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Experts from the UK Data Service have recently hosted a series of talks at IASSIST 2023 – a prestigious international social science conference – with many presentations focused on sharing best practice approaches to ethical research practice. Social scientists and research technicians attended the 48th  IASSIST Conference (the International Association for Social Science Information Service […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint a Senior Systems Engineer to develop, monitor and continuously improve our IT infrastructure as we migrate to cloud services over the next three years. The post holder should have good all-round data skills, ideally with some programming […]

Dharmi Kapadia, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester and one of the authors of the recently published book, Racism and Ethnic Inequality in a Time of Crisis: Findings from the Evidence for Equality National Survey, has been interviewed in an exclusive podcast with the UK Data Service. In the podcast Dr Kapadia […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint a Software Testing Engineer. In conjunction with the development team, the post holder will be responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimising our software QA, testing and deployment infrastructure. Applicants should have a good knowledge of software design […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9091 Gambling Behaviour Quarterly Telephone Survey, 2016 SN 9077 English Housing Survey, 2020-2021: Household Data: Special Licence Access SN 9076 English Housing Survey, 2020: Housing Stock Data: Special Licence Access SN 9099 Labour Force Survey Two-Quarter Longitudinal Dataset, October 2022 – March 2023 SN 9082 Historical Datasets […]

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 UK Data Service is one of the key sponsors of the 48th annual conference of IASSIST (the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology) which is taking place this year in Philadelphia, USA from 30 May to 2 June 2023. The conference offers data professionals a unique opportunity to hear about the […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9083 Scottish Health Survey, 2021: Special Licence Access SN 9087 UK Business Data Survey, 2022 SN 9086 UK Business Data Survey, 2021 SN 9081 Harmonised English Longitudinal Study of Ageing: ELSA-HCAP, 2018 SN 9088 Health Survey for England, 2017: Special Licence Access SN 9080 FSCB Annual Survey […]

On 12 May, the UK Data Service was delighted to attend a book and study launch in Manchester for the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) – the biggest ever UK research survey into the lived experiences of ethnic minorities throughout Britain. EVENS is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Over 14,000 […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9081 Harmonised English Longitudinal Study of Ageing: ELSA-HCAP, 2018 SN 9088 Health Survey for England, 2017: Special Licence Access SN 9080 FSCB Annual Survey of Culture, 2016-2022 SN 9078 Teacher Supply, Shortages and Working Conditions in England: NFER Senior Leader Survey, 2019-2021 SN 9084 Health Survey for England, […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9079 Community Life Survey, 2021-2022 SN 853311 EEG, behavioural, and physiological responses to a painful procedure in human neonates with relevant medical history SN 856310 Synthetic Administrative Data: Census 1991, 2023 SN 855059 Sustainable Poverty Alleviation From Coastal Ecosystem Services: Coral Reef and Fisheries, 2013-2017 SN 855061 Sustainable Poverty Alleviation From […]

The following new datasets have been released: SN 9068 HMIP Detainee Survey: Adults in England and Wales, 2000-2022: Special Licence Access SN 9073 Family Resources Survey, 2021-2022 SN 856033 Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations: Modelling Food and Diet, 2020-2050 SN 856408 Strategic Spatial Planning for Social-Ecological Systems: Implementing the Mekong Delta Plan in the Vietnamese […]