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Read the full stories in our January 2025 Newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service Newsletter, we are delighted to announce we have launched our UK Data Service Dissertation Award for the 2024-25 academic year, with £300 available for each winner. Plus, we are thrilled to update you on the future plans of our most […]

The European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST) is a broad-based, multilingual thesaurus for the social sciences. It is available in fifteen languages: Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish. The ELSST is owned and published by the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA). New innovations […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9335 Living Costs and Food Survey, 2022-2023 SN 9337 Next Steps: Sweep 9, 2022: Geographical Identifiers, 2021 Census Boundaries: Secure Access SN 9325 Addressing Health Pensions Database, 1860-1908 SN 9332 Commercial Victimisation Survey, 2023 SN 9333 Understanding Society: Calendar Year […]

A series of freely available, open-licensed training materials has been published by the UK Data Service. The practical training resources, created as part of an initial Population Research UK (PRUK) project, can be used, shared and adapted by the Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS) community and other data professionals to improve data management strategies and enhance […]

UK Census User Conference 2025 From data to decisions: The role of the 2021 Census in shaping research agendas Submission deadline: Sunday 2 February 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 […]