This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice


Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.


Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you’re visiting the site.

Filter by:
  • Sort by: Date
  • Showing: 12 per page

Call for contributions to a review of the Health Survey for England drinking module

The Health Survey for England (HSE) has put out a call for people to take part in an online survey on the questions asked in its drinking module.

Monthly data on the impact of COVID-19 on UK population to be made available to researchers

The UK Data Service is working with the Understanding Society team to make monthly data on how the UK population is dealing with the COVID-19 emergency available to researchers.

Working from home – what were the homeworking trends pre-lockdown?

Data from the Annual Population Survey (APS) 2019 provides details of how the trend towards homeworking was developing prior to lockdown.

UK Data Service confirmed as an accredited data processor under the Digital Economy Act

The UK Statistics Authority has accredited the UK Data Service as a processor of data under the Part 5, Chapter 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017, which facilitates the linking and sharing of de-identified data by public authorities for accredited research purposes.

COVID-19: Keeping research going at the UK Data Service

The UK Data Service is committed to ensuring a continuity of service even under the most challenging conditions.

Update on the UK Data Service 2020 Dissertation Award

Due to the disruption to teaching and assessment this year, we have changed the deadline for the UK Data Service Dissertation Award to Wednesday 3 June.

Call for papers: Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2020

We are looking for submissions for the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2020.

Webinar Series: Web-scraping for Social Science Research

This series of free webinars will explain how to collect data from websites using computational methods.

UK Data Service support for researchers and students during COVID-19

Supporting researchers, students and data controllers during Covid-19.

UK Data Service training services during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak

Users urged to make use of the UK Data Services’ online resources during this period of remote working and isolation.

Vacancy: Data Access Services Manager, UK Data Archive

We are seeking a Data Access Services Manager to oversee the User Helpdesk and our Secure Lab.

International Women’s Day and the gender pay gap

It’s International Women’s Day on Sunday, so we thought we would take a look at the data we hold around one of the most researched topics of late – the gender pay gap.

Subscribe to the UK Data Service newsletter

Read the latest news about our data, training, events and research impact.