Greater training is necessary to put open data at the heart of Research Data Management policy and practice.

Greater training is necessary to put open data at the heart of Research Data Management policy and practice.
 As higher education institutions look to implement broader visions of openness, there is a need to re-assess the training and skills required for appropriate research data management (RDM). Geoff Curtis and Stéphane Goldstein present the findings of a report on how best to exploit developments in RDM practice to promote greater awareness and understanding of open data.