Data management plans: first-year review writing workshop

Audience: PG research

Date: Thursday 26 February 2026

Times: 10.00 to 12.00

Programme: GRADskills

Key details: Live in-classroom session. This workshop provides a devoted study space and in-person support for writing the mandatory first-year review data management plans. Delivered by the Open Research team (Library)

Target audience

PhD students who need to prepare a DMP for their first-year review, or who wish to update their DMP after their first-year review.

Course pre-work

None required, although students may get more out of the session if they have already looked at the template. Students should bring a device on which they can edit their DMPs.

Course mapped to

Vitae's Researcher Development Framework domains: A1 (Information literacy and management); C2 (Research management)

Follow on course

First-Year Review Data Management Plans: Writing Workshop (optional)

Course information

PLEASE NOTE: If you are no longer able to attend, please cancel your place at least two working days before so that we can allow others onto the course.


This 2-hour writing workshop is a great opportunity to work on your data management plan with a member of the Research Data Management team on hand to answer questions and provide guidance. Participants should feel welcome to bring their data management plans regardless of stage, from a blank First-Year Review DMP template to a full plan for review before submission alongside other first-year review material on MMS. 

Aims and objectives

By the end of this workshop you should be able to:

  1. Have drafted a data management plan using the First-Year Review DMP template. 
  2. Workshopped the draft with input from a member of the Research Data Management team 

Tutors

Haley Eckel

Venue

TBC


Course provider

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk