Welcome to the UK Data Service
Trusted access and training to use the UK's largest collection of economic, population and social research data for teaching, learning and public benefit.
Highlights
New Director of the UK Data Service looking forward to driving the future vision of the organisation
Dr Steve McEachern, the former Director of the Australian Data Archive, has joined us as its newly appointed Director.
We’re delighted for Professor Matthew Woollard, who served as Director of the UK Data Service and UK Data Archive from 2010 to 2023.
We provide access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. To help you get the most from these resources, we run a free introductory training series.
Upcoming training and events
Our impact
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.
Poverty in Data took place from April 23 -25. You can find videos from all the sessions and other resources here.
The Data Impact blog is a hub for researchers, students, communities, policymakers, government and anyone interested in maximising the impact of social, population and economic data in research and policy.
Seamless access to key data: explore by themes, types, and teaching datasets
Discover a wide array of national and international key datasets across various categories.
Watch our data skills training webinars
Watch and learn all the latest data skills from our free webinars, training and video tutorials.
We explore the key components of effective research data management and also cover practical tools and techniques.
We discuss computational social science, what it is good for, how to become a computational social scientist, and the basic steps to follow.
Ignite discovery: elevate your research with data deposits
Deposit your research data free, in our ESRC funded data catalogue.
Latest news
An update of our latest data releases. The following new studies have been released: SN 9267 Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2022-2023 SN 9168 Beyond Unionism and Nationalism in Northern Ireland: Electors, Voters and Party Members, 2022 SN 855791 Farming Resilience: Civil Society’s Role in Supporting Vulnerable Rural Communities Through and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, […]
We provide access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. To help you get the most from these resources, we run a free introductory training series every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our training series workshops in autumn 2024 are listed below and you can […]
The UK Data Service, as part of a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is calling on data owners to participate in a new survey aimed at exploring the readiness and perceptions of synthetic data production and dissemination. About the project: Evaluating the benefits, costs and utility of synthetic data Synthetic data, […]
Who makes us special?
Our podcast series, The Experts’ Expert, showcases some of the unique work we do to enable evidence-led research for public benefit.
