TEK-8507 Data Stewardship (3 ECTS)
TEK-8507 Data Stewardship (3 ECTS)
Learn how to handle your research data! What is the best way to plan collecting, storing, processing, analysing and archiving your data? How should you structure your data to keep track of it? And how do you find existing data to reuse in your own research?
Data Stewardship offers a broad introduction to research data management. It covers all major steps in the research data management life cycle, from finding relevant data, via organising and documenting data, to publishing datasets in suitable data repositories.
The course content is tailored to the needs of PhD candidates and is relevant for all disciplines and all types of data. It offers PhD candidates the opportunity to develop skills that are sought-after within both the academic and private sector.
Course schedule
Module 1: self-paced online module
Start the course at your own convenience with an online module that equips you with essential theory and best through video lectures and other resources.
- Digital kick-off meeting: 9 February 2026
- Deadline for completing Assignment 1 (multiple-choice quiz): 9 March 2026
- Estimated workload: 16 hours
Having completed Module 1, you can move on to Module 2.
Module 2: week-long workshop
This module takes the form of an in-person workshop in Tromsø where you put the theory of research data management into practice.
- In-person workshop: 13-16 April 2026
- Deadline for submission of Assignment 2 (esssay): 27 April 2026
- Estimated workload: 5 full days (including pre-assignments)
Having finished Module 2 and successfully completed the assignment, you can move on to Module 3.
Module 3: internship
In module 3 you gain first-hand experience of data management outside of the university sector through a short internship (2 days) a local company or public sector partner. The internship will take place during the period 4-29 May 2026 (depending on the availability of the hosting organization).
- Deadline for submission of final exam (report): 12 June 2026
- Estimated workload: max. 3 days
Registration
PhD candidates at UiT apply for admission by registering in Studentweb. Other participants apply for admission in Søknadsweb.
👉 If you are having trouble registering, please contact huw.haugland-grange@uit.no.
Deadline for registration: 15 December 2025.
For more information, see TEK-8507 Data Stewardship in the UiT course catalogue or contact huw.haugland-grange@uit.no.
