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This week’s update of our latest data. The following new studies have been released: SN 857193 Urban Greening for Climate-Resilient Neighbourhoods: Linking Scholars and Cities Across the UK and Taiwan, 2023 SN 857038 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Performance: Video, Demographic and Evaluation Data, 2023 The following new editions have been released: SN 8910 National Referral Mechanism and Duty to […]

UK Data Service is launching a series of workshops aimed at Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS) data managers looking to further enhance their data management skills and data sharing strategies. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have generously funded the UK Data Service’s project “Skills Development for Managing Longitudinal […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9252 Family Resources Survey, 2022-2023 SN 856273 Housing Wealth Distribution, Inequality and Residential Satisfaction, 1997-2008 SN 856404 Self-Perceived Quality of Life and Substandard Housing Through SF12v2. A Transversal Approach in Gran Canaria’s Settlements (Spain), 2023 SN 856667 MOBILISE: Migrant and National Online Surveys. Waves One and Two, 2019-2022 SN 856826 Household […]

Citing a dataset correctly is just as important as citing articles, books, images and websites. Each dataset is a source of evidence to support your argument and should be properly credited.  If you are new to using data and want more information on how to properly reference datasets in your research, why not take a […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9242 Continuous Recording of Social Housing Sales (CORE), 2007/08-2021/22: Secure Access SN 9241 Continuous Recording of Social Housing Lettings (CORE), 2007/08-2021/22: Secure Access SN 9240 Continuous Recording of Social Housing Sales (CORE), 2007/08-2021/22: Special Licence Access SN 9239 Continuous Recording of Social Housing Lettings (CORE), 2007/08-2021/22: Special […]

What is the UK Data Service Dissertation Award? And when is the deadline? The award is open to students who have completed a dissertation on a social science topic and have used data available from the UK Data Service. Up to three winners will receive a prize of £300 and publicity about their work. The […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9250 Childcare and Early Years Provision: Providers’ Survey, 2023 SN 9253 Management and Wellbeing Practices Survey, 2018 SN 9247 United Kingdom Generations and Gender Survey, 2022-2023: Special Licence Access SN 9181 Great Britain Historical Database: Health and Health Care Data: Mortality Statistics for Scotland, 1861-1971 SN 9180 […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Business Information Officer. The purpose of this role is to contribute to the achievement of goals and deliverables required of the Business Operations and Strategy section for the success of the UK Data Service and UK […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Data Access and Use Assistant. The successful candidate will join our customer-facing Data Access Services team to support the UK Data Service’s data access and helpdesk operations. Applicants should have an undergraduate degree, an equivalent qualification […]

The latest UK Data Service Annual Report is now available. This report covers the period between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023. The UK Data Service has become more than the principal social science digital repository in the UK as we continue to enhance learning, research and policy development. This latest report details how […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9248 Annual Population Survey, January – December, 2023 SN 9227 Kitchen Life 2, 2021-2022 SN 854174 EU Families in Brexiting Britain, 2017-2019 SN 857018 Metadata for Automating Universal Credit, 2022-2023 SN 856804 Hope, Optimism, and Expectations for the Political Future, 2023 SN 857049 Gaining Consensus on Emotional Wellbeing Themes and Preferences […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9236 British Social Attitudes Survey, 2021, Health Care and Equalities: Open Access Teaching Dataset SN 9206 Parental Rights Survey, 2019 SN 9234 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2020: Special Licence Access SN 9235 English Housing Survey: Fuel Poverty Dataset, 2020 SN 9232 English Housing Survey, 2021-2022: […]