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 also browse our training and events pages for a full list of what is available.
- Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys, Tuesday 24 September, 10.00 – 11.30
- Introduction to effective and practical research data management, Monday 30 September, 10.00 – 11.30
- How to become a computational social scientist, Tuesday 1 October, 10.00 – 11.30
- Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data, Tuesday 8 October, 10.00 – 11.30
- Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing, Thursday 10 October, 10.00 – 11.30
- Getting started with secondary analysis, Tuesday 15 October, 10.00 – 11.30
- Role of Informed Consent in Ethical Data Collection, Sharing and Reuse, Thursday 24 October, 10.00 – 11.30
- Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing, Tuesday 29 October, 10.00 – 11.30
- Introduction to copyright: Copyright and secondary data use, Tuesday 5 November, 10.00 – 11.30
- Introduction to the UK Data Service, Thursday 7 November, 10.00 – 11.30
- Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data, Tuesday 19 November, 10.00 – 11.30
- Finding and accessing data from the UK Data Service, Wednesday 20 November, 10.00 – 11.30
- Best practices for documenting social sciences research data, Tuesday 26 November, 10.00 – 11.30
- Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks, Thursday 28 November, 10.00 – 11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data, Thursday 5 December, 10.00 – 11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies, Tuesday 10 December, 10.00 – 11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods data, Tuesday 12 December, 10.00 – 11.30
Recordings of UK Data Service events are made available on our YouTube channel and, together with the slides, on our past events pages soon after the event has taken place.
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