ABOUT US

OUR PEOPLE

You can contact our dedicated sections or staff members. Here you can find out what our staff do and what their areas of expertise are.

STAFF LIST BY SECTION

A-Z STAFF LIST

Melanie Wright

Associate Director UKDA, Head of Data and Support Services

Email:melanie  add @essex.ac.uk
Tel:+44(0)1206 873227
Address:UK Data Archive
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 3SQ
Job description

Melanie is an Associate Director at the UK Data Archive and is overall director of Data and Support Services which cover activities of data ingest, metadata creation and standards implementation, finding aids, user registration, data access and core help desk support. She is also Principal Investigator and Director of the ESRC Secure Data Service.

Research awards
  • 2010-2012 ESRC Secure Data Service Extension
  • 2008-2010 ESRC Secure Data Service Pilot
  • 2008-present ESRC Survey Resources Network
  • 2002-present MRC Data Archiving and Access Phase I project consultancy
  • 2005-present MRC Medical Research Council for Guides to Good Practice in Data Sharing and Preservation
  • 2001-2006 ESRC, JISC Census Programme for Census Registration Service
Committee membership
  • Member, Data Archive Technology Alliance (2008-present)
  • President, International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) (2007-present)
  • Member, DDI Alliance Steering Committee (2007-present)
  • Vice-President, International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) (2005-2007)
  • Member, MRC/Wellcome Trust Review Panel, UK Biobank (2006-present)
  • Programme Co-chair, International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) (2006-present)
  • Member, MRC/Wellcome Trust Review Panel, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) (2005-present)
  • European Regional Secretary, International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) (2001-2005)
  • Member, MRC Data Sharing and Preservation Steering Group (2003-2004)
  • Strategic Plan Action Group, International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) (2002-present)
  • Member, JISC Task Force on Use of Numeric Data in Learning and Teaching (2000-2001)
  • Outreach Action Group, International Association of Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) (1998-present)
  • Member, East of England Development Agency Regional Observatory Steering Committee (1999-2001)
  • Member, JISC Joint Academic Service Providers to Education and Research committee (JASPER) (1998-2000)

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

1 of 8: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 8: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 8: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
4 of 8: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
5 of 8: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
6 of 8: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
7 of 8: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
8 of 8: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

OUR SERVICES  

ESDS 
providing access to key economic and social data
RELU-DSS 
supporting rural research data management
Census.ac.uk 
providing a gateway to 1971- 2001 UK censuses
HDS 
enabling access to a range of historical resources
SDS 
enabling safe and secure remote access to data
SQB 
providing access to key survey questionnaires
HAVE A QUESTION - CONTACT US
ABOUT US FAQ
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST