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The following new datasets have been released: SN 9202 2021 Census: Teaching Dataset Microdata Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access SN 856687 Shaping Multilingual Access through Respeaking Technology, Project Data, 2021 SN 856772 Food System Innovation and Sustainability – Interview Transcripts From UK-Based Business and Practitioners Talking About Sustainable Innovation in the Food System, 2021 […]

Read the full stories in our January 2024 newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter we’re promoting our upcoming events and training sessions; in February we have our Crime Survey User Conference and we’re celebrating Love Data Week with a series of workshops, including two on Mapping Crime Data in R. In […]

We received our last five-year award in October 2017, which was then extended to take us through to March 2024. Here is a selection of highlights from the last seven years, covering some of our innovations in data management, the impact of new data acquisitions, our new communications initiatives and the development of our training […]

Are you interested in research on crime? Do you want to learn about the latest developments in crime data from UK social surveys? If so, then join us for our Crime Surveys User Conference on 6 February 2024. This free conference, organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics, Scottish Government and Home […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9190 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2023 SN 9198 Telephone-Operated Crime Survey for England and Wales, 2020-2021 SN 9185 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Bangladesh Chittagong and Sylhet Baseline, 2020 SN 9195 Young Persons’ Behaviour and Attitudes Survey, 2022 SN 9189 Scottish House Condition Survey, 2021 The […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9189 Scottish House Condition Survey, 2021 SN 9177 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, September 2022: Special Licence Access SN 9178 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, February 2022: Special Licence Access SN 9192 Cancer Research UK Cancer Awareness Measures, September 2022 SN 9197 Cancer Research UK […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9176 Children’s People and Nature Survey for England, 2021-2023: Secure Access SN 9175 Children’s People and Nature Survey for England, 2021-2023 SN 9174 Children’s People and Nature Survey for England, 2021-2023: Open Access SN 9188 Annual Population Survey, October 2022 – September 2023 SN 9187 Scottish Household […]

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC-A) Long-Term Data Preservation Task Force (LTDP-TF) has released a recommendation consultation document, which presents their work towards recommendations concerning long-term data preservation in the context of EOSC. The task force would appreciate responses from a wide range of stakeholders across the digital object management lifecycle and the results of the consultation will […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9172 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January-March 2023: Teaching Dataset SN 9171 International Social Survey Programme, 2020: Attitudes to the Environment SN 856766 Increasing Recycling of Water Sachet Plastic Among Ghana’s Off-Grid Urban Populations: A Qualitative Study Among Informal Waste Collectors in Greater Accra, Ghana, 2022 SN 855952 Creative Insights: […]

By Adam Nicholls, Senior Policy Researcher at the Trussell Trust The Trussell Trust supports a network of more than 1,300 food bank centres who distributed 1.5 million emergency food parcels to people facing hardship between 1 April and 30 September 2023, the most ever for this period. The charity regularly publishes research aimed at better […]

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Labour Force Survey is one of the UK’s biggest regular household surveys and a key source of economic data. Now in its 50th year, the survey collects important information about employment and related topics from thousands of households every quarter. Data from both the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and […]

COP28 is now underway in Dubai. The latest annual summit takes place against a backdrop of destabilised global conditions and fluctuating energy prices, as the continuing war in Ukraine allows for further erosion of international commitments to reliance on fossil fuels. Meanwhile, the worsening conflict in Gaza has thrown light on the impact of war […]

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