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The world is entering a period of increased uncertainty about the security, affordability and sustainability of our energy supplies. The ability to analyse changes in domestic energy consumption quickly and accurately may help us as a society to address problems, such as fuel poverty, more effectively. Researchers at the Smart Energy Research Lab (SERL) are […]

Last year, we celebrated the launch of the SafePod Network, a new UKRI-ESRC service that provides standardised safe settings (SafePods) across the UK to enable accredited researchers to access secure data without the need to travel to safe rooms, miles from home. UKDS SecureLab joined the network together with the Office for National Statistics SRS […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8930 Understanding Society: Partnership and Fertility Histories, UK part of the GGP Harmonized Histories: Waves 1-9, 2009-2019: Special Licence Access SN 855536 Infants Prenatally Exposed to SARS‑CoV‑2 Show the Absence of Fidgety Movements and Are at Higher Risk for Neurological Disorders: A Comparative Study, 2020-2021 SN 855550 COVID-19: Human […]

Are you proud of how you are using data in a dissertation this year? If so, enter this year’s UK Data Service undergraduate Dissertation Award. Three winners will receive a prize of £300 and publicity about their work. The award is open to students who have completed a dissertation on a social science topic and […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8937 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2016 SN 8936 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2015 SN 8935 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2014 SN 8934 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2013 SN 8933 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2012 SN 8932 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2011 SN 855606 The Role of Onomatopoeia […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8929 Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, 2020-2021 SN 8926 Centre for Social Investigation Brexit Panel, 2017-2019 SN 855556 Public Petitions to the House of Commons, 1780-1918 SN 855577 Interviews with UK Global Challenges Researchers and Overseas Collaborators on Embedding Mental Health Impact in Their Work Across Sustainable […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]