data stewardship

November 4, 2026
DCC’s Digital Research Infrastructure Webinar Series: Getting to Know UK Data Service
Join us to learn more about UK Data Service from our guest speakers, Sam Campbell, Hina Zahid, and Maureen Haaker, who will give an overview of the UK Data Service, including the data, impact, and support for the social sciences research community. The session will introduce our extensive range of research-ready surveys, longitudinal, census, qualitative and international data collections available for free for secondary analysis.
October 29, 2026
UKeIG: CPD course on Research Data Management for information professionals
To fulfill the role of supporting Research Data Management (RDM) librarians need to build an understanding of the policy context in which managing data has become important and gain a good grasp of researchers’ activities, motives, perceptions and feelings around their research and their data. This online course explains the need for research data services, how to find out about users and their needs and then how to apply this knowledge to create a portfolio of research data services that they will want to use.
October 21, 2026
STEP-UP In Person Training: Repository Selection — Finding the Right Long-Term Home for Your Research Data
This course will guide researchers and research support professionals through the process of selecting an appropriate long-term repository for their research data, ensuring longevity, accessibility, and compliance with funding and institutional requirements. This course is designed to be delivered in a workshop format with a mix of instructor presentation and individual/group exercises.
October 6, 2026
LMJU: Open Data Fortnight 2026 – Storytelling, Ethnography and Creative Approaches to Research Data
This is a week long showcase of LJMU’s commitment to open data, open research, and research integrity. Whether you’re new to open practices or a seasoned advocate, this session is designed to inspire and connect. Speaker: Irina Stadniciuc Doctoral Prison Researcher & Editor in Chief Ethnography is Dead. In this session, we will hear about Irina’s PhD research, which consists in-depth interviews with former prisoners about their experiences in Romanian prisons. Using narrative methods, Irina created individual stories focusing on each participant’s experience, as well as one composite story capturing shared experiences. We will also hear more about Irina’s editor in chief role, running the Ethnography Club at LJMU and more on the recently launched zine ‘Ethnography Is Dead’ https://openjournals.ljmu.ac.uk/EiD/index, . This session will introduce participants to a different format through which they can publish their work.
October 6, 2026
LMJU: Open Data Fortnight 2026 – Managing Research Data Across International Partnerships
This is a fortnight long showcase of LJMU’s commitment to open data, open research, and research integrity. Whether you’re new to open practices or a seasoned advocate, this session is designed to inspire and connect. In this session, Dr Davide Bruno will share how openly available research data has enabled him to conduct impactful Alzheimer's disease research without access to large clinical research groups or hospital-based datasets. By making use of established open research databases, he has been able to access valuable data resources, develop new research questions, and contribute to our understanding of dementia while significantly reducing the costs and barriers often associated with data collection.
October 6, 2026
LMJU: Open Data Fortnight 2026 – Unlocking Research Potential Through Open Data
Join us as we open the week with a showcase of LJMU’s commitment to open data, open research, and research integrity. Whether you’re new to open practices or a seasoned advocate, this session is designed to inspire and connect. In this session, Dr Davide Bruno will share how openly available research data has enabled him to conduct impactful Alzheimer's disease research without access to large clinical research groups or hospital-based datasets. By making use of established open research databases, he has been able to access valuable data resources, develop new research questions, and contribute to our understanding of dementia while significantly reducing the costs and barriers often associated with data collection.
October 6, 2026
UKRN: Open Research: moving from individual recommendations to coordinated action – part 1
This is the first of a six-part online programme, bringing together funders, publishers, infrastructure providers, researchers, and research professionals to drive coordinated cross-sector action and make open research a reality in the UK. This session explores research data planning and review, focusing on the upstream practices that shape how research data and materials are managed, shared, and reused across the research lifecycle. Using the recent Sustainable and TrAnsparent Research data (STAR) Study Report as a starting point, this session will bring together perspectives from across the sector to reflect on the report’s recommendations, paying particular attention to its concluding recommendation on the need for formalised open research review mechanisms.
September 29, 2026
CaSDaR’s Data Steward Stories: Stewarding data as a team
The Research Data team at the University of Southampton describe how their roles complement each other. Effective research data stewardship is essential for any research-performing organisation, yet expecting a single individual to carry responsibility for every aspect of data stewardship is neither realistic nor sustainable. Successful data stewardship depends on collaboration, bringing together a range of expertise, perspectives, and skills. In this 75-minute edition of the Data Steward Stories webinar series, we will shine a spotlight on a team who supports research data stewardship within a large institution through collaborative working.