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April 2026 UK Data Service newsletter – Featuring the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s Every Story Matters exercise
Read the full stories in our April 2026 UK Data Service newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter, we share details on the future events we will be hosting over the next few months, including the Health Studies User Conference, the Family Finance Surveys User Conference and the Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User […]
Train to Transform: New opportunity for data librarians to train students and staff on how to make the best use of UKDS held datasets
‘Train to Transform’ is a new UK Data Service (UKDS) project, which runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027, to help equip librarians with the skills they need to train students and academic staff on how to make the best use of datasets held in the UK Data Service’s collection. The project is funded […]
Latest data collections and new editions 1 May 2026
An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9553 Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2023- 2024: Teaching Dataset SN 9550 Hong Kong BN(O) Migrants Panel Survey, Wave 1, 2024 SN 9546 Global Perceptions: How 18-34-Year-Olds See the UK and the World, 2025 SN 9549 British Social Attitudes Survey Experiment, 2025 SN […]
Dissertation Award 2026: Introducing the judges and guidance on how to enter
The UK Data Service Dissertation Award 2026 is open for entries and we are delighted to announce the judges. Each year, our judging panel includes experts from the UK Data Service and senior academic staff. This year Dr. Alex Bryson, (Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute) and Dr Roxanne Connelly (Senior […]
The UK Data Service expertise showcased at IASSIST 2026
IASSIST 2026 (the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology) will take place this year as a virtual conference between 2 June and 5 June, with many experts from the UK Data Service providing presentations throughout these few days. The theme for this year focuses on Championing Data and will feature dynamic sessions, […]
Every Story Matters – new data from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry to be made available through the UK Data Service
As part of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, tens of thousands of people shared their stories about the pandemic through the “Every Story Matters” initiative. This exercise, which was the largest public engagement initiative ever held by a UK public inquiry, has created an invaluable record of how Covid-19 affected people’s lives across the UK. We […]
Advancing data curation through the MetaCurate-ML project to improve data discovery
The UK Data Service continues to explore new ways to improve how data is prepared, described, and delivered to researchers. As part of this work, our Research and Development and Curation teams have been working on MetaCurate-ML, a pilot project initially funded through the ESRC Future Data Services programme which subsequently received supplementary funding through […]
Department for Education and UK Data Service collaborate to expand access to research-ready education data
The Department for Education (DfE) and the UK Data Archive have strengthened their long-standing collaboration through a new framework agreement. Building on a history of successfully curating and providing access to DfE and DfE-linked data, this agreement streamlines the process for depositing and sharing new datasets via the UK Data Service. The framework supports the […]
Latest data collections and new editions 9 April 2026
An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9533 Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, 2023-2024 SN 9520 Producer Price Index, 1998-2025: Secure Access SN 9515 Community Life Survey, 2024-2025: Secure Access SN 9534 Farm Business Survey, 2024-2025: Special Licence Access SN 858373 Explicit and Implicit Speakers’ Attitudes Across Three Bilingual […]
Newly archived dataset from recent study highlights accommodation challenges faced by women survivors of domestic abuse
Qualitative data from a recent study on the accommodation experiences of women survivors of domestic abuse is now available through the UK Data Service. The Women Who Have Survived Domestic Abuse and Their Accommodation Experiences in England study includes in-depth interviews with 40 women, with a particular focus on their experiences accessing accommodation and domestic abuse support after having to leave […]
New data linkage and access initiative announced for Longitudinal Population Studies
We’re pleased to announce a new project to help maximise the visibility and long‑term value of data from Longitudinal Population Studies. The initiative will enable UK-based Longitudinal Population Studies to apply to join UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) and/or the UK Data Service at no cost. The project is being led by UK LLC […]
UK Data Service shortlisted in two categories at the British Data Awards 2026
We’re pleased to announce that the UK Data Service has been shortlisted in the “Data Partnership of the Year” and “Not-For-Profit of the Year” categories for the British Data Awards 2026! The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Brewery in London on 20 May. Our nomination in the “Data Partnership of the […]