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Matthew Woollard, Director of the UK Data Service, takes us through the origins of the SecureLab – and his hopes for its future. The UKDS SecureLab was originally known as the Secure Data Service (SDS) back in 2011 and was developed to complement the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Virtual Microdata Library by providing secure […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8889 Covid-19 Vaccine Opinions Survey, September, 2021: Secure Access SN 4772 IMF International Financial Statistics, 1920-2021 SN 855372 Assessing Mechanisms for Delivery of COVID-19 Vaccines to University Students, 2021 SN 854595 FloraGuard Online Illegal Plant Trade Forum Data, 2006-2019 SN 855385 Effects of Mental Representations of Children […]

#ChangingPerceptionsChallenge The competition, devised with Ben Brindle, one of the UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows, asks students to compare public and media attitudes to immigration with the latest findings of data-driven academic research, and then to design a campaign to improve public understanding of the economic impacts of immigration. Reflecting on what he aims to achieve […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 8888 Annual Population Survey Two-Year Longitudinal Dataset, January 2019 – December 2020 SN 8874 BlueHealth International Survey Dataset, 2017-2018 SN 8885 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, August – October, 2021 SN 4814 World Bank World Development Indicators SN 854444 Sustainable Consumption, the Middle Classes and Agri-food Ethics in the Global […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]