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Do you use UK quantitative studies from the UK Data Service for health-related research, such as the Health Survey for England, Scottish Health Survey, National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle, Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, Understanding Society, Birth Cohort Studies, and many more? Submissions are now open for the Health Studies User Conference 2023. This free conference, organised by the UK Data […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking an IT Technical Access Analyst to join our Technical Services Team. The IT Technical Access Analyst is a key member of the team working primarily on the Service Desk function, ensuring customers and business teams receive the technical support […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint an IT Systems Officer to join the Technical Services directorate of the UK Data Archive. The post holder will be part of the IT Operations Team responsible for the provision of front-line IT support to staff. Applicants […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Professor of Information Studies. This appointment aims to allow the UK Data Archive to create links with other departments and increase the university’s capacity in information related studies to fully exploit the rich resource that the […]

It’s that time of year again! February 13-17 is International Love Data Week #LoveData23. This year’s events will be framed around the theme of ‘data as an agent of change’ and will be dedicated to inspiring communities to use data to bring about changes that matter. One of our main aims at the UK Data […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Business Analyst. The post holder will work within the Development team to liaise between Technical Services and internal/external stakeholders to improve and develop a range of information and data systems to support the strategy of the […]

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 9041 Farm Business Survey, 2021-2022: Special Licence Access SN 855318 Qualitative Interviews with Drug Service Users and Addiction Therapists, 2017-2022 SN 856155 Social Identity Model of Protest Emergence, an Agent-Based Simulation Model, 2019-2022 SN 856193 Stakeholder Engagement Focus Groups on Digital Mental Health and Peer Support, 2022 SN 856205 Interviews on […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Data Access and Use Assistant to join our customer-facing Data Access Services team. The post holder will support the UK Data Service’s data access and helpdesk operations. Applicants should be customer-focused, with well-developed ‘soft’ skills, particularly […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9042 Survey of Londoners, 2021-2022: Special Licence Access SN 9044 Wellbeing: Science and Policy: Teaching Dataset, 2023 SN 8964  2021 Census: Aggregate data SN 855789 High Energy Consumers, the Excess Project: Qualitative Data, 2018-2023 SN 856033 Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations: Modelling Food and Diet, 2020-2050 SN […]

Read the full stories in our January 2023 newsletter. This issue of the UK Data Service newsletter has a particular focus on data impact. We include links to the Data impact blog, including a post contributed by Full Fact, an independent fact-checking campaign group. We highlight our new themed impact areas and you can read […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9043 Survey of Londoners, 2021-2022 SN 8964 2021 Census: Aggregate data SN 8479 International Energy Agency World Energy Prices, 1970-2022 SN 852668 The role of trauma specific behaviours and parenting style in facilitating child psychological adjustment SN 855562 Interviews with MedicineAfrica Participants in Somaliland: Primarily Medical Students, 2020 SN […]