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Love Data Week – shaping the world around us

It’s Love Data Week 12-16 February, and we’re marking it by looking at some of the ways the UK Data Service are helping to make possible the research which shapes our world and our understanding of it.

The Winter 2017/2018 UK Data Service Newsletter is out!

The Winter edition of the UK Data Service newsletter is now available.

Developing a new tool to assess data quality

The UK Data Service is leading a project to create a simple open sourced tool to assess the quality of quantitative data files and create and deliver associated training materials for it.

ADRC-Scotland: 1-day SURE safe researcher training

Safe Users of Research data Environment Training:

Next training session will take place on 23 February 2018.

ADRC-NI Researchers at Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS)

Our researchers presented their survey results-which gathered public attitudes toward health data sharing in Northern Ireland-to an audience at Stormont. The event was completely full and attended by an audience of civil servants and representatives from various voluntary sector organisations.

CLOSER’s harmonised socio-economic measures in four longitudinal cohort studies are now available from the UK Data Service

The UK Data Service is pleased to announce the second workpackage of harmonised datasets, created by CLOSER (Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources) are now available to download.

Public attitudes towards government data sharing to be revealed ahead of GDPR

Ulster University researchers at the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC-NI) are set to present significant findings on the public’s attitudes toward health data sharing at a Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) on January 31, 2018.

New interactive Data Skills Modules launched

We are excited to announce the launch of our new online teaching resource which introduce data to non-experts via easy-to-use interactive Data Skills Modules.

1971 and 1961 Census microdata samples

A suite of microdata samples from the 1971 and 1961 censuses have been made available at the UK Data Service and in the ONS’s Secure Research Service.

#DataImpact2018: Realising the Potential of Research Data

Realising the Potential of Research Data event, 5.30 – 8.30pm 1 February 2018

Consultation opens on Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Survey

NHS Digital has launched a consultation on its Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England (SDD) survey, to see if it can be improved and to help design future surveys.

CESSDA shares online data management guide with expert tips on all stages of the research data life cycle

CESSDA has announced the launch of their new online expert tour guide on data management.

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