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New edition of ‘Managing and Sharing Research Data’ – out now

A second edition of Managing and Sharing Research Data is now available for postgraduate students and researchers looking to build their data management skills.

UK Data Service reaffirms commitment to European partners after Brexit

With Brexit now here, the UK Data Service has reaffirmed its commitment to working with its partners in Europe.

Vacancies: Web Developer and Data Access (Secure) Services Assistant

We are recruiting for two posts at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex.

Vacancies: Senior Research Data Officer and Open Source Tools Data Software Engineer

We are recruiting for two posts at the UK Data Archive, University of Essex.

Vacancies: Applications Development and Maintenance Manager, Web Developer, Open Source Tools Data Software Engineer

We are advertising a post for a manager and two supporting roles.

Leading the way in protecting data confidentiality

The Working Group for Safe Data Access Professionals has published a Statistical Disclosure Control Handbook

UK Data Service launches QAMyData quality tool

The UK Data Service has developed a free, simple, open source tool that provides a data health check

Understanding Society Wave 9 data now available

The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers

Vacancy: Chief Content Author and Web Editor, UK Data Archive

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part-time copywriter and editor.

New webinar series about data for research

The ESRC’s funded data resources are running a series of collaborative webinars highlighting the wide range of data sources ready and waiting to be explored and utilised by researchers and academics.

“There’s always a risk of boycotts”: how will Brexit affect the next census?

David Martin and Oliver Duke-Williams, of the UK Data Service Census team, were quoted in this article in the New Statesman

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