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Are you doing research using any of the surveys on family finances from the UK Data Service? Submissions are now open for the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2023 This free annual conference is organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions and the Office for National Statistics. […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint a Software Testing Engineer. In conjunction with the development team, the post holder will be responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimising our software QA, testing and deployment infrastructure. Applicants should have a good knowledge of software design […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Development Manager. The successful candidate will lead a section which has responsibility for developing new and innovative data applications and services, particularly our new Data Services platform. Applicants should have some prior line management experience and […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9051 Public Confidence in Official Statistics, 2021 SN 9058 English Housing Survey, 2020: Housing Stock Data SN 9057 English Housing Survey, 2020-2021: Household Data SN 855952 Creative Insights: Developing a Participatory Approach for Exploring Young People’s Perspectives on Health Inequalities, 2019-2022 SN 856012 Spatially-Led Video Interviews, 2021-2022 SN 856114 Student […]

The UK Data Service is home to the largest collection of economic, social research and population data in the UK. We’re always looking for new staff to join our expert team to help researchers and data providers get the most out of our data collections and training. We recognise the value that diversity, equality and […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Data Engineer. The post holder will be responsible for expanding and optimising our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimising data flow and collection. Candidates should have experience of using a number of major […]

We provide access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. To help you get the most from our service, we run free introductory level online workshops every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our training events in spring 2023 are listed below and you can also […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9048 Scottish Health Survey, 2021 SN 9032 Great Britain Historical Database: Digital Boundaries for Registration Districts of England and Wales, 1851-1911 SN 9056 Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2021 – December 2022 SN 9055 Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2021 – September 2022 […]

The latest UK Data Service Annual Report is now available. This report covers the extraordinary two-year period between April 2020 and March 2022, and highlights our value and impact during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also details how we implemented recommendations made by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) since the 2020 Mid-Term Review. A […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint a Senior Systems Engineer to develop, monitor and continuously improve our IT infrastructure as we migrate to cloud services over the next three years. The post holder should have good all-round data skills, ideally with some programming […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9052 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, October – December, 2022 SN 9018 Listen To Us! A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Young People’s COVID-19 Experience, 2021-2022 SN 9040 International Passenger Survey, 2021 SN 9046 Community Mental Health Service User Survey, 2022 SN 9045 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, […]

We’re joining in with Love Data Week 2023 and reflecting on this year’s theme of “Data: Agent of Change”. The idea of data being instrumental in enacting change was thoroughly explored at our recent Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Conference on 2 February 2023 (LFS/APS). The online conference featured a keynote address on inequality, […]