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The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has released its Future Data Services Phase One Report: Fixing the Data Pipeline. The report reviews current practices and provides a roadmap for the future of data discovery and access. The ESRC has been investing in data services that enable researchers to discover, access and use data for almost […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9474 Kids’ Life and Times Survey, 2025 SN 9473 Young Life and Times Survey, 2025 SN 9468 Living Costs and Food Survey, 2023-2024 SN 9467 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2023: Special Licence SN 9466 English Housing Survey: Fuel […]

The UK Data Service recently presented at the 65th ISI World Statistics Congress in The Hague. Dr Sarah King-Hele, Training Manager for the UK Data Service, contributed to the Statistical Literacy stream with a talk titled “Developing Foundational Quantitative Data Skills for a Data Literate Population”. The talk was co-authored by Professor Vanessa Higgins, Director […]

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new eLearning course, Introduction to Finding and Using Data, hosted on the new UK Data Service Moodle learning platform. This flexible, self-paced online course comprises eight short modules exploring how to find, evaluate, and use data responsibly. The course is designed to help those beginning their […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9463 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Bangladesh Chittagong and Sylhet Rapid Virtual Survey, 2021 SN 9456 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2022: Special Licence SN 9455 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2022 SN 9460 Participation Survey, 2024-2025: Open […]

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the launch of a new UK-wide birth cohort study. Generation New Era will study 30,000 children born in 2026, creating a comprehensive picture of early childhood across the four nations of the UK. De-identified research data from Generation New Era will be deposited with the UK Data Service […]

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new UK Data Service Data Catalogue. This updated data catalogue has been designed with user feedback at its core to make finding and working with data faster and easier. The new catalogue has a modern feel, improved performance and new functionality such as enhanced search, better filtering […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9458 SIPHER-HWMIC Dataset: A Large-Scale Population Survey of Health and Wellbeing to Allow Comparisons between Outcome Measures, 2022 SN 9457 Consumer Insights Tracker, 2024-2025 SN 9454 Annual Population Survey Two-Year Longitudinal Dataset, January 2023 – December 2024 SN 9453 Annual […]

We were delighted to attend the Royal Statistical Society’s International Conference in Edinburgh on 1-4 September 2025 and sponsor the winner of the poster competition, which was won by Tess Vernon and Samuel Connolly, from Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland. This year’s event had over 900 attendees from over 50 countries and featured some fascinating sessions […]

We provide access to a wide range of social science data for reuse. To help you get the most from these resources, we run a free introductory training series every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our training series workshops in autumn 2025 are listed below and you can […]

Trusted research environments (TREs) enable secure access to sensitive and confidential data. Between 22-24 September, we discussed all aspects of TREs at a special TRE Community Conference in Leeds (and online). The event was a collaboration, funded by DARE UK, between the Safe Data Access Professionals Network (SDAP), that the UK Data Service chairs and […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9444 English Housing Survey, 2023-2024: Household Data: Special Licence Access SN 9443 English Housing Survey, 2023: Housing Stock Data: Special Licence Access SN 9442 English Housing Survey, 2023-2024: Household Data SN 9441 English Housing Survey, 2023: Housing Stock Data SN […]