status: Recognised & Endorsed
Chair (s): Laura Molloy, Katarzyna Biernacka, Amy Nurnberger
Group Email: [group_email]
Secretariat Liaison:
The context of increasing volumes of data being created by researchers and the strengthening of requirements for research data management and data sharing has created demand for a new and evolving set of competencies and skills for researchers who create and use the data, and the growing cadre of professionals who support them.
In general, the fostering of these abilities is not explicitly addressed by current training or formal education plans. Also, the place, role and career structure of support professions (data scientists, data librarians, data managers, data analysts, research administrators, infrastructure providers and developers, etc.) is not clear.
The objective of this IG is the exchange of information about existing developments and initiatives and promotion of training/education to manage research data throughout the data lifecycle. Concretely, it will make the case for creating taxonomies of the skills required by different group of data management specialists/professionals and elaborating reference models as a basis to:
- enable the setting of quality standards for appropriate education and training programmes aimed at researchers and the professionals that support them, at all career stages;
- encourage the recognition of data skills amongst employees, employers, and professional bodies.
- prepare the ground for practical applications applying these standards in educational environments
The potential benefits include:
- increased employability, mobility and recognition of data professionals, including international certification and accreditation, and improved career progression structures;
- better recognition of data competencies and skills as integral components of researcher and support staff attributes;
- increased supply of trained data professionals;
- encouraging innovation in data-related curricula;
- fostering professional associations around recognizable skills.
- coordinating development of framework curriculum for different domains.
Posts
Invitation: RDM Trainer Community Meeting, June 21-22, 2023
*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear all, The Research Data Management (RDM) Trainer Community Meeting entitled “Fellowship of the data” will take place on-site in Berlin, Germany, June 21stto 22nd2023! We invite and encourage everyone interested in research data management and training to join us. Get to know and let’s grow the RDM trainer community! The meeting will include networking opportunities, poster sessions, and keynotes from Rabea Müller (The Carpentries) and Sarah Jones0 | Add new comment
Education and Training on Handling of Research Data IG (ETHRD-IG) at RDA P20 - registration open / agenda
by Laura Molloy
Registration is now open for the upcoming 20th RDA Plenary meeting - the 'early bird' (i.e. cheaper) rate will end on Sunday 5 February at 23.59 UTC. Once registered, we are looking forward to seeing you at Breakout 4, 10.00-11.30 UTC, Wednesday 22 March for our session "From Classroom to Practice: integrating education and training in handling research data”.0 | Add new comment
Re: EDISON Data Science Framework (EDSF) Release 4 published
Dear All, I just want to provide you with the correct link to the EDSF Part 5 document (link in the previous email was not open) EDISON Data Science Framework: Part 5. EDSF Use Cases and Applications (EDSF-UCA) Release 4, 31 December 2022, 111 pp. [online] https://zenodo.org/record/7538447 Dear All, I just want to provide you with the correct link to the EDSF Part 5 document (link in the previous email was not open)0 | Add new comment
EDISON Data Science Framework (EDSF) Release 4 published
Dear All, This might be interesting information for practitioners working with Data Science, Data Stewardship and curricula developments. New Release 4 of the EDISON Data Science Framework (EDSF) has been published and archived on Zenodo. It incorporates all developments and updates since the last Release 3 in 2018. The new Release 4 includes a new Part 5 that contains references to experiences with using EDSF for different purposes, primarily for curriculum development, but also using EDSF methodology for competences0 | Add new comment
RDA 20th Plenary - Notification of Acceptance
Dear Chairs of the Education and Training on Handling of Research Data IG Your RDA 20th Plenary (P20) session application titled From Classroom to Practice: integrating education and training in handling research data has been approved. Please consider this your official notification of acceptance. * Draft programme to be published on Friday, 16th December 2022 * Any requests for changes must be made by Friday, 13th January 2023 * The programme will be deemed final by Thursday, 19th January 20230 | Add new comment
Invitation to participate in 'A Decade of Data: 10 Years of the RDA' events and activities
by Connie Clare
Good day, The RDA Secretariat would like to invite the Education and Training on Handling of Research Data IG to participate in ‘A Decade of Data’: Celebrating 10 Years of the Research Data Alliance’. 10 months to celebrate 10 years of the RDA0 | Add new comment
[NFDI4Ing] Join the NFDI4Ing conference 2022 on October 26th and 27th!
Dear Researchers, For Wednesday and Thursday, October 26 and 27, 2022, we cordially invite you to our annual NFDI4Ing conference. Whether researchers, teachers or industry representatives - all those interested in (research) data management are welcome. Through presentations of research results, informative workshops and demonstrations, as well as case studies, we would like to discuss how data management can be implemented in engineering theory and practice.0 | Add new comment
Services and Infrastructures for RDM in Mechanical and Production Engineering - Invitation to the NFDI4Ing CC-41 Community Event 2022
Dear RDM enthusiasts at RDA, Research data management requires the exchange with domain-specific communities to design and evaluate existing solutions and future developments. Therefore the National Research Data Infrastructure for Engineering Sciences (NFDI4Ing) invites under the slogan "Services and Infrastructures for RDM in Mechanical and Production Engineering" to its CC-41 community meeting.0 | Add new comment
RDA ETHRD-IG - could *you* be our new co-chair? - Reminder
Dear ETHRD-IG members, are you the next co-chair we are looking for? We would like to kindly remind you, that our group is searching for new co-chair(s). Co-chair rotation is an important part of keeping the group continuing in an open and collaborative way, and encouraging new ideas and perspectives. It is also a responsibility with some time and focus required, including the planning and running of IG meetings at twice-yearly RDA Plenary events. If you would like to be considered for this interesting voluntary role,0 | Add new comment