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University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking a User Support and Training Officer. Duties of the post include taking primary responsibility for processing requests to import data into our SecureLab by: Liaising with data users and owners as required. Logging queries into the UK Data Service’s […]

Do you use the Crime Survey for England and Wales, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, Commercial Victimisation Survey, or other UK crime surveys available from the UK Data Service for your research?  Submissions are now open for the Crime Surveys User Conference 2022.  This free conference, organised by the UK Data Service, will be held online on 7 December […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking for a Data Engineer who will be responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection.  The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who […]

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 series workshops in Autumn 2022 are listed below and you can […]

The following new editions have been released: SN 6689 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 1997-2021: Secure Access SN 4557 Great Britain Historical Database: Census Data: Marital Status Statistics, 1931 SN 8649 Health Survey for England, 2018 SN 8910 National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics, 2014-2022 SN 855460 Wired into Each Other: Network Dynamics […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8996 Commercial Victimisation Survey, 2021 SN 8993 Active Lives Adults Survey, 2020-2021 SN 8991 Annual Population Survey, April 2021 – March 2022 SN 8990 Understanding Society: Innovation Panel Life Events Study, 2020 SN 8995 Great Britain Historical Database: Census Data Housing Tenure Statistics, 1961-1971 SN 8994 Great […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8988 Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2020 SN 8987 Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2020: Special Licence Access SN 855476 Future of Legal Gender: Survey and Interview Data, 2018-2022 SN 855860 ASPIRE COVID-19: Work Package 2 National Satekholders Interviews, United Kingdom, 2020-2021 SN 855751 Bereavement During COVID-19 […]

Open to students at UK universities, the UK Data Service Dissertation Award celebrates undergraduate dissertations based on the use of archived data available through the UK Data Service. This year, Sarah Smith, Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol, and Dr Paula Devine, from ARK, Northern Ireland’s Social Policy Hub, were joined Nigel de […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking for a Data Access and Helpdesk Manager to lead the team which provides support to our users as they access the data we hold. The post holder will be a confident people manager, able to lead and develop a […]

Health is a constantly evolving field of study, regularly adapting to meet new standards, new scientific research breakthroughs and, more pressing than ever, new crises in medicine, as well as healthcare. The UK Data Service’s Annual Health Studies User Conference took place on 12 July 2022, with the key objective of keeping researchers up-to-date with […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8989 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, March – May, 2022 SN 8985 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Covid-19 Phone Survey, 2020-2021 SN 855226 Uncovering the Environment: The Use of Public Access to Environmental Information, 2018-2019 SN 854386 Effects of Visual Cues on the Lexical Boost Effect in Structural […]

If you’ve previously applied to use ONS Secure Access data with the UK Data Service you’ll be aware that part of the application process for data which is made available under the provisions of the Digital Economy Act includes showing you’ve considered the ethical implications. The UK Statistics Authority’s (UKSA) Centre for Applied Data Ethics […]