RDM Training for Undergraduate Students
The Research Data Service at the University of Edinburgh provides research data support and training for staff and postgraduate students. Yet, over the last year through an Innovation Grant – we have decided to branch out and produce training materials to support our undergraduate students as well.
The result is a new handbook called ‘Data Mindfulness: Making the most of your dissertation’, along with a set of face-to-face workshops that we have delivered during the spring semester and will be delivering again this autumn. The idea behind this handbook and the workshops is to take UG students through all the stages of their dissertation journey: from choosing their question to dealing with literature and data to preserving their data after submission.
Unlike existing material for postgraduates and researchers, this handbook has been written by one of our PhD interns from the perspective of a student; and it places data management tips within the broader experience of conducting a UG dissertation. We believe this student perspective is what makes this handbook unique and particularly innovative.
Download Data Mindfulness-Making the Most of your Dissertation handbook for your own use or to customise for your own UG students.
Candela Sanchez-Rodilla Espeso
UG Research Data Management Skills Co-ordinator