This is our online Introduction to Research Data Management course 2025-26. The current Moodle course is available at https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=13007.

A short presentation on the open access process at the University of Glasgow, accurate as of 11 August 2025. For more detailed information please see the Open Research webpages.

This is our online Introduction to Research Data Management course 2022-25. It is superceded by https://edshare.gla.ac.uk/3082/. The current Moodle course is available at https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=13007.

This resource contains guidance to be used when preparing software and code for sharing and reuse.

Open Research guide to data access statements, identifiers and citation

A how-to guide highlighting the potential costs of RDM processes.

Researchers can use this form to record the necessary deposit metadata required for new data records in Enlighten: Research Data. Once completed, the form can be emailed to research-datamanagement@glasgow.ac.uk NB Version 1 was replaced with Version 2 on 2023-01-16. Version 2 was replaced with Version 3.2 on 2025-03-12. An additional form to capture extra information about data requiring restricted access was added on 2025-06-10. Version 3.2 was replaced with Version 3.3 and the additional form to capture metadata for restricted access data was removed on 2026-05-19.

This guide is intended to help researchers consider which file formats to use when collecting and storing research data.

This resource introduces the principle of open access to research outputs, and explains how to navigate REF and funders’ policies. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, a video of the presentation with voiceover, a transcript, and handout slides. Updated August 2021.

This record contains two files - a short animation to introduce the concept of open research, what processes make up open research, and how these are supported at the University of Glasgow and a text file containing the script for the animation.

Document outlining the options for preregistration of reserach projects.

This resource introduces the principle of open access to research outputs, and explains how to navigate REF and funders’ policies. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, a video of the presentation with voiceover, a transcript, and handout slides. Updated February 2021.

This is the version of our online course for staff in Research Data Management that ran from 2020-2022. It has been superseded by https://edshare.gla.ac.uk/1454/. The course is available here: https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=23593

This is the version of our online course for postgraduate researchers in Research Data Management that ran from 2020-2022. It has been superseded by https://edshare.gla.ac.uk/1454/. The current Moodle course is available at https://moodle.gla.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=13007.

The following is general guidance on how to develop a file-naming convention.

This resource introduces the principle of open access to research outputs, and explains how to navigate REF and funders’ policies. It includes a PowerPoint presentation, a video of the presentation with voiceover, a transcript, and handout slides. Superceded by Introduction to Open Access v2 (Edshare ref 1249)

The following is general guidance on how to keep a paper-based laboratory (lab) notebook.

A brief introduction to research data management at the University of Glasgow for new PGR students in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences