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30th Sep 2024

Sep 30 2024, 10:00 am

Introduction to effective and practical research data management – Cancelled

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1st Oct 2024

Oct 1 2024, 10:00 am

How to become a computational social scientist

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2nd Oct 2024

Oct 2 2024, 10:00 am

Enhancing longitudinal data sharing: Data management strategies and best practices – Day 1

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Longitudinal Population Studies
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4th Oct 2024

Oct 4 2024, 10:00 am

Enhancing longitudinal data sharing: Data management strategies and best practices – Day 2

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8th Oct 2024

Oct 8 2024, 10:00 am

Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data

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Computational social science drop-in

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10th Oct 2024

Oct 10 2024, 10:00 am

Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing

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14th Oct 2024

Oct 14 2024, 10:00 am

Safe Researcher Training

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Oct 14 2024, 10:00 am

Introduction to synthetic data for longitudinal data managers

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15th Oct 2024

Oct 15 2024, 10:00 am

Getting started with secondary analysis

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16th Oct 2024

Oct 16 2024, 12:00 pm

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Oct 21 2024, 10:00 am

All you need to know about UKDS SecureLab import requests

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22nd Oct 2024

Oct 22 2024, 10:00 am

Teaching with census data

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24th Oct 2024

Oct 24 2024, 10:00 am

Role of Informed Consent in Ethical Data Collection, Sharing and Reuse

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29th Oct 2024

Oct 29 2024, 10:00 am

Introduction to copyright: Copyright and publishing

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Dissertation projects: Introduction to secondary analysis for qualitative and quantitative data

We take you through the research process of a secondary analysis project, including an overview of the methodological and ethical issues. Learn how to access and get started with quantitative and qualitative data.

Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing

Find out about the relevant data protection legislation, such as the Data Protection Act and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Learn about strategies that enable ethical and legal data sharing.

Personal data journeys

Rodney Appleyard, UK Data Service and Jennie Blows, CLOSER, interview Professor Jennifer Symonds, Director of CLOSER, Robin Flaig, Co-Director of the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration and Chief Operations Officer for Generation Scotland, and Dr Nigel de Noronha, Research Associate at the University of Manchester, about their personal data journeys and what they have found so rewarding about working with data.

Dr Nigel de Noronha is one of our key providers of training courses.

Training podcast

Dr. Vanessa Higgins, the Service Director of User Support and Training at the UK Data Service, provides an overview of the training courses and workshops delivered by her team throughout the year: