Essentials 4 Data Support Course (September–November 2026)

End 2026 by strength­en­ing your knowl­edge of research data man­age­ment with the Essen­tials 4 Data Sup­port course. This intro­duc­to­ry course is designed for data pro­fes­sion­als and research sup­port staff who assist researchers with stor­ing, man­ag­ing, archiv­ing, and shar­ing research data.

The course com­bines two in-per­son train­ing days with online learn­ing mate­ri­als and week­ly assign­ments, offer­ing a prac­ti­cal intro­duc­tion to key data sup­port top­ics. Par­tic­i­pants who suc­cess­ful­ly com­plete all course com­po­nents will receive a cer­tifi­cate.

Course dates:

• 17 Sep­tem­ber 2026 – TU Delft Library
• 10 Novem­ber 2026 – SURF, Utrecht

Lan­guage: Eng­lish
Instruc­tors: Leila Iñi­go de la Cruz (TU Delft) and Gia­co­mo Can­niz­zaro (SURF)

Course fee: €895 (exclud­ing VAT)

RDNL organ­is­es three Essen­tials train­ing rounds each year—two in Eng­lish and one in Dutch. Reg­is­tra­tion is now open.