Dissertation Award

Our annual Dissertation Award 2023-2024

The UK Data Service Dissertation Award recognises students who use data from the UK Data Service in their undergraduate dissertations. Awards will be given to the three best dissertations from this academic year. Each winning entry will receive a £300 award and publicity via our website, blog and newsletter.

Submissions have closed.

The judging process

A shortlisting panel will shortlist the completed entry forms. We will then request full dissertations from the shortlisted entries. The full dissertations will then be reviewed by the judging panel, which will comprise data experts from the UK Data Service and senior academic staff from a range of disciplines and with mixed expertise.

Judges will be looking for the best dissertations on social science topics that include thorough secondary data analysis.

We will contact and announce winners at the end of July.

Previous awards

Read more about the Dissertation Award winners from previous years.

Dissertation Award Winners 2023
Dissertation Award Winners 2022
Dissertation Award Winners 2021
Dissertation Award winners 2020

Dissertation resources

See the students section in our Learning Hub for information and resources for dissertation students.