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The UK Data Service Impact team have recently published a new case study looking at the impact of the Gender Equality Index UK. This is the first index to systematically measure and analyse the socioeconomic outcomes of women and men across all 372 local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. So, what does gender equality look like in the UK today?

The new catalogue has a modern feel, improved performance and new functionality such as enhanced search, better filtering and easier navigation. We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the process and we hope these changes help you get even more from our resources!

Join our free introductory training series every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our training series workshops in autumn 2025 are listed on our news story and you can also browse our training and events pages for a full list of what is available.

This new Impact Case Study looks at the Gender Equality Index UK: the first index to systematically measure and analyse the socioeconomic outcomes of women and men across all 372 local authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Professor Alison Park, from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), discusses the importance of UK social science data infrastructures and outlines some of the opportunities and challenges they face.

The Children’s Society’s Good Childhood Reports provide an annual overview of the current state of children’s subjective well-being. Read about how they make use of data from our catalogue, in this case study.

Watch and learn all the latest data skills from our free webinars, training and video tutorials.

This free workshop will take you through the research process of a secondary analysis project, including an overview of the methodological and ethical issues. Includes a guided walk-through of some of our data catalogue pages, and get to explore a downloaded dataset and test your knowledge of the research cycle.

Social Network Analysis is an exciting computational method that allows us to study social systems by visualising and interrogating the relationships among individuals or groups. This technique allows us to answer questions about the ins-and-outs of social interaction and information flow, such as how ideas or behaviours spread through a population.