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University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences   The UK Data Archive is pleased to announce vacancies for two Senior User Support and Training Officers within the UK Data Service. These posts will support researcher activity relating to use of our social science data collection and within our busy Secure Lab (a […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8928 Annual Population Survey, January – December, 2021 SN 8927 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, November, 2021 – January, 2022 SN 4814 World Bank World Development Indicators SN 855557 Manufacturing Renaissance in Industrial Regions: Firm Interviews and Survey, 2019-2020 The following new editions have been released: SN 6721 Annual Population […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8900 COVID-19: Supporting Parents, Adolescents and Children during Epidemics (Co-SPACE), 2020-2021 SN 855477 Families in Tower Hamlets, 2020 SN 855491 Interview Data for The Feeding Infants Study, 2020 SN 855483 Periods in a Pandemic UK Data, 2020-2021 SN 855365 Supporting Data From the ESRC Review of the PhD in the Social […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences   The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Marketing and Communications Manager to join our professional and driven Communications and Engagement team at the UK Data Archive, lead partner of the UK Data Service. Further details and job pack Marketing and Communications Manager, […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint an Administrative Support Assistant to join our dynamic Data Access Services team, to support the UK Data Service’s data access and Helpdesk operations. Further details and job pack Data Access Administrative Support Assistant, UK Data Archive Closing […]

Data accessed through the UK Data Service is being used to research health, social and economic effects of the pandemic and provides greater context for inequalities across the UK. We were the first Trusted Research Environment (TRE) to enable comprehensive remote support for users, whilst maintaining data security, back in April 2020. Without early negotiations with data providers […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8891 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2019 SN 8890 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2019: Special Licence Access   SN 8904 Community Life Survey Hyper Local Booster, 2020  SN 8905 Community Life Survey Hyper Local Booster, 2018 SN 8922 English Housing Survey, 2019: Housing Stock Data: […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8919 National Child Development Study: Ages 7 and 11, Sweeps 1-2, Bristol Social Adjustment Guide, 1965-1969: Secure Access (Please note: This study was previously erroneously released as an EUL study.) SN 8921 English Housing Survey, 2019-2020: Household Data: Special Licence Access SN 8923 English Housing Survey, 2019: […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive are looking to appoint a highly-organised and driven Project, Training and Engagement Officer to join our professional, customer-focused Communications and Engagement team based at the University of Essex. Further details and job pack Project, Training and Engagement Officer, UK Data Archive […]

Dr. Neli Demireva, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sociology at the University of Essex, who is a co-author of the book: Pioneering Social Research: Life Stories of a Generation , with Paul Thompson, talks to the UK Data Service, in one of our latest podcasts, about the female pioneering Social Scientists who have fought for […]

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias, so here at the UK Data Service we have put together a list of useful datasets and key examples for researchers who want to explore gender biases and inequalities. “Home-based working increases the proportion of time women (most often) spend on housework and childcare, reproducing […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8910 National Referral Mechanism and Duty to Notify Statistics, 2014-2021 SN 8919 National Child Development Study: Ages 7 and 11, Sweeps 1-2, British Social Adjustment Guide, 1965-1969 SN 8920 English Housing Survey, 2019-2020: Household Data SN8925 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October – December, 2021 SN […]