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.

Slots are limited to 30 participants and will be allocated on a first-registered, first-served basis.

Don’t miss this chance to build essential skills in research data management. Register today to reserve your place.

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Good to know

Application for a Bachelor’s programme:
1. Fill out our Online Application Form.
2. Take part in one of our Application Days. We will invite you to attend in person.
3. After successful participation in the Application Day we will email you with your study agreement. Please print it out, sign it and then send it to LUNEX by post or by e-mail, along with the evidence documents specified in the email.

Application for a Master’s programme:
1. Fill out our Online Application Form.
2. If you have met all the prerequisites for the Master’s programme, we will email you with your study agreement. Please read it carefully, print it out and sign it.
3. In order to complete your application, please send the signed study agreement along with all other required evidence documents by post to LUNEX.

As an applicant for one of our Bachelor’s programmes, you will be invited to attend an Application Day online. A selection procedure will take place on this day to check whether you meet the necessary prerequisites for the course.

More about the Application Day

The language of instruction in all courses at LUNEX is English. You should therefore be able to speak and understand English well. You have the opportunity to participate in the Pre-Bachelor Foundation Programme and improve your English if your language skills do not meet the entrance requirements for study at Bachelor level.

We will inform you in the course of the application process which supporting documents have to be provided and when. In principle, we need the following documents for your application:

  • Copy of your personal ID
  • Copy of the highest educational and/or vocational qualification
  • Language certificate (if applicable)

Depending on the degree programme (Bachelor/Master) and your country of origin (EU/non-EU), further documents may be required. More details will be provided to you in good time.

To secure a study place, we recommend that you send us your documents as soon as possible – but at the latest two weeks before the start of your studies. If you are an applicant from outside the EU, you should note that the application process for a visa can take four to 60 days. Please make sure you give yourself plenty of time.