MANTRA Research Data Management Training

• Types of research data
• Why managing data is important
• Challenges of data in society

• Good practice and responsible research
• Checklists and planning tools
• Funder compliance

• Naming and re-naming conventions
• File and code versioning
• Use of cloud collaboration tools

• What is archiving and why archive your data
• File formats and digital preservation
• Data documentation & metadata

• Backup and storage methods
• Password safety and encryption
• Secure sharing and collaboration

• Data protection legislation
• Ethical considerations and informed consent
• Safeguarding sensitive data

• Benefits and barriers to data sharing
• Principles of FAIR sharing
• Open data licences

Practice manipulating data in software analysis packages (SPSS, R, ArcGIS, NVivo) using open datasets with exercises in PDF.