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CESSDA plans improved training materials and workshops for researchers
Wed 14 Dec 2016

CESSDA plans improved training materials and workshops for researchers

The first meeting of the CESSDA Training Working Group provided the opportunity for CESSDA Service Providers to make concrete plans for the development of training resources and for organising workshops.

CESSDA prepared for the new requirements for trustworthy data repositories
Thu 8 Dec 2016

CESSDA prepared for the new requirements for trustworthy data repositories

The Data Seal of Approval (DSA) and the ICSU World Data System (WDS) both announced on 25 November 2016 that new common requirements were available.

News from Norway - NSD's newsletter "NSDnews" now available in English
Wed 16 Nov 2016

News from Norway - NSD's newsletter "NSDnews" now available in English

Although "NSDnews" is mainly aimed at readers in the research sector in Norway, the publication gives a good overview of national and international projects and activities.

PROGEDO offers a short-term post-doctoral fellowship in social sciences to work on CESSDA SaW
Wed 9 Nov 2016

PROGEDO offers a short-term post-doctoral fellowship in social sciences to work on CESSDA SaW

In the framework of the partnership between CESSDA & PROGEDO, and the participation in the European Horizon 2020 project CESSDA Strengthening and Widening (CESSDA SaW), PROGEDO is recruiting a PhD in social sciences for 11 months (from 1 December 2016 to October 2017).

CESSDA publishes its annual report 2015
Mon 31 Oct 2016

CESSDA publishes its annual report 2015

To find out more about our organisation, our activities and our plans for the future, please take a look at the CESSDA Annual Report 2015.

New and free software launched for variable recoding and harmonisation
Thu 27 Oct 2016

New and free software launched for variable recoding and harmonisation

QuickCharmStats 1.1 (QCS) was designed for researchers who want to quickly and easily create recoding syntax for use in statistical analysis. QCS 1.1 has two further features: Reports and Graphs.