#Current news for september 2017 full#

An initial draft overview report was released to partners earlier this month and from mid-October individual institutional reports will be available. Data was received in late July and work on completing the reports has been ongoing throughout August and September.

Once we have received these, partners will be issued with a new set of forms to use, but until that time partners should carry on using the current version 6 form.Īs mentioned in our May newsletter, we submitted our latest HESA request earlier this year in order to provide an updated progression analysis report. We are currently waiting for sign off from our DPO and external agencies. This will involve removing questions which do not have a direct link to the analysis EMWPREP carries out. The main discussions were about updating the consent forms and altering the legal basis for collection and processing personal data.įor the meeting’s minutes, please click here.įollowing feedback from partners, Emma Burr has been tasked with reviewing and updating the current consent forms in line with GDPR.

#Current news for september 2017 full#

The meeting was well attended with representatives from nine full partner institutions. Towards the end of August we held our first working group meeting to help the transition into the new GDPR and ensure compliance by May 2018. The last two months have been a busy period for the EMWPREP Team with work on the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), continual developments of the database and the release of the End of Year Reports.