Training and skills
We offer a range of training and resources to help you develop your research data and research data management skills.
Training sessions
The RDM Team offer online training sessions and workshops throughout the year for anyone managing research data. Sessions include:
- Best Practice for Research Data Management
- Writing a Data Management Plan with DMPOnline
See the full schedule and book your place through the KnowHow events calendar.
Or Contact us to request a bespoke session.
Self-paced tutorials
The University's KnowHow team have a variety of online, self-paced tutorials including:
- Research Data Management
- Data Anonymisation
- GDPR for Researchers
- AI for Researchers
- Statistics and Coding
See the full list of KnowHow Researcher sessions designed for Staff, PGR Researchers, or anyone involved in research.
Training across the web
There are a number of excellent free resources and training provided by colleagues at other institutions.
Data Management Expert Guide
A free, online guide to research data management by CESSDA (Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives)
MANTRA
A free, online course for research data management by the University of Edinburgh. Includes Data Handling tutorials for Python, R, SPSS, and ArcGIS.
Data Carpentry
Lessons in data organisation, cleanup, analysis, and visualisation, part of The Carpentries. See also the Software Carpentry lesson programme for basic lab skills for research computing.
Data Tree
A free, online course for data management funded by NERC (The Natural Environment Research Council).
The Programming Historian
Tutorials to help humanists learn a wide range of digital tools and techniques. Some tutorials also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
VADS4R
Data management toolkits for researchers in the visual arts.