This presentation was given at the Final Conference of the LEARN Project, 5 May 2017. www.learn-rdm.eu

1. Group 1 - How to engage
early career researchers
LEARN End of Project Conference,
Senate House, London, 5 May 2017
Myriam Fellous-Sigrist, June Hedges,
Daniel Van Strien
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2. Programme
How to engage early career researchers
13.30 – 13.40 Welcome and introduction
13.40 – 14.10 Break out discussion groups
13.10 – 14.30 Group feedback

3. Engaging Early Career Researchers: skills
development and awareness
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4. Research Data Management - policy,
technical infrastucture, support services
www.ucl.ac.uk/research-data-management

5. Research Data Management
• Traditional engagement activities
“It seems right on the spot. I’ve been working in this area for
about 15 years now and have seen plenty of time-wasting projects in the
area. This is not one of them. Research Data Management Blog.”
• Training and support
– Doctoral School Training Session
– Drop-in sessions
• Data Management Plans – checking service and
templates for Masters students
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6. Training and Support
• Course for PhD students: Introduction to
Research support & integrity
• 3-hour session focuses on Research Integrity, Research
Data Management, Data Protection, Research Ethics, Open
Access and Research IT today’s doctoral students need
training in
• 121 attendees since December 2016 - 38% found the
course “very useful”, 55% found it “useful”
“I think that was a great session. I would have appreciated
this session at the very beginning of my research.”
“I’m new PhD student, still [haven’t started] my project yet.
Find the delivered information so helpful.”
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7. Data Management Plans
• Templates for best practice
• Targeted (scalable) services: DMP Checking
• Includes 2 submitted by PhD students to Wellcome Trust
“I got the AHRC fellowship! […] I wanted to say a HUGE thank you for your
help – I never would have got it without your help.”
“In the end, the Technical Plan helped enormously – the technical reviewer
wrote very positively about everything and gave it a ‘6’/Outstanding rating. […] I
just wanted to say how grateful I am for all the help you gave”
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36 Plans reviewed: 21 in 2015/16 and 15 so far in 2016/17
Funders for which the Plans were written: ESRC (9), MRC (8), Wellcome Trust
(7*), AHRC (6), Royal Society (4), H2020 (1), BBSRC (1)
Authors’ Faculties: IOE (7), Population Health Sc (5), MAPS (5), SHS (4),
Brain Sc (4), Engineering (4), A&H (3), Bartlett (3), Life Sciences (1)

8. Engaging early career researchers: Learn
project case studies
• n4: RDM supporting Research Integrity and Open
Science (https://doi.org/10.14324/000.learn.05)
• n18: Training early career researchers
(https://doi.org/10.14324/000.learn.19)
• n20: The emerging role of data scientist and the
experience of data science education at the University
of Amsterdam (https://doi.org/10.14324/000.learn.21)
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9. Engaging early career researchers:
discussion groups
• Defining early career researchers
• Why focus on early career researchers?
• Do approaches to engagement need to be
different for early career researchers?
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10. Engaging early career researchers
• Policy and Leadership
• Advocacy
• Open Data
• Research Data Infrastructure
• Roles, Responsibilities & Skills
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