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Introduction to effective and practical research data management
This workshop explores the key components of effective research data management, including data management planning, organising, and documenting data, ensuring data quality, storing and backing up data, as well as strategies for data preservation and sharing.
Using agent-based models as a sim tool to generate synthetic data
We explore the intersection of two computational social science ideas, synthetic data and agent-based models. This workshop covers why we create synthetic data using ABM, when it would be appropriate to do so, and much more.
Personal data journeys
Rodney Appleyard, UK Data Service and Jennie Blows, CLOSER, interview Professor Jennifer Symonds, Director of CLOSER, Robin Flaig, Co-Director of the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration and Chief Operations Officer for Generation Scotland, and Dr Nigel de Noronha, former Research Associate at the University of Manchester, about their personal data journeys and what they have found so rewarding about working with data.
Training podcast
Dr Vanessa Higgins, the Service Director of User Support and Training at the UK Data Service, provides an overview of the training courses and workshops delivered by her team throughout the year.