In 2025/26 academic year we will be delivering a mix of in-person and online workshops. Please check the details of each workshop before registering. In-person courses will be held in the central area, the exact venue will be updated nearer the time. Online courses will be delivered on Teams. Booking through MyEd or P&M All of our courses can be booked through MyEd Events or People & Money (P&M) Learning and using the links below.Booking for courses is managed by:Institute for Academic Development (IAD)Digital Skills, Design and Training (Digital Skills) Once you have booked onto a course you will be registered on the appropriate session and should receive an email with details of how to join the session before it starts. If you don't receive this information please let us know using the Contact Us option at the bottom of this page.The scheduled courses provided by us this academic year are: Data Management for your Research (RDS013) No prior knowledge is required for this course.Duration 1.5 hours.Research Data Management (RDM) is a crucial part of ensuring the reproducibility of your research, but it can be difficult to know how to begin. This 1.5 hour workshop will introduce you to the basic principles of RDM and why it is so important to manage your research data well, and it will sign-post you to all of the other training and support available to help you with all aspects of RDM. Whether you are planning your first research project or your 1001’s this workshop is an ideal for ensuring you know how to manage your data and where to find support when you need it.Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:Recognize the importance of RDM and Data Management PlanningApply basic RDM skills to their daily research practicesUnderstand what the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles mean and why they matterKnow where to find support and training within the universityScheduled byAudienceDateTimeLocationBookingIADPGRs and Staff30th Sept 202510:00 - 11:30Online - MS TeamsBooking for StaffBooking for PGRsDigital SkillsPGRs and Staff8th Oct 202514:30 - 16:00Room 3.35 Edinburgh Futures InstituteBooking for StaffBooking for PGRsIADPGRs 15th Oct 202514:00 - 15:30Room 3.2 Lister BuildingBooking for PGRsIADPGRs and Staff28th Jan 202610:00 - 11:30Online - MS TeamsBooking for StaffBooking for PGRsIADPGRs11th Feb 202614:00 - 15:30Room 3.2 Lister BuildingBooking for PGRs Writing a Data Management Plan for your Research (RDS002) Interactive workshop - Attendees should bring a laptop or tablet to write their DMP on either using DMPonline, or the basic template the tutor will provide. It would also be helpful if you could bring your project outline to base the draft DMP on.Duration 2 hoursAt the end of this practical workshop you will understand the basic components of good DMP, and have produced a 1st draft Data Management Plan (DMP) for your research project.Upon completion of this course, attendees will:understand the necessity/benefits of producing a DMP;know how to register for and use DMPonline;have drafted a basic DMP that they can complete after the course.Scheduled byAudienceDateTimeLocationBookingIADPGRs and Staff12th Nov 202514:00 - 16:00Room 1.2 Lister BuildingBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffIADPGRs and Staff20th Nov 202510:00 - 12:00Online - MS TeamsBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffDigital SkillsPGRs and Staff26th Nov 202514:00 - 16:00Room 425 Anatomy Lecture Theatre - Doorway 3, Medical School, TeviotBooking for StaffBooking for PGRsIADPGRs and Staff26th Mar 202610:00 - 12:00Online - MS TeamsBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffIADPGRs and Staff8th Apr 202614:00 - 16:00Room 1.2 Lister BuildingBooking for PGRsBooking for Staff Working with Personal and Sensitive Data (RDS003) Presentation - Before attending you should complete the mandatory online Data Protection Training https://data-protection.ed.ac.uk/training-eventsDuration 2 hoursResearchers today are pressured to share their research data and make it accessible to other researchers. But what if you have collected sensitive or confidential data?For many researchers, the sensitivity of research data is one of the main barriers to data sharing. Fear of violating ethical or legal obligations, lack of knowledge about disclosure control and the time required to anonymise data to a suitable standard often prevent valuable datasets from seeing the light of day.In this two-hour awareness raising course, we introduce how to collect, share, store, and protect the sensitive data you may encounter as part of your work.Upon completion of this course, attendees will:understand the principles of good research data management;have knowledge of GDPR and data protection regulations, and what these mean for research and research data;be aware of relevant services and resources available to researchers at the university.Scheduled byAudienceDateTimeLocationBookingIADPGRs and Staff23rd Oct 202514:00 - 16:00Online - MS TeamsBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffIADPGRs and Staff29th Oct 202514:00 - 16:00Room 3.2 Lister BuildingBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffDRSPGRs and Staff5th Nov 202514:00 - 16:00Room 3.35 Edinburgh Futures InstituteBooking for StaffBooking for PGRsIADPGRs and Staff26th Feb 202614:00 - 16:00Online - MS TeamsBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffIADPGRs and Staff11th Mar 202614:00 - 16:00Room 3.2 Lister BuildingBooking for PGRsBooking for Staff Archiving your Research Data (RDS010) Interactive workshopDuration 2 hoursLearn how to keep your data findable, accessible and re-usable (FAIR) for the decades to come, and how to show your funder you’re complying with their data policy. The course includes a demo of DataVault’s new and improved interface. ContentLearning Outcomes Part 1 – The Test of TimeWhat is Archiving?Why Archive Research Data for the Long-term?Archival Appraisal – What to Keep?Risks to Long-term Access to Your DataOAIS – Reference Model for Digital PreservationSteps to Digitally Preserve your Research Data Upon completion of this course, attendees will:1. Know how to select the most appropriate data to archive2. Know how to protect their data from long-term risks3. Know how to digitally preserve their data4. Know how to select a trustworthy repository5. Know how to archive their data6. Know what systems and support are available to facilitate data sharing and archivingPart 2 – Practical data archivingData SharingUoE Research Data Management policy 2022Trustworthy repositoriesArchiving open data on Edinburgh DataShareMaking sensitive data shareableExercise – start a DataShare submissionSupport available from the universityArchiving sensitive dataArchiving larger files or sensitive data – Edinburgh DataVault Scheduled byAudienceDateTimeLocationBookingIADPGRs and Staff4th Dec 202510:00 - 12:00Online - MS TeamsBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffIADPGRs and Staff22nd Apr 202510:00 - 12:00Online - MS TeamsBooking for PGRsBooking for StaffResearch Data SupportPGRs and StaffScheduled on demandNANARequest training (MS Office form) This article was published on 2025-09-04