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The UK Data Service, as part of a project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, is calling on data owners to participate in a new survey aimed at exploring the readiness and perceptions of synthetic data production and dissemination. About the project: Evaluating the benefits, costs and utility of synthetic data Synthetic data, […]

Dr Steve McEachern, the former Director of the Australian Data Archive has joined the UK Data Service as its newly appointed Director. He is thrilled about the prospect of leading the delivery of the organisation’s new strategy over the next few years. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) awarded the UK Data Service £37.5 […]

We hold regular online drop-in sessions for researchers needing help in the following areas: Support with using the UK Data Service SecureLab. Support with either wanting to receive help on computational social science projects or provide assistance to others working in this area of expertise. Support for anyone currently working with survey data, or thinking […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Development Manager. The successful candidate will lead a section responsible for developing new and innovative data applications and services, particularly our new Data Services platform. Applicants should have some prior line management experience and be used […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new studies have been released: SN 9294 Scottish Household Survey, 2022 SN 9295 INTERSECT: International Survey of Childbirth-Related Trauma, 2021-2024 SN 9289 Community Mental Health Survey, 2023 SN 9291 Annual Population Survey Three-Year Pooled Dataset, January 2021 – December 2023 SN 9290 Scottish Crime and Justice […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Senior Developer. The successful candidate will be responsible for expanding and optimising our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimising data flow and collection. Applicants should have data skills including an understanding of statistical […]

The UK Data Service is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s UK Data Service Dissertation Award. The award celebrates undergraduate dissertations based on the use of archived data available through the UK Data Service. This year, Alex Bryson, Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute, and Paula Surridge, Professor of Political […]

The results of the latest GP Patient Survey are now available via the GP Patient Survey website. The GP Patient Survey is a large-scale push-to-web survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England. This year the survey received responses from around 700,000 adults in England. The latest data are from the 2024 publication, fieldwork […]

Research from Understanding Society has been used to create a dataset that mimics the adult population in England, Scotland, and Wales, allowing researchers to model the potential impact of health interventions and policies. This dataset is now available in the UK Data Service’s collection. What is the project about? We know that the conditions in […]

Read the full stories in our June 2024 newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter, we congratulate Professor Matthew Woollard, former Director of the UK Data Service and the UK Data Archive, who has been awarded an OBE for his service to data science and higher education. We also take a look […]

This week’s update of our latest data. The following new studies have been released: SN 9279 International Passenger Survey, 2023 SN 9280 Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM), England and Wales, 1921 SN 9281 Integrated Census Microdata (I-CeM) Names and Addresses, England and Wales, 1921: Special Licence Access SN 9277 SIPHER Synthetic Population for Individuals in Great […]

This week’s update of our latest data. The following new studies have been released: SN 9272 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, July – September, 2023 SN 9271 Quarterly Labour Force Survey Household Dataset, October – December, 2023 SN 9259 Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Linked Credit Reference Agency (CRA) Dataset, 2012-2018: Secure Access SN 9258 […]