Data Steward

Charles University

Dates of the course

Application submission:
1. 10. 2025 – 15. 12. 2025
Start:
02.02.2026
End:
27.04.2026
Venue:
FF UK/Národní technická knihovna a jiné
Course fee:
12600.00 CZK

Overview:

Charles University

Faculty of Arts

Field of study:
Library, information and archival studies
Number of credits:
5
Course length:
125 hours
Assessment type:
Examination
Teaching language:
Czech

Course description:

The professionalisation of data management is now a priority, as both science and industry are undergoing a digital transformation in which data management, data quality and data literacy of employees are crucial for all organisations. The course focuses on the extension of competences in data management and data science in line with the proposed European competency frameworks for this area (e.g. FAIR Competence Framework for Higher Education, EDISON Data Science Framework). Participants will learn the basics of working with data, data management, i.e. storage, long-term preservation and sharing of data, including legal and ethical aspects and specifics of data management in different areas, basics of project management and research methods.

Course content:

The course focuses on expanding competencies in data management and data science. It aims to introduce participants to the basics of working with data, data management, i.e. storage, long-term preservation and sharing of data, including legislative and ethical aspects, specifics of governance in different fields and the basics of project management and research methods.
The course consists of six core topics: introduction to open science and research data management, research data management in the context of FAIR principles, research ethics and sensitive data, data processing and storage, data licensing and reusability, and data from the perspective of grant support. Each of the modules consists of a direct teaching component, which is a combination of lecture and seminar, practical assignments and self-study of prescribed readings and study materials in Moodle. The internships are aimed at familiarising with the activities of data stewards at a selected institution and solving partial tasks typical for this environment.

Part A - Teaching - 30 hours of teaching + 20 hours of internship, spread over three months

The course starts with a full-day seminar, the teaching continues in a fortnightly cycle of shorter meetings and concludes again with a full-day seminar. In the last month an internship is included.

Part B - Other study obligations - a total of 50 hours of work on independent assignments given on certain topics, prescribed reading and preparing a final summary and reflection

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