The ARP team is immensely proud that the theoretical and practical instruction on the Data Repository Platform has been incorporated into the curricula of several Hungarian higher education institutions.
One of ARP’s key missions is to make its repository infrastructure services and the expertise required for modern research data management accessible to higher education institutions. For this reason, colleagues responsible for repository management at Hungarian universities receive comprehensive professional support from ARP.
Since the fall semester of the 2023/2024 academic year, researcher István Hatvani (HUN-REN Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Institute of Geology and Geochemistry) has been using the services of the ELTE Faculty of Natural Sciences’ Z-program - that is, the Natural Sciences and Environmental Studies program, where a large volume of research data is generated due to the nature of the field - researcher István Hatvani (HUN-REN Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences), a university lecturer and ARP ambassador, has made familiarizing students with the ARP Data Repository a permanent part of his curriculum.
Since the fall of 2023, students in the Department of Modern Hungarian Literary History at ELTE’s Faculty of Humanities have also been learning about the Data Repository Platform and modern methods of managing research data. Department instructor Tamás Scheibner (ELTE Research Center for the Humanities, Institute of History) - who is also an ARP ambassador - has made theoretical and practical familiarization with the ARP interface and its functions a permanent part of his digital humanities curriculum. His students can practice the steps involved in creating a data package, depositing research data, and metadata tagging in the ARP Data Repository’s Education repository.
Since 2025, ARP has been part of the curriculum for the Data Scientist program, one of the newest programs in Hungarian higher education, offered by the Department of Digital Humanities at the Faculty of Humanities of ELTE. During the spring semester of the 2024/2025 academic year, Henrietta Farkas (HUN-REN), a data scientist expert and and head of the HUN-REN Data Scientist Network, gave a presentation on the operation and capabilities of ARP. In the fall semester of the 2025/2026 academic year, four members of the HUN-REN ARP team—data scientists Júlia Egyed-Gergely, Anna Horváth, Enikő Meiszterics, and Gabriella Virág, appeared as guest lecturers in the course. Among other topics, the ARP team gave a presentation to the students on the structure of the ARP system, its capabilities and future plans, as well as the services and practical opportunities offered by the ARP.
The HUN-REN ARP Data Repository and its associated services can play a significant role in the search, use, storage, and sharing of research data during students’ research activities, just as they do in any research project. The repository and the platform’s extensive Knowledge Base (Presentations, Guide to Managing Research Data, Glossary) provide support and diverse insights for acquiring knowledge and best practices related to research data management.
Image source: Júlia Egyed-Gergely (ELTE TK)