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An innovative agreement between the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) and NHS Digital has enabled the UK Data Service to offer a secure onward sharing of linked datasets for the first time ever. The agreement gives researchers access to administrative health data alongside study data, revealing new insights into how levels of prosperity, education and […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9030 Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Health Administrative Datasets (Hospital Episode Statistics), England, 2000-2019: Secure Access SN 9026 European Working Conditions Telephone Survey, 2021 SN 9036 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July – September, 2022 SN 9031 Survey of Personal Incomes, 2019-2020: Public Use Tape SN 856056 University […]

On 29 November, new data from the 2021 Census for England and Wales was released to the public. This release contains ethnic group, national identity, language, and religion data for those living in England and Wales. Some of the key takeaways from the release include: For the first time ever in a census of England and Wales, […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9029 Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2021 SN 9024 Poverty in Scotland, 2022 SN 9025 Public Attitudes Tracker, 2021-2022: Secure Access SN 9028 Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April – September, 2022 SN 9027 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July – September, 2022 SN […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Senior User Support and Training Officer within the UK Data Service. This post will support researcher activity relating to use of our social science data collection and within our busy SecureLab (a Trusted Research Environment). Applicants […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint an IT Systems Officer to join our Technical Services directorate. The section provides support for the critical needs of the other divisions in the UK Data Archive by installing, commissioning, configuring, developing, maintaining and updating internal and […]

Black people in England are over three times more likely than white British people to experience homelessness, according to a new report produced by researchers at Heriot-Watt University in partnership with Race on the Agenda and Oak Foundation using data from the UK Data Service, government statistical services, and the Office for National Statistics. Homelessness […]

Last month the Runnymede Trust published its briefing Falling Faster Amidst a Cost-of-Living Crisis: Poverty, Inequality and Ethnicity in the UK. It is co-authored by Dr Daniel Edmiston from the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds alongside the Trust’s Head of Research Shabna Begum and Senior Policy Manager Mandeer Kataria. […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The Deputy Director provides strategic leadership and management for the UK Data Archive, including enhancing the Archive’s national and international reputation and strengthening the Archive’s relationships with key stakeholders and collaborators. The Deputy Director makes a significant contribution to ensuring the effective leadership of the […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint an IT Technical Access Analyst to join our Technical Services Team. The section provides support for the critical needs of the other divisions in the UK Data Archive, by installing, commissioning, configuring, developing, maintaining and updating internal […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8986 Constructing the European Higher Education Student: a Comparative Study of six European Countries, 2016-2019 SN 9022 Living Costs and Food Survey, 2020-2021 SN 856047 Perception Spillover From Fracking, 2022 SN 855300 Ladcultures: Social Networking Sites, ‘Laddism’ and Young Masculinities, 2020-2021 SN 855916 Computed Tomography Coronary Angiogram Images, Annotations and […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9021 Annual Population Survey Household Dataset, January – December, 2021 SN 9019 Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study Teaching Dataset, 2020-2021 SN 9014 Participation Survey, 2021–2022: Secure Access SN 9001 UCL COVID-19 Social Study, 2020-2022 SN 9011 National Survey for Wales, 2021-2022 SN 9013 Participation Survey, 2021–22: Open Access […]