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Population Research UK survey – calls for entries
Health Data Research UK is scoping expert views for a new initiative called Population Research UK (PRUK), on behalf of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome.
UK Data Service Introductory Training Series: Spring 2021
To help you get the most from the UK Data Service, join us for our free introductory level training events
Deirdre Lungley’s Q&A – “more women should embrace a career in data”
As part of our special coverage for International Women’s Day, Deirdre Lungley, Principal Developer at the UK Data Service, talks about her passion for data and why more women should choose a career in this area.
Challenging gender bias in the world of data
Dr Julia Kasmire, a computational social scientist for the UK Data Service, has experienced many successes during her career as a data specialist, but she has also faced some challenges as a woman along the way.
#DataImpact2021: insights
#DataImpact2021: #IdentityInData – Who Counts? Visibility, voice and culture in data collection and use takes place tomorrow. We asked Dr Victoria Moody, Deputy Director and Co-I of the UK Data Service, to tell us a little about what we can expect.
Love data week 2021 events: Delivering a better future
It is the time we celebrate Love Data Week with the highly topical theme this year of ‘Delivering a better future’.
Announcing #DataImpact2021: #IdentityInData – Who Counts? Visibility, voice and culture in data collection and use
The UK Data Service is proud to announce #DataImpact2021, featuring a keynote by poet, author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay MBE.
Interested in making the most of your administrative data for research? If so, ADR UK wants to hear from you
If you are involved in managing access to public sector administrative data; research and analysis that could use this data; or make policy and practice decisions that could be informed by it – ADR UK wants to hear from you.
Christmas and New Year opening times at the UK Data Service
Some services will be restricted from Friday 18 December 2020 and IT support and help services will be closed from Wednesday 23 December. We will fully re-open on Monday 4 January 2021.
ELSST moves to the CESSDA platform
The multilingual European Language Social Science Thesaurus (ELSST), which was previously accessed through the UK Data Service, has now been been moved to CESSDA (Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives) to reflect its pan-European nature.
COVID-19 variables added to CLOSER Discovery
CLOSER Discovery – the UK’s most detailed search engine for longitudinal data – now includes COVID-19 metadata.
Datasets to be aware of during UK Disability History Month
UK Disability History Month 2020 runs until Friday 18th December, so it’s a fitting time to explore the UK Data Service’s collection for datasets relating to disability.