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UK Census User Conference 2025 From data to decisions: The role of the 2021 Census in shaping research agendas Submission deadline: Friday 31 January 2025, 23.59 You are invited to submit proposals for presentations and posters for the UK Data Service UK Census User Conference, which will take place in central Manchester and online on […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint a Senior Software Engineer to help build innovative software solutions while working within an AWS cloud infrastructure first environment. Applicants should have a strong foundation in C# and .NET Core, coupled with expertise in AWS services. A […]

Most young people who were confirmed to have long COVID three months after a positive PCR test had recovered within 24 months, according to a new study led by researchers at University College London, which is available via the UK Data Service. Long COVID in Children and Young People (the CLoCk Study) The Long COVID […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9324 Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April – September, 2024 SN 9323 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July – September, 2024 SN 9322 Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2021: Special Licence Access SN 9273 Care in […]

Do you conduct crime research using quantitative surveys or longitudinal studies from the UK Data Service, such as the Crime Survey for England and Wales, Commercial Victimisation Survey, and many more? Submissions are now open for the Crime Surveys User Conference 2025. This free conference, organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the […]

The UK Data Service joins the global digital preservation community in marking World Digital Preservation Day on 7 November. World Digital Preservation Day is held each year on the first Thursday of November to highlight the importance of digital preservation. This year’s event will celebrate the diversity of the communities around the world who help […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9255 What Worked? Policy Mobility and the Public Health Approach to Youth Violence, 2021-2023 SN 9314 English Housing Survey, 2022: Housing Stock Data SN 9316 English Housing Survey, 2022: Housing Stock Data: Special Licence Access SN 9317 English Housing Survey, […]

Supporting social science research with high quality data is at the heart of what we do at the UK Data Service. That is why we are delighted that the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is celebrating the use of high quality data during its Festival of Social Science. The 2024 festival will run from […]

We’re delighted to announce that Professor Matthew Woollard, who served as Director of the UK Data Service and UK Data Archive from 2010 to 2023, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List, which he collected on 18 October, 2024. This richly deserved award recognises the impact Professor Woollard has had in […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9304 Liverpool Jewry Historical Database, 1740-1881 SN 9311 World Values Survey: Wave 7, United Kingdom, 2022 SN 9310 Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Health Administrative Datasets (SAIL), Wales: Secure Access SN 9308 British Preschool-Children’s Play Survey, 2023 SN 9312 Annual Population […]

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the UK Data Service Dissertation Award for the 2024-25 academic year. The award recognises undergraduate social science dissertations that include excellent reuse of data. Undergraduate students can access data from our catalogue once they have registered with their institutional login. The data available covers a wide variety of […]

This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the University of Essex. To celebrate, the university is publishing a series of sixty stories to highlight how students and staff at Essex have created global impact over the last six decades. We’re proud to be featured as one of these stories, highlighting how our […]