Research Data Management Fundamentals Course

LUNEX is hosting a Research Data Management Fundamentals course, designed to enhance understanding and application of research data management. Delivered by LNDS, this course provides participants with essential theoretical and practical knowledge for effective research practices.

This course is for all LUNEX staff and external professionals interested in the topic.

Course Details

• Course Name: Research Data Management Fundamentals
• Dates: 13th and 18th March 2025
• Workload: 25 hours (16 hours during the course, 5 hours pre-course work, and 4 hours post-course work)
• Slots Available: Limited to 30 participants (first registered, first served)
• Location: Room 0.02-03

Overview

This course focuses on research data management (RDM), addressing institutional and funder compliance, improving research rigour, and enabling data collaboration. Participants will gain insights into the research data lifecycle, data management planning, data protection, and data sharing techniques.

What You Will Learn

• Data Management Planning
• Research Data Lifecycle
• Hands-on Exercise on DMPs
• Practical Data Management
  • Data ingestion, data storage, data documentation, data transfer
  • Hands-on exercises (file checksums, RDM Escape Room, file naming)
• FAIR Principles
  • What are FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) Principles
  • Why funders and organisations support it
  • What it means for you
• Tidy Data
• Data Protection for Research
  • Research with sensitive human data
  • GDPR requirements for research
• Data Preservation and Sharing
  • Types of repositories and sharing models
  • How to choose a repository
  • Zenodo sandbox

How to Register

To secure your spot in the Research Data Management Fundamentals course, complete the online registration form.