Commissioning data handling modules for MANTRA TAGS: MANTRA We are seeking to commission new software-specific data handling modules in the Research Data MANTRA training resource (https://mantra.ed.ac.uk/), as the ones there have become outdated (https://mantra.ed.ac.uk/softwarepracticals.html). The online modules have …Continue reading →

Digital Curation Interviews project with DCC TAGS: Research Data Service In this guest blog post, Clara Lines Diaz reports on last year’s Digital Curation Interviews with University of Edinburgh researchers, conducted by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) on behalf of …Continue reading →

Large scale data transport service launched TAGS: DataStore | Globus Research Services, IT Infrastructure Division, are pleased to report that a project that allows researchers to transfer terabytes of data between the University of Edinburgh and external collaborators has been …Continue reading →

Research Data Support team and DCC to host Skills4EOSC Fellow TAGS: open science University of Edinburgh has been chosen as one of 12 European institutions to host sponsored short secondments for data professionals in Open Science, as part of the Skills4EOSC Horizon Europe …Continue reading →

Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2023: in summary TAGS: EORC This is a guest post by the Library’s new Citizen Science Engagement Officer, Neil Coleman. All of the materials from the conference may be found on the Edinburgh Open Research …Continue reading →

Community of Edinburgh Research Software Engineers (CERSE): Reflections on the 7th meeting TAGS: research support In this blog Dr Eleni Kotoula, Lead Research Facilitator at the University of Edinburgh, writes about the CERSE and their most recent event. What is CERSE? CERSE is a community …Continue reading →

ERASMUS work placement visitor from Germany TAGS: librarians | RDM services | staff My name is Judith Dähne (Daehne). I am the Research Data Support Officer of RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. When I started to think about research data management (RDM) around …Continue reading →

Digital Research Services: How we can support your research TAGS: DRS [This is a guest blog post by our new DRS Facilitator Sarah Janac. The Research Data Service is one of a number of digital research services at the University of …Continue reading →

New year, new team members! TAGS: staff The Research Data Support team has had some noteworthy changes in the last few months. Longtime staff member Pauline Ward has embraced a new management role as Data Repository Operations …Continue reading →

Open Research Support at Russell Group Universities As part of my work as Research Data Steward, I was asked by our Open Research Co-ordinator to investigate the open research support available at Russell Group universities and how …Continue reading →