Hi

I need some advice urgently. I am doing a Phd funded by a UK body. Award was to my supervisor. I was employed as research assistant and my phd fees were paid with the goal to submit the project as my phd thesis. At the end of my 3rd year ( 3 year funded project ) i submitted to my supervisor all the raw data files plus a full research report for the project. I know uni has IP of data. Now I am on my 4th year doing the PhD write up.

My supervisor demands that I give him my spss statistical analysis files and anything I have done on my phd without been given an option to write my own publications. Does he legally have the right to ask for my analysis output before I submit my thesis? It is not to check if i did anything wrong, but to have the option to use it to publish articles himself. He will put me as co author but i want to have a go on being first author.

My question is do I have ownership of the statistical analysis as part of my phd ( spss files input and output)?

thank you

Legally (I think) the university has posession of all your data, not him. Not sure he can ask for your data unless you were employed by him specifically to generate this analysis. I would have thought the nice thing to do would be to allow you to write it up and take first authorship but it may be worthwhile checking with student services to see where you stand.