RDM Support

Writing your Data Management Plan: good practice pointers

Data Management Plan (DMP) templates vary from funder to funder, but there are common themes which researchers are asked to think through. An online webinar was delivered via teams to provide guidance on issues that researchers should address when writing a DMP for their research projects.

The webinar gave a brief introduction to DMPs, re-emphasizing the helpfulness of contextualising DMPs within FAIR data principles.  The body of the presentation highlighted statements researchers should consider outlining within a series of key DMP themes, including guidance text where appropriate.

• Writing your Data Management Plan: good practice pointers

Data Management Planning (DMP) webinar

An introductory webinar was delivered through MS Teams to outline resources available to Ulster researchers to help with Data Management Planning. The webinar contextualised DMPs within FAIR data principles and gave practical guidelines on making research data FAIR.  It also highlighted top tips for preparing a DMP.

• Presentation:  Introductory comments on Data Management Plans for all

Open research data:  addressing the perceived barriers webinar

A webinar was delivered through MS Teams to address researcher concerns around open data and offer guidance for moving your open data journey forward.

• Presentation:  Opening your data is easier than you think

PURE for Datasets Webinar

A webinar was delivered through MS Teams to give staff a step-by-step introduction for using PURE Datasets and to provide guidance on associated data-related issues.

• Uploading Datasets to PURE Webinar Recording
• Uploading Datasets to PURE PowerPoint slide deck

There is an increasing range of freely available online training resources for research data management, including both generalised support and disciplinary-focused resources.  Here are some examples!

Generalised RDM resources

• The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) provides a wide range of resources on collecting, selecting, maintaining and preserving research data.
• DMPonline provides help with writing data management plans.
• MANTRA provides online training course on managing digital data for a research project.
• Data Mindfullness is an 8-part introductory online course created by the University of Edinburgh especially for undergraduate & PGT students.

Disciplinary

• CESSDA ERIC (the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives European Infrastructure Consortium) is an expert tour guide written for social science researchers who are in an early stage of practicing research data management.
• UK Data Archive provides information on creating and managing social, economic and population data.
• UK Data Service is a collection of social, economic and population data resources.
• SSHOC  (Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud) provides training, advice, and educational resources for producers, users, and curators of Social Sciences and Humanities data.
• VADSAR hosts online toolkits that provide an introduction to research data in the visual arts.
• The Programming Historian publish novice-friendly, peer-reviewed tutorials that help humanists learn a wide range of digital tools, techniques, and workflows to facilitate research and teaching.
• Data Tree is a free online course for researchers, scientists, and anyone working with data, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
• ENVRI Training Gateway is a training hub for the earth observation community.
• EOSC Life has links to training resources for the life sciences community.
• TeSS is a searchable portal with training materials for the life sciences.

For more information, support and advice, contact the PURE Support team at pure-support@ulster.ac.uk.