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[apologies for cross posting] Dear all, The DataTrain project has come to an end. We have written and piloted two discipline specific courses on research data management for post-graduate students in Social Anthropology and Archaeology and they are now available on-line. We’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who worked on the project, especially Cameron Petrie from the Department of Archaeology, Sian Lazar from the Department of Social Anthropology and Stuart Jeffrey from the Archaeology Data Service (ADS). Sian and Cameron gave us the opportunity to pilot the courses in their departments and provided advice and feedback throughout. Stuart and the ADS reviewed the Archaeology materials, and also agreed to host the Archaeology courses on their website. For the Archaeology course, we have produced a series of 8 modules, which are designed to be run over four sessions. For each module there is a PowerPoint presentation and a set of accompanying notes for course instructors. The modules go through the process of building a data management plan, and at the end, participants will have a data management plan for their own research; hopefully the course participants are finding that useful as they continue with their project. For the Social Anthropology course, we have written three modules, each with a comprehensive set of notes for course instructors and a PowerPoint presentation to act as a focus for discussion. The first two modules are targeted at post-graduate students who are about to embark on fieldwork, while the third is aimed at students who are writing up. Useful software, because it is relevant to both target audiences, is given a separate set of notes and can be added to any of the modules. There are also lists of useful reading and other online information. The Archaeology materials are hosted by the Archaeology Data Service at: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/learning/DataTrain The Social Anthropology materials are hosted by Cambridge University Library, via DSpace@Cambridge; they can be found at: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/dataman/datatrain/socanthintro.html We have released the materials online, but we are still interested in receiving any further feedback from the MRD community. Also please let us know if your department are planning on re-using the materials. Any comments or observations would be greatly appreciated; these can be sent to Elin Stangeland: [log in to unmask], DataTrain project manager (and DSpace@Cambridge Repository Manager). All the course materials are released under Creative Commons licence BY-NC-SA – though please note that the modules also link to external resources, which may be subject to other licences. Best wishes, The DataTrain team