Research Data Management Training (MANTRA)
Research Data MANTRA is a course designed for PhD students
and others who are planning a research project using digital data.
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The course content is mainly geared for three disciplines: geosciences, social and political sciences and clinical psychology, however, many of the issues covered apply equally to all research disciplines.
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There are eight units and four data handling practicals in the course where the following topics and software are covered:
– Research data explained
– Data management plans
– Organising data
– File formats and transformation
– Documentation and metadata
– Storage and security
– Data protection, rights and access
– Preservation, sharing and licensing (in development)
– Software practicals: SPSS, NVivo, R, ArcGIS