From safeguarding and confidentiality to GDPR and online methods: considerations for researchers during the pandemic and beyond
The world changed for everyone back in March 2020. The transition to working from home happened overnight, with little time to consider how effectively that would work in terms of the jobs we do. As a mixed methods educational researcher with a role as an Information Governance Guardian[1], I was faced with immediate concerns around research data - practically, ethically, and also legislatively. Fieldwork was put on hold whilst we tried to work out the best way forward.
