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 2025 are listed below and you can also browse our training and events pages for a full list of what is available.
- Introduction to effective and practical research data management, 2 October, 10 -11.30
- Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data, 8 October, 10 -11.30
- Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing, 16 October, 10 -11.30
- How to become a computational social scientist, 21 October, 10 -11.30
- Getting started with secondary analysis, 3 November, 10 -11.30
- Role of Informed Consent in Ethical Data Collection, Sharing and Reuse, 4 November, 10 -11.30
- Best practices for documenting social sciences research data, 17 November, 10 -11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys, 18 November, 10 -11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data, 20 November, 10-11.30
- Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data, 24 November, 10 -11.30
- UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, and finding and accessing data, 26 November, 10 -11.30
- Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks, 27 November, 10 -11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods data, 2 December, 10 -11.30
- Homeworking for Special Licence and Secure Access data, 3 December, 10-11.30
- Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies, 9 December, 10 -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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