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work
Impact https://zenodo.org/records/10055362 https://zenodo.org/records/10084410 https://zenodo.org/records/10229070 https://tre-provenance.github.io/
Start Year 2023
 
Description DARE UK Driver Project- TELEPORT: Connecting researchers to big data at light speed, 
Organisation Swansea University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact https://zenodo.org/records/10055358 https://zenodo.org/records/10084452
Start Year 2023
 
Description DARE UK TRE Adopter: FRIDGE 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK is funding this project.
Collaborator Contribution FRIDGE will address this capability gap and facilitate early adoption of TREvolution core components by deploying a portable, cross-platform SATRE and NHS standards compliant TRE into production on AIRR - the UK's £300M national AI Research Resource. AIRR comprises two federated clusters hosted at Bristol (Isambard-AI) and Cambridge (Dawn), providing access to over 6,500 cutting edge AI-focused GPUs between them and this project will unlock this national AI compute capability for real-world AI/ML research projects using sensitive data. The AIRR TRE will also enable the testing and validation of TREvolution core components with AI workloads,
Impact In progress: FRIDGE will address this capability gap and facilitate early adoption of TREvolution core components by deploying a portable, cross-platform SATRE and NHS standards compliant TRE into production on AIRR - the UK's £300M national AI Research Resource. AIRR comprises two federated clusters hosted at Bristol (Isambard-AI) and Cambridge (Dawn), providing access to over 6,500 cutting edge AI-focused GPUs between them and this project will unlock this national AI compute capability for real-world AI/ML research projects using sensitive data. The AIRR TRE will also enable the testing and validation of TREvolution core components with AI workloads,
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Adopter: PANORAMA 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK is funding this programme of work.
Collaborator Contribution Partners are leading on delivering the outputs set out in their proposal. Key outputs will be: 1. A pan-North Information Governance (IG) framework based on SATRE that will underpin future collaborative work across the region; 2. Comprehensive feasibility assessments of TRE-FX and SACRO, spanning technical, IG and operational aspects; 3. Co-create concise 'How To' guides relating to the adoption of SATRE, TRE-FX and SACRO intended for operators of secure data infrastructure; 4. A report summarising the key findings of the project's Patient, Public and Professional Involvement and Engagement (PPPIE) activities.
Impact Just started.
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Adopter: SAFER 
Organisation SAIL Databank
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution DARE has funded this project.
Collaborator Contribution Partners are leading on testing and adopting solutions developed by TREvolution another DARE project. SAIL proposes to undertake a 15-month project to understand operationalising federated analysis through the functionality of the proposed DARE UK facilitated technology stack. This will contribute to the development of a governance model that seeks to underpin the objective of making federated analysis operational and delivered through the core transformational program (Teleport and TRE-FX) and associated technical capabilities, utilising the concept of the federated network and associated software options, to allow for research at a scale never seen before. As one of the longest operating TREs in the world, with an international reputation for exemplary governance, SAIL's team understands the challenges of operationalising such a groundbreaking model. We also fully appreciate the need to move forward while building on public trust. To enable federated analysis, we will undertake a comprehensive review of all elements of SAIL, including governance, operational systems, consultation requirements and compliance standards, to ensure we are 'fit to federate'.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Adopter: SOAR 
Organisation Office for National Statistics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution DARE UK has funded this project.
Collaborator Contribution ONS will lead on delivering the outcomes set out in their project plan. ONS will explore the potential of introducing semi-automated output checking. ONS plan to onboard additional resource with a specific focus on exploring how existing processes and procedures may be replaced with recent developments in the field of automated output checking.
Impact planned: ONS will explore the potential of introducing semi-automated output checking. ONS plan to onboard additional resource with a specific focus on exploring how existing processes and procedures may be replaced with recent developments in the field of automated output checking.
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Adopter: VISTA 
Organisation Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution DARE has provided funding for this project.
Collaborator Contribution Responsible for the delivery of this work. This project will: Support the next stage of the DARE-UK SATRE theme to go further, faster; test the SACRO toolkit to enable readiness for adoption & scale across other Trusted Research Environments (TREs); and increase the ability for researchers to train and export AI model outputs, safely and efficiently from TREs.
Impact In progress.
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Adopter: VISTA 
Organisation Health Innovations
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution DARE has provided funding for this project.
Collaborator Contribution Responsible for the delivery of this work. This project will: Support the next stage of the DARE-UK SATRE theme to go further, faster; test the SACRO toolkit to enable readiness for adoption & scale across other Trusted Research Environments (TREs); and increase the ability for researchers to train and export AI model outputs, safely and efficiently from TREs.
Impact In progress.
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Early Adopter: FOCUS 5 
Organisation Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution DARE has funded this programme of work.
Collaborator Contribution This project are working on testing and adopting solutions developed by TREvolution a DARE UK project. Building on our scoping in DARE UK TRE-FX Phase 1 we will bridge our work in the SDE programme with that of DARE UK TREvolution - testing, evaluating and adapting the 5SROCs in an SDE-DataSHIELD federated context. This will enable SDE data controllers to capture and digest 5SF information for federated analysis and lays the foundation for existing DataSHIELD deployments to connect to the TREvolution network and continue EU/global consortia research within Horizon Europe and beyond.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description DARE UK TRE Early Adopter: FOCUS 5 
Organisation University of Liverpool
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE has funded this programme of work.
Collaborator Contribution This project are working on testing and adopting solutions developed by TREvolution a DARE UK project. Building on our scoping in DARE UK TRE-FX Phase 1 we will bridge our work in the SDE programme with that of DARE UK TREvolution - testing, evaluating and adapting the 5SROCs in an SDE-DataSHIELD federated context. This will enable SDE data controllers to capture and digest 5SF information for federated analysis and lays the foundation for existing DataSHIELD deployments to connect to the TREvolution network and continue EU/global consortia research within Horizon Europe and beyond.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description Establishing a common federated infrastructure for secure API-driven multi-party federation on clinico-genomic cohorts 
Organisation Cancer Research UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085536#.ZAsMqxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Establishing a common federated infrastructure for secure API-driven multi-party federation on clinico-genomic cohorts 
Organisation Eastern Academic Health Science Network
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085536#.ZAsMqxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Establishing a common federated infrastructure for secure API-driven multi-party federation on clinico-genomic cohorts 
Organisation Genomics England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085536#.ZAsMqxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Establishing a common federated infrastructure for secure API-driven multi-party federation on clinico-genomic cohorts 
Organisation National Institute for Health and Care Research
Department NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085536#.ZAsMqxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Establishing a common federated infrastructure for secure API-driven multi-party federation on clinico-genomic cohorts 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Cambridge University Health Partners
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085536#.ZAsMqxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Establishing a common federated infrastructure for secure API-driven multi-party federation on clinico-genomic cohorts 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085536#.ZAsMqxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description FAIR TREATMENT: Federated analytics and AI Research across TREs for AdolescenT MENTal health 
Organisation AIMES Grid Services Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085495#.ZAsGUhXP2Ul
Start Year 2022
 
Description FAIR TREATMENT: Federated analytics and AI Research across TREs for AdolescenT MENTal health 
Organisation Bitfount Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085495#.ZAsGUhXP2Ul
Start Year 2022
 
Description FAIR TREATMENT: Federated analytics and AI Research across TREs for AdolescenT MENTal health 
Organisation Kaleidoscope
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085495#.ZAsGUhXP2Ul
Start Year 2022
 
Description FAIR TREATMENT: Federated analytics and AI Research across TREs for AdolescenT MENTal health 
Organisation University of Birmingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085495#.ZAsGUhXP2Ul
Start Year 2022
 
Description FAIR TREATMENT: Federated analytics and AI Research across TREs for AdolescenT MENTal health 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085495#.ZAsGUhXP2Ul
Start Year 2022
 
Description FAIR TREATMENT: Federated analytics and AI Research across TREs for AdolescenT MENTal health 
Organisation University of Essex
Country United Kingdom 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085495#.ZAsGUhXP2Ul
Start Year 2022
 
Description Guidelines and Resources for AI Model Access from TrusTEd Research environments (GRAIMatter) 
Organisation Durham University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7089514#.ZAsVQxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7089491#.ZAsVRRXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Guidelines and Resources for AI Model Access from TrusTEd Research environments (GRAIMatter) 
Organisation NHS National Services Scotland (NSS)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7089514#.ZAsVQxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7089491#.ZAsVRRXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Guidelines and Resources for AI Model Access from TrusTEd Research environments (GRAIMatter) 
Organisation Rovira i Virgili University
Country Spain 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7089514#.ZAsVQxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7089491#.ZAsVRRXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Guidelines and Resources for AI Model Access from TrusTEd Research environments (GRAIMatter) 
Organisation University of Dundee
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7089514#.ZAsVQxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7089491#.ZAsVRRXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Guidelines and Resources for AI Model Access from TrusTEd Research environments (GRAIMatter) 
Organisation University of the West of England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7089514#.ZAsVQxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7089491#.ZAsVRRXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network (ISDFPN) DARE UK Interest Group 
Organisation Leibniz Association
Department Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution Leadership of the group and production of outputs. International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network is an international forum jointly run by UKDS and GESIS, designed for Secure Data Facility professionals across countries and from different disciplines (social sciences, health, humanities), fostering international knowledge exchange, collaboration on shared challenges, emerging issues, and sector-specific concerns as well as development of new ideas.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network (ISDFPN) DARE UK Interest Group 
Organisation UK Data Service
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution Leadership of the group and production of outputs. International Secure Data Facility Professionals Network is an international forum jointly run by UKDS and GESIS, designed for Secure Data Facility professionals across countries and from different disciplines (social sciences, health, humanities), fostering international knowledge exchange, collaboration on shared challenges, emerging issues, and sector-specific concerns as well as development of new ideas.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description NHS Secure Data Environment (SDE) Network Partnership 
Organisation NHS England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Collaboration with the https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/research-powered-by-data/sde-network to provide software to support their network. Regular meetings to collaborate with them
Collaborator Contribution Attendance at regular meetings. Shared communications and events to promote the software and partnership.
Impact Input in to SDE Network policy documents Reduction in complexity for researchers working across the UK - streamlining and standardising processes
Start Year 2023
 
Description Privacy Risk Assessment Methodology 
Organisation Privitar
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7107154#.ZAsSPBXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7413791#.ZAsSMhXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7107466#.ZAsSOxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7107487#.ZAsSOBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Privacy Risk Assessment Methodology 
Organisation University of Southampton
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7107154#.ZAsSPBXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7413791#.ZAsSMhXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7107466#.ZAsSOxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7107487#.ZAsSOBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Privacy Risk Assessment Methodology 
Organisation University of Warwick
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7107154#.ZAsSPBXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7413791#.ZAsSMhXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7107466#.ZAsSOxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7107487#.ZAsSOBXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Public Engagement in Data Research Initiative (PEDRI) 
Organisation Health Data Research UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Funding will help PEDRI to facilitate partnerships and collaboration, offer solutions to challenges, and prevent duplication of efforts with PIE work.
Impact Development and adoption of PEDRI standards Community Engagement and knowledge sharing Planning for national public awareness campaigns Establishing a Central Resource Hub and Improving Transparency and Functionality of the PEDRI Website and Alliance PIE Web Pages.
Start Year 2023
 
Description SACRO: Semi-Automated Checking of Research Outputs (DARE UK Driver Project) 
Organisation University of the West of England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact https://zenodo.org/records/10055365 https://zenodo.org/records/10084201 https://zenodo.org/records/10277675 https://zenodo.org/records/10282526 https://dareuk.org.uk/driver-project-sacro/
Start Year 2023
 
Description SATRE: Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution An interest group dedicated to providing oversight and guidance to the Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (SATRE) specification. SATRE is a community-driven specification for the UK and beyond for building and operating trusted research environments (TREs), making it easier for operators to meet the needs of sensitive data researchers. This Interest Group oversees changes to SATRE whilst ensuring all community views are taken into account, and is looking at a long-term sustainable Governance model for the specification.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description SATRE: Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments 
Organisation NHS England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution An interest group dedicated to providing oversight and guidance to the Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (SATRE) specification. SATRE is a community-driven specification for the UK and beyond for building and operating trusted research environments (TREs), making it easier for operators to meet the needs of sensitive data researchers. This Interest Group oversees changes to SATRE whilst ensuring all community views are taken into account, and is looking at a long-term sustainable Governance model for the specification.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description SATRE: Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments 
Organisation Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution An interest group dedicated to providing oversight and guidance to the Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (SATRE) specification. SATRE is a community-driven specification for the UK and beyond for building and operating trusted research environments (TREs), making it easier for operators to meet the needs of sensitive data researchers. This Interest Group oversees changes to SATRE whilst ensuring all community views are taken into account, and is looking at a long-term sustainable Governance model for the specification.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description SATRE: Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments 
Organisation University of Dundee
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK has provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution An interest group dedicated to providing oversight and guidance to the Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (SATRE) specification. SATRE is a community-driven specification for the UK and beyond for building and operating trusted research environments (TREs), making it easier for operators to meet the needs of sensitive data researchers. This Interest Group oversees changes to SATRE whilst ensuring all community views are taken into account, and is looking at a long-term sustainable Governance model for the specification.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2025
 
Description SATRE: Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments 
Organisation University of Dundee
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution n/a
Collaborator Contribution DARE UK funded this work under their Driver Projects portfolio. TREs are designed to enable access to sensitive data only for authorised projects and researchers, whilst minimising risk of data release or exposure. Influential reports from DARE UK and Health Data Research UK, together with the UK Government Goldacre review and 'Data Saves Lives' policy paper, have all highlighted the need for change in how sensitive data are handled. SATRE will compare openly available UK TREs hosting health, manufacturing, commercial, science and humanities data and bring them into alignment with a standardised TRE reference architecture (or structural template). The development teams at the University of Dundee's Health Informatics Centre and the Alan Turing Institute, fully supported by their infrastructure partners, will lead the reference alignment in collaboration with a consortium of higher education, charity and industry organisations. The reference architecture and its implementation will be informed and strengthened by a programme of community building and engagement with DARE UK and partner working groups, other stakeholders and inclusive public representation. SATRE outputs will include an informed TRE reference technical specification and a collection of educational media and detailed reports - all supporting DARE UK's aim of a coordinated national data research infrastructure.
Impact The SATRE project provides a Standard Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (TREs). It incorporates knowledge and best practices from multiple institutions and sectors across the UK. This includes all aspects of TRE provision such as information governance procedures, computing technology, data management and other capabilities. It aims to standardise the capabilities of TREs, making it easier for users, operators, and developers to work with sensitive data, and making the operation of TREs more transparent to data owners and the general public. This specification should be useful if you are: a TRE Operator wanting to evaluate or improve their TRE with the suggested capabilities a Developer or Builder of new TREs looking for guidance in their thinking and decision making We encourage all TREs in the UK to evaluate themselves against the SATRE specification, and to
Start Year 2023
 
Description STEADFAST: Education outcomes in young people with diabetes: innovative involvement and governance to support public trust. 
Organisation Cardiff University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085483#.ZAsS5xXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description STEADFAST: Education outcomes in young people with diabetes: innovative involvement and governance to support public trust. 
Organisation Diabetes UK
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085483#.ZAsS5xXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Safe Data Access Professionals Network (SDAP) DARE UK Interest Group 
Organisation Government of the UK
Department UK Data Archive
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution An existing group endorsed as a DARE UK community interest group to support the growth and evolution of the TRE community in the UK. This long-standing group led by the UK Data Service was established in 2011 and has grown significantly alongside a number of TREs.
Collaborator Contribution Safe Data Access Professionals Network (SDAP) is an interest group dedicated to the collaboration of professionals working within the safe data landscape. SDAP facilitates the sharing of expertise, good practice and knowledge between organisations providing, or intending to provide, secure access to confidential data from the health, economics, and social science research sectors.
Impact n/a
Start Year 2023
 
Description Statistical Disclosure Control - Reducing Barriers to Outputs from TREs (SDC-REBOOT) (DARE UK Community Interest Group) 
Organisation University of the West of England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution n/a
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the work set out in their proposal.
Impact Initially, SDC-REBOOT's work will be divided into four parallel projects supported by the creation of open-source repository governance structures. These threads will: Align the conceptual framework and taxonomy of outputs. Create user adoption roadmaps and resources. Enable TREs to deploy and evaluate automated OSDC tools. Address risk assessment of machine learning models.
Start Year 2023
 
Description Statistical Disclosure Control - Reducing Barriers to Outputs from TREs (SDC-REBOOT) DARE UK Interest Group 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Under the DARE UK Community groups initiative, funding was provided to the Statistical Disclosure Control - Reducing Barriers to Outputs from TREs (SDC-REBOOT) group.
Collaborator Contribution .
Impact n/a
Start Year 2024
 
Description Statistical Disclosure Control - Reducing Barriers to Outputs from TREs (SDC-REBOOT) DARE UK Interest Group 
Organisation University of the West of England
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Under the DARE UK Community groups initiative, funding was provided to the Statistical Disclosure Control - Reducing Barriers to Outputs from TREs (SDC-REBOOT) group.
Collaborator Contribution .
Impact n/a
Start Year 2024
 
Description TRE-FX: Delivering a federated network of trusted research environments to enable safe data analytics 
Organisation University of Manchester
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The TRE-FX project was funded under Phase 1b of the DARE UK programme.
Collaborator Contribution TRE-FX is assembling leading technology providers from ELIXIR-UK and Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) with three TRE providers and two leading analysis platforms. The project will show through a real demonstration how we can use secure research objects to move between TREs while still supporting the Five Safes principles that govern and protect sensitive data - all overseen by public representatives. Research objects are a standardised way of describing and packaging the digital information needed (but not the data itself) to pose a research question and report the answer. The impact will be a step change for how researchers can safely run analyses across data stored in many locations, and for how data providers from any sector can safely implement this using technology and standards we already have today.
Impact https://zenodo.org/records/10055354 https://zenodo.org/records/10084398
Start Year 2023
 
Description Trusted Research Environment and Enclave for Hosting Open Original Science Exploration (TREEHOOSE) 
Organisation University of Dundee
Department Health Informatics Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085505#.ZAsTsxXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/7044483#.ZAsTwBXP2Uk - https://zenodo.org/record/6908253#.ZAsTwxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Trusted Research Environments (TRE): removing technical and governance barriers to support innovation and interdisciplinary research 
Organisation Public Health Scotland
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085518#.ZAsRhxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Trusted Research Environments (TRE): removing technical and governance barriers to support innovation and interdisciplinary research 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Department Usher Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085518#.ZAsRhxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description Trusted Research Environments (TRE): removing technical and governance barriers to support innovation and interdisciplinary research 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Delivered the funded project in all aspects, contributing both directly and indirectly to the further development of the overall programme of work.
Impact Outputs: - https://zenodo.org/record/7085518#.ZAsRhxXP2Uk
Start Year 2022
 
Description UK TRE Community - Community Management and Engagement (DARE UK Community Interest Group) 
Organisation Alan Turing Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Expertise Organisation of workshops and events
Impact Outreach and Engagement Identifying stakeholders and interested parties involved in designing, planning, building, and maintaining TREs. Reviewing the wider TRE landscape periodically to build a community representing the entire UK and all those potentially affected by the policies and frameworks guiding TRE development. Establishing connections, communication methods, and resource-sharing pathways with other community groups in the UK and beyond, preventing duplication of work and disseminating knowledge effectively. Sending representatives to external events and expanding the presence beyond the community. Supporting Collaboration Facilitating consensus-building and collaboration among community members by maintaining open communication spaces, such as a Slack Channel and JISC Mailing List. Hosting quarterly half-day events for knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and networking. This includes at least one annual in-person event. Identifying and running additional events for the community on an as-needed basis.
Start Year 2023
 
Description UK TRE Community - Community Management and Engagement (DARE UK Community Interest Group) 
Organisation University of Dundee
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Expertise Organisation of workshops and events
Impact Outreach and Engagement Identifying stakeholders and interested parties involved in designing, planning, building, and maintaining TREs. Reviewing the wider TRE landscape periodically to build a community representing the entire UK and all those potentially affected by the policies and frameworks guiding TRE development. Establishing connections, communication methods, and resource-sharing pathways with other community groups in the UK and beyond, preventing duplication of work and disseminating knowledge effectively. Sending representatives to external events and expanding the presence beyond the community. Supporting Collaboration Facilitating consensus-building and collaboration among community members by maintaining open communication spaces, such as a Slack Channel and JISC Mailing List. Hosting quarterly half-day events for knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and networking. This includes at least one annual in-person event. Identifying and running additional events for the community on an as-needed basis.
Start Year 2023
 
Description UK TRE Community - Community Management and Engagement (DARE UK Community Interest Group) 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Department Sheffield Biorepository
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Led and delivered the Programme of work under which this collaboration was funded.
Collaborator Contribution Expertise Organisation of workshops and events
Impact Outreach and Engagement Identifying stakeholders and interested parties involved in designing, planning, building, and maintaining TREs. Reviewing the wider TRE landscape periodically to build a community representing the entire UK and all those potentially affected by the policies and frameworks guiding TRE development. Establishing connections, communication methods, and resource-sharing pathways with other community groups in the UK and beyond, preventing duplication of work and disseminating knowledge effectively. Sending representatives to external events and expanding the presence beyond the community. Supporting Collaboration Facilitating consensus-building and collaboration among community members by maintaining open communication spaces, such as a Slack Channel and JISC Mailing List. Hosting quarterly half-day events for knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and networking. This includes at least one annual in-person event. Identifying and running additional events for the community on an as-needed basis.
Start Year 2023
 
Description UK TRE Glossary Working Group 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Co-leads on a working group aiming at creating a glossary for TREs.
Collaborator Contribution Leadership of this group. Liaising with others to have common goals and achieve outputs.
Impact A TRE Glossary is being developed
Start Year 2024
 
Description UK TRE Information Governance (DARE UK Interest Group) 
Organisation Francis Crick Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution leadership of this group, convening of meetings, responsibility for outputs.
Impact yet to be realised.
Start Year 2024
 
Description UK TRE Information Governance (DARE UK Interest Group) 
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution leadership of this group, convening of meetings, responsibility for outputs.
Impact yet to be realised.
Start Year 2024
 
Description UK TRE Information Governance (DARE UK Interest Group) 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution DARE UK provided funding to this community group.
Collaborator Contribution leadership of this group, convening of meetings, responsibility for outputs.
Impact yet to be realised.
Start Year 2024
 
Title SATRE specification source 
Description First stable release of the SATRE specification. This release is the output of 8 months of work with the Trusted Research Community and represents a baseline for the community to review and contribute to. Please see our contributing guide. This release includes evaluations against the SATRE standard of TREs deployed at the Alan Turing Institute and the Health Informatics Centre at the University of Dundee and we would especially welcome other organisations contributing evaluations for their own TRE deployments. Read the blog post for this release for more information. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2023 
Impact Specification taken as the TRE specification across the UK and used as the basis for the EU blueprint for National TREs. Adopted by the NHS SDE Network 
URL https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10016868
 
Title TREEHOOSE v1.0.0-beta1 
Description Initial public release of TREEHOOSE beta. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Software for a out the box TRE solution 
URL https://zenodo.org/record/6908253
 
Description A day in the life of a Public Involvement and Engagement Intern with DARE UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Zahra Atta, who joined DARE UK as Public Involvement and Engagement Intern this summer, describes a day in the life as part of the team
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-public-involvement-and-engagement-intern-with-dare-uk/
 
Description A series of six stakeholder workshops each focussed on a key theme 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Funding and incentives
Capacity and capability
Demonstrating Trustworthiness
Data access and accreditation
Core Federation Services
Data and discovery
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/your-views-on-core-federation-services-for-a-more-joined-up-national-data-rese...
 
Description ADR UK Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DARE had a stand and gave a poster presentation on the draft DARE UK Federated Architecture Blueprint.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Applicant Webinar - DARE UK Community Groups Funding Calls (15 October 2024; 1-2pm) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An hour-long online webinar to share information and answer questions about the second round of funding and future funding opportunities for the DARE UK community groups initiative.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Applicant webinar - DARE UK Transformational Programme - TRE early adoption funding opportunity 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An applicant webinar explaining the funding opportunity focused on supporting the early adoption of new trusted research environment (TRE) capabilities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/applicant-webinar-dare-uk-transformational-programme-tre-early...
 
Description BIA TechBio Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson (CTO, HDR UK and Interim Director of DARE UK) was an invited expert panel speaker at the BIA TechBio Conference. Talk and panel theme: The state of TechBio in the UK. The aim and purpose was to cover a broad set of crucial themes relating to strengths, opportunities and challenges to the sector.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.bioindustry.org/policy/strategic-technologies/techbio.html
 
Description Breaking barriers, building community: Exploring DARE UK community groups- online webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The DARE UK (Data and Analytics Research Environments UK) programme team held an online public webinar on Thursday, 20 July 2023, providing attendees with a comprehensive understanding of the community groups initiative, including its goals, structure, and the opportunities to contribute to the thriving UK sensitive data research community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/breaking-barriers-building-community-exploring-dare-uk-community-groups-20-jul...
 
Description Call for views on draft recommendations for a coordinated national data research infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Call for views on draft recommendations for a coordinated national data research infrastructure- feedback on whether we have accurately captured views about current challenges and opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/call-for-views-draft-recommendations-coordinated-national-data-research-infras...
 
Description Cancer Research UK: Cancer Data Driven Detection Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A data-driven cancer research conference, which aims to celebrate the potential of cancer research data to drive discovery and innovation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=L4lzROBx_EaN7Cc5ArUTSRRU3JAoih5Fij_nSIdz0fRUQThM...
 
Description DARE UK Driver Projects Final Showcase Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact On 16 October 2023, DARE UK held an in-person showcase event in Edinburgh, welcoming the five DARE UK Driver Projects teams, programme partners and members of the public.

At the all-day event, the project teams made insightful presentations on the outputs of their work, followed by a Q&A session. UKRI representatives and members of the DARE UK programme team were also present to discuss the integration of the Driver Projects' outputs and their implications for future phases of the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK Driver Projects- Midway showcase day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Midway through their funding period, the DARE UK Phase 1 Driver Projects teams presented their progress and future plans to key stakeholders and members of the public on the mid-project showcase day. This article provides further details on the projects' aims and progress until midpoint and outlook for the future, including presentations from the showcase day.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK Launch event 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact This event marked the launch of the DARE UK project and involved presentations from a number of key note speakers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/dare-uk-launch/
 
Description DARE UK Newsletter - May 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A newsletter providing updates on the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://8405644.hubspotpreview-na1.com/_hcms/preview/email/168930963894?portalId=8405644&preview_key...
 
Description DARE UK Newsletter January-February 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A newsletter sharing updates on the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://8405644.hubspotpreview-na1.com/_hcms/preview/email/186546286389?portalId=8405644&preview_key...
 
Description DARE UK Newsletter January-February 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A newsletter sharing updates on the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://8405644.hubspotpreview-na1.com/_hcms/preview/email/186546286389?portalId=8405644&preview_key...
 
Description DARE UK Newsletter June 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A newsletter sharing updates on the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://8405644.hubspotpreview-na1.com/_hcms/preview/email/173118998843?portalId=8405644&preview_key...
 
Description DARE UK Newsletter November -December 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A newsletter sharing updates on the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description DARE UK Newsletter September-October 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A newsletter sharing updates on the DARE UK Programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://8405644.hubspotpreview-na1.com/_hcms/preview/email/181204466439?portalId=8405644&preview_key...
 
Description DARE UK Public Advisory Group Meetings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A regular catch up with members of the public for them to provide input and guidance on the DARE UK programme's plans and activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK Public Focus Group- Federated Architecture Blueprint Public Friendly materials 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A workshop where members of the public provided their input on how best to develop public friendly materials, namely a brochure, booklet and animation, for the DARE UK Federated Architecture Blueprint.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK Scientific and Technical Advisory Group meetings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An approximately quarterly meeting with STAG members where advice is offered from members on scientific and technical issues relating to the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK Senior Leader's Roundtable 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An opportunity for inter-disciplinary thought leaders in the research space to come together and discuss their research priorities and identify areas of alignment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description DARE UK Sprint Exemplar Projects findings published 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Notification that DARE UK published a series of reports detailing the findings of a programme of Sprint Exemplar Projects funded as part of Phase 1 of the programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/dare-uk-sprint-exemplar-projects-findings-published/
 
Description DARE UK Transformational Programme - TRE early adoption funding call drop-in sessions 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The drop in sessions were an opportunity to ask questions about the TRE Early adoption funding call which was open. It covered the below areas:

How to apply
Funding call specification
Updates to application requirements
Eligibility criteria
Available funding
Required documents
Timelines
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/tre-early-adoption-funding-call-drop-in-session/
 
Description DARE UK community groups showcase lunchtime webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A showcase lunchtime webinar featuring short presentations by the four funded DARE UK community groups (including Q&A) on their achievements, challenges, and plans for the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description DARE UK newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Monthly newsletter sent to the DARE UK mailing list.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022
 
Description DARE UK newsletter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Patients, carers and/or patient groups
Results and Impact A regular newsletter sent out by the DARE UK COMMS team to provide updates on Programme related activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK presentation at the HDR UK Data and Connectivity National Core Study Final Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation about the work of DARE UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK presentation to National Heritage Science Forum Member Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A presentation oN the work of DARE UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK presentation to NHS England SDE Network Tech & Data WG 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation delivered by DARE UK Technical lead to share DARE UK's plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description DARE UK scientific use-case workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A one day workshop aimed at defining research potential and challenges through data and infrastructure connectivity, advancing DARE UK's vision for a trusted national sensitive data research infrastructure.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/call-for-participants-dare-uk-scientific-use-case-workshop/
 
Description DARE UK- Lunchtime public webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This lunchtime webinar was an opportunity to find out about:

Why data research is so important and how it impacts lives, from health and education to work and the environment
How sensitive data is currently made available for research, and the security and governance processes in place
A case study showcasing the power of linked data for better understanding outcomes for looked after children in Northern Ireland
How DARE UK is working to improve the current system by enabling fast, efficient, ethical and secure access to data, to maximise the public benefit of data research for all
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/dare-uk-lunchtime-public-webinar-tuesday-7-december-12-1pm/
 
Description DARE UK: Frontiers Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Frontiers Meeting will bring together major TREs with the aim of discussing how you might collaborate with DARE UK in testing and adopting the capabilities being developed by the transformational programmes. The DARE UK programme has a clear mandate from the UKRI Programme Board to support, and where appropriate resource, TREs in the UK. This meeting will serve as a vital platform for dialogue and collaboration, ensuring that these transformational programmes are aligned with the needs and priorities of the research community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Driver & IS Scientific Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To increase integration across Drivers and infrastructure, identify and maximise opportunities for collaboration and leverage funding opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/driver-and-infrastructure-programmes-scientific-and-integration-meeti...
 
Description ELIXIR Human Data Communities Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk on HDR and Gateway
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lF7wiSKzvJrFsfEJ6NAtZNlpDd6Vqjc-UCcEYZcEX2E/edit?tab=t.0#heading...
 
Description ELIXIR UK Human Data Communities Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion and sharing of DARE's work,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description EOSC-ENTRUST First Evaluation Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on DARE's plans for federation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description EOSC-ENTRUST Workshop on Clinical Trial Meta 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on DARE UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description Elixir - All Hands: Closing the gap of federated analysis and Trusted Research Enviroments (TREs) in the Health Data context 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The meeting brings together members of the ELIXIR community from across the ELIXIR Nodes, and collaborators from partner organisations, in order to review ELIXIR's achievements and activities so far and discuss plans for the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://elixir-events.eventscase.com/EN/ahm2024/Agenda?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaig...
 
Description Empowering communities: How DARE UK is supporting community groups to transform sensitive data research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog sharing the impact and importance of DARE UK Community Groups,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/empowering-communities-how-dare-uk-is-supporting-community-gro...
 
Description Event DARE UK Community Groups: Strengthening Collaborations, Driving Impact webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A webinar was held to explore the DARE UK community groups initiative and discuss the plans and achievements of new and existing community groups. Impact, more awareness of the work of the community groups, allowing for more join up and alignment with work in the area and for people with relevant skills and interests to support the groups.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/dare-uk-community-groups-strengthening-collaborations-driving-...
 
Description Fed A Technical Roadmap Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Regular meeting -
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description GA4GH Connect Session 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The GA4GH Connect meeting provided an opportunity for contributors to advance the GA4GH Road Map and gather feedback on product development and needs. Members of the GA4GH community are invited to attend April Connect 2024 in Ascona, Switzerland, at the Congressi Stefano Franscini.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://broadinstitute.swoogo.com/ga4gh-connect-2024/4274074?utm_campaign=GA4GH+April+Connect+2024&u...
 
Description HPC-AI Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson (CTO, HDR UK and Interim Director of DARE UK) was an invited speaker at the 5th Annual HPC-AI Advisory Council UK Conference. Presentation: TREs at Scale.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/5th-annual-hpc-ai-advisory-council-uk-conference-set-for-octobe...
 
Description Hartree Centre Seminar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DARE UK presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Health Data Research UK Conference 2024: The Grand Challenges in Health Data 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact • Health Data Research UK's annual conference will be a free two-day, hybrid event to celebrate progress and bring people together to accelerate the trustworthy use of health data for public benefit.
Day 1 tackles the grand challenges in health data. Talks and panel discussions will cover everything from molecules to AI, GP data to wearables, maintaining public confidence to gaining an international perspective. The sessions are designed to inspire, enthuse and bring together members of the scientific community, industry, patients and the public.

• Day 2 aims to promote the technology ecosystem and the contributions of colleagues across the sector addressing the grand challenges in health data research. This means bringing together the community developing technical solutions, encouraging adoption of standards for interoperability and pushing the science of data infrastructure, capacity building and training. Join scientists, research software engineers and technologists from across the UK and around the world in sessions to share learning and technical solutions and build new networks.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/hdruk-conference-2024/
 
Description Health Data User Group Conference 2024 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bring together users of NHS data infrastructure for research purposes, including industry, technology, charities and academic partners to showcase key progress and achievements from across both the NHS Research SDE Network and NHS DigiTrials service.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description How is sensitive data made accessible for research? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This webinar, which was free and open to all, was a chance to hear and ask questions about:

How researchers become accredited to access sensitive data via TREs
The application and approval processes in place for accessing sensitive data held in TREs
How accredited researchers access sensitive data in a safe and secure way via TREs to carry out analysis
What limitations there are with current processes, and where improvements could be made to maximise the public benefit of sensitive data research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/how-is-sensitive-data-made-accessible-for-research-webinar-tuesday-5-july-2022...
 
Description Invited speaker: HDR Technology Ecosystem and the Gateway: UKRI Data Infrastructure Club Show and Tell 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson was an invited speaker, leading a presentation on the HDR UK Technology Ecosystem and the Gateway at the UKRI Data Infrastructure Club Show and Tell: 31st Jan 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited speaker: HDR Technology Ecosystem. UK DRI Informatics Scoping Event - London. 8th and 9th March 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson, CTO of HDR UK was an invited speaker to lead a presentation on the HDR Technology Ecosystem at the UK DRI Informatics Scoping Event - London. 8th and 9th March 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited speaker: Technology Ecosystem - Launch. Technology Ecosystem Conference/Workshop. Birmingham. 6th Feb 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Technology Ecosystem Conference (6th February 2023) brought together different technology groups from across the community to strengthen relationships and generate ideas to deliver trustworthy infrastructure and services across the health data research ecosystem
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited speaker: The power of DRI: A health data perspective. UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Congress. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson was an invited speaker to present on: The power of DRI: A health data perspective at the UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Congress. 6th and 7th March 2023.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Keynote speaker: Towards Federated Analytics for Population Data. International Data Science Conference - Tokyo, Japan, 22/05/23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson was invited as a keynote speaker to present 'Towards Federated Analytics for Population Data. International Data Science Conference - Tokyo, Japan' on 22/05/23
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Keynote speaker: Towards Federated Analytics for Population Data. Precision Medicine & Real-World Data Conference - Singapore, 23/05/23 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Key note speaker, presented on experiences enabling a new UK infrastructure for finding and accessing population-wide data for research and public health analysis
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://info.bcplatforms.com/precision-medicine-and-rwd-conference-singapore-2023
 
Description Launch of EOSC-ENTRUST 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact EOSC-ENTRUST project launch
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://eosc-entrust.eu/news/launch-eosc-entrust
 
Description Linking Sensitive Data: Insights from the DARE UK Driver Projects Webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An enlightening 1.5-hour online public webinar to unveil the groundbreaking outputs from the five Driver Projects. Around 130 people attended this workshop where they had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the outputs, following presentations from each project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/linking-sensitive-data-insights-from-the-dare-uk-driver-projects-webinar-wedne...
 
Description Meet the Sprints 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A webinar held to introduce the 9 sprint projects which had received funding as part of the DARE UK programme.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Mid Sprint Exemplar Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact An opportunity for the projects funded in the DARE UK funding call to share their progress mid-way through their project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description My journey as a Research Analyst Intern with DARE UK - blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Blog about life as an intern with DARE UK
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/my-journey-as-a-research-analyst-intern-with-dare-uk/
 
Description NHS Research SDE Network - Tech and Data Working Group: The Cohort Discovery implementation journey 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact • Mapping to the 34 OMOP attributes for Cohort Discovery, including:
a. Tools for Mapping
b. Documenting OMOP Mappings for researcher understanding/reuse.
• Example - undertaking OMOP mapping as part of the dataset creation process
• Onboarding to HDR UK innovation gateway Cohort Discovery client
a. Process and IG Requirements
b. Technical / Testing
• Implementation of Cohort Discovery components within an SDE
a. using BC-LINK
b. using Open Source components / HUTCH
• Barriers/Known Challenges to implementing OMOP Mapping/Cohort Discovery
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Pankhurst/HDR Collaboration Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Delivering a presentation on Delivering a Sustainable technology ecosystem and Gateway Development. Providing an update on HDR UK's work to accelerate trustworthy data use.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Persona and User Journey Development workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The DARE UK delivery team hosted a Persona and User Journey Development workshop, bringing together stakeholders from various organisations to establish key personas for a future pan-UKRI council digital research infrastructure for sensitive data research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/dare-uk-convenes-persona-and-user-journey-development-workshop-with-key-data-r...
 
Description Presentation to ELIXIR-UK - Human Data Community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation covering the Gateway, Researcher Passports, Federated Analytics and the DARE Programme. Outputs were new collaborations and understanding of what we are doing in this field.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://elixiruknode.org/activities/uk-human-data-community/
 
Description Public dialogue 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact In January and February 2021, DARE UK and Kohlrabi Consulting delivered a series of deliberative workshops with 44 members of the public from a diversity of backgrounds and identities from across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Public involvement and engagement practices in data research and statistics: Insights from PEDRI public consultation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A blog on how DARE UK has been supporting the PEDRI programme. Allowed public to be informed on the important work PEDRI is doing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Reseachers workshop- Led by Carnall Farrar on behalf of DARE UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop targeted at researchers to further understand the challenges and opportunities that researchers face.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Research Data Alliance TRE BoF 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Rob Baxter gave a presentation and lead a discussion. He shared the initial draft architecture blueprint for DARE UK's proposed federated network of TREs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Research Software Engineers (RSE) Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson (CTO, HDR UK and Interim Director of DARE UK) was an invited speaker to the Seventh Annual Research Software Engineering Conference. Presentation: Can convening a Technology Ecosystem help TREs to work together?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://rsecon23.society-rse.org/
 
Description SARA: Innovations to improve efficiency and enhance privacy in health data research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact An article sharing the work that the SARA project conducted through DARE funding so that others could use the tools developed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/sara-innovations-to-improve-efficiency-and-enhance-privacy-in-...
 
Description SDE Network Collaboration Event: Data for R&D Programme 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact To recognise the progress made and understand what's worked well, tackle the remaining challenges we face, capitalise on existing knowledge from across the SDE Network, and galvanise our collective passion and talent as we look to the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description SDE Network Data and Tech Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation to the SDE Network
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Scientific Technical Advisory Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bi monthly meetings with DARE UK Scientific and Technical Advisory Group
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021,2022
 
Description Sprint Call - Launch webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact This event marked the launch of the DARE UK Phase 1 funding call- an opportunity for consortiums to apply for funding in three areas: use cases, technology demonstrators and best practise.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/inform-design-of-cross-council-trusted-research-environments/
 
Description Sprint Call- Mid Launch webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact An opportunity for those who were interested in applying for the DARE UK Phase 1 funding call to find out more details and ask questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Sprint Exemplar Day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact An opportunity for projects who received funding in Phase 1 to present their projects to a focussed audience and answer questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description TRE Quarterly Community Meetings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Quarterly meeting to discuss current workstreams and planning for further work
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description TRE and SDE Leaders Frontiers Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation of DARE UK's phase 2 plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at DRI Cybersecurity Workshop, Cosener's House, Abingdon 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented on the DARE UK architecture plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at EOSC-ENTRUST Capability and Requirements Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DARE overview- presentation on DARE Federated Architecture Blueprint
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at NW Health Cluster Anniversary Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on DARE UK and the Federated Architecture Blueprint.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at PDSI Town Hall Meeting, 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation on DARE's technical blueprint.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at RDA Plenary 23, Costa Rica 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact DARE UK presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk at eRImote Expert Group 2 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presented on the work of DARE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description Talk to European Genomic Data Infrastructure 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation covering the work of HDR UK in the technology ecosystem, the Gateway, the Phenotype Library, the Disease Atlas, Federated Analytics and cohort discovery along with DARE UK projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://gdi.onemilliongenomes.eu/
 
Description Technologists workshop- led by Carnall Farrar on behalf of DARE UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop primarily for technologists to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced within the world of data research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Technology Session at HDR UK Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Focus on Technology for a Day of the HDR UK conference. A range of talks covering many different projects and promoting their adoption
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/hdruk-conference-2024/
 
Description The DARE UK Driver Projects: Working with the public to promote advances in 'big' and 'sensitive' data research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article on the impact and work of the DARE UK Driver Projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009,2024
URL https://dareuk.org.uk/news-and-events/the-dare-uk-driver-projects-working-with-the-public-to-promote...
 
Description UK National Data Library White Paper Challenge Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation on DARE's National Data Library technical white paper.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025
 
Description UK TRE Community Conference- DARE UK presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation of DARE UK's Federated Architecture Blueprint and their plans for the research community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description UK TRE Community Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Emily Jefferson (CTO, HDR UK and Interim Director of DARE UK) was the keynote speaker at the UK TRE Community Meeting that was part of the RSE Conference. Presentation: Call to action!
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-tre-community-september-meeting-tickets-676066472017
 
Description UK TRE Community Meetings - Monthly 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Monthly meeting with the TRE Community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description UK TRE Event 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation on DARE UK's phase 2 plans.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
 
Description UKRI Data Infra Frontiers meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation on the challenges and opportunities faced by DARE UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2025