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Latest data collections and new editions 3 December 2021

The following new studies have been released: SN 855269 Leave No Girl Behind, Literacy and Numeracy Cohort, Pakistan, 2021 SN 855294 Learning Outcomes and Teacher Effectiveness for Children Facing Multiple Disadvantages in India and Pakistan, 2015-2018 SN 855309 Checking Out: Exploring the Impact of Poverty on End of Life and Bereavement Through Interviews with Bereaved Individuals With Lived […]

Vacancy: Project Manager

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The Project Manager will work within the Change team and be responsible for overseeing projects that involve Technical Services, ensuring that they are delivered on budget and on time. They will work with the Business Analyst to ensure that these projects meet their technical specifications […]

Latest data collections and new editions 26 November 2021

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8866 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Jordan Baseline, 2018-2019 SN 854190 Qualitative Interview Study of the Role of Patents in the Development and Delivery of Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis, 2014-2019 SN 855041 Social Impacts of Natural Gas Exploration in England, 2018-2020 SN 855042 Matches and Mismatches in Nominal Morphology and Agreement: […]

Crime data at the UK Data Service

The UK Data Service is home to numerous high quality crime-related datasets, which provide essential insights to help central government, local authorities, charities, law enforcement, academics and researchers to develop more effective policies that address crime-related issues. In the run-up to our upcoming Crime Surveys User Conference 2021, 2 December 2021, we take a look […]

Introducing our data skills modules: free, interactive training from the UK Data Service

Exploring and analysing complex datasets for the first time can be daunting. If you are new to using data, whether in your studies or as part of your job, our data skills modules can help you understand how to find and explore data and how to present your findings clearly and accurately. These data skills modules are […]

Vacancy: IT Systems Officer

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences We are seeking to appoint an IT Systems Officer to join the Technical Services directorate of the UK Data Archive. The section provides support for the critical needs of the other divisions in the UK Data Archive, by installing, commissioning, configuring, developing, maintaining and updating […]

Latest data collections and new editions 19 November 2021

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8864 Parent Ping: Daily Parent Survey, 2020-2021 SN 8872 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, July – September, 2021 SN 8871 Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April – September, 2021 SN 8870 National Survey for Wales, 2020-2021 SN 8869 Survey of Personal Incomes, 2018-2019: Public Use Tape SN […]

COP26: Driving evidence-based decisions from our international data collections

Reflecting on the recent COP26 Conference, having united much of the world united in its efforts to tackle climate change, we catch up with David Rawnsley, Senior Technical Coordinator at the UK Data Service, to highlight the wide variety of international datasets available to help researchers find insights to strengthen positive policy change – many with open […]

Vacancies: Business Analyst, Software Testing Engineer

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The Business Analyst will work within the change team to provide a key requirement to the organisation by working between Technical Services and stakeholders to improve and develop a range of information systems to support the strategy of the UK Data Archive. Further details and […]

Latest data collections and new editions 10 November 2021

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8867 Community Life Survey, 2020-2021 SN 855178 UK Attitudes Towards Personal Data Stores and Control Over Personal Data, 2021 SN 855222 Accountability After Crisis Data, 2010-2019 SN 855245 Access to Justice for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013-2016 SN 855274 Exploring Ecosystem Markets for the Delivery of Public Goods in the […]

Latest data collections and new editions 3 November 2021

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8856 Effects of Taxes and Benefits on Household Income, 1977-2020 SN 8863 Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2018 SN 854286 The Perspectives Study: From Evidence to Guidance on Patient Recruitment to Clinical Research in Intensive Care Units, 2016-2019 SN 855010 Achieving Sustainability in Care Systems: The […]

Vacancies: Accessibility Lead, Data Engineer, IT Technical Access Analyst, Project Manager

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences We are recruiting an Accessibility Lead to project-manage and co-ordinate the UK Data Service digital roadmap to make our content more accessible and to ensure that all parts of the UK Data Service websites meet the necessary standards as set out in the Public Sector […]

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