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University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences We are pleased to announce vacancies for two Senior User Support and Training Officers within the UK Data Service. Further details and job pack Senior User Support and Training Officer Closing date: 16 January 2022

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8878 Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, April 2020 – June 2021 SN 8879 Labour Force Survey Five-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, July 2020 – September 2021 SN 854101 Expert Surveys and Workshops Exploring Links Between Energy, Productivity, Wellbeing and Productivity, 2019 SN 855298 Colombia River Stories Datasets Archive, 1994-2020 SN […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Data Access and Use 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 and Use Assistant, UK Data […]

The following new studies have been released: SN 8873 Annual Survey of Goods and Services, 2017-2019: Secure Access SN 8877 BOOST2018: The Ground-Breaking Study of Student Life, 2015-2019: Secure Access SN 8876 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July – September, 2021    SN 854762 Predictable Task Switching: Manipulations of Preparation Interval and Preparation-interval Variability, 2018-2020 SN […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]