Teaching with ESDS data

How to access ESDS data for teaching

• access your account
• register a new use of data
• tick the 'Teaching only' option
• enter the number of students when registering a usage, or after your class
• add the required data to the usage

All students who are registered with ESDS should be added to your usage details. However, if the majority of your students are not registered and the data are only being used within a classroom setting, you should complete the Access Agreement for Teaching and ask your students to sign it. Once completed, please return to the address on the form.

Access to data placed on any shared areas, including web sites, to be used for teaching purposes, must be restricted to registered users or to users who have signed the Access Agreement for Teaching. These data must be removed from any shared areas when the data are no longer required.

The teaching agreement applies only in cases where data are accessed in a classroom setting. These data must not be saved to media that are portable or externally accessible. Students will have to register with ESDS individually if they are expected to use data independently outside of the classroom.

Students using data for their own research, e.g. for a Ph.D. or an M.Phil., are classified as researchers and should register their usage of the data individually.

There is no requirement to register a teaching usage if you are using the ESDS International macro databanks for teaching purposes, but each student must register and agree online to any terms and conditions. Login and view any special conditions on the use of the databanks.

If you are using data in an interesting way within the classroom we would like to hear from you. Other teachers may find your approach inspires them to think about new ways in which they could use data themselves, so if you are willing to share your experiences, or be interviewed for a case study, please contact us by sending an email to: publicity@esds.ac.uk or contact us on +44 (0)1206 873159/872319.