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The UK Data Service is pleased to announce the successful delivery of the Population Research UK – Skills Development for Managing Longitudinal Data for Sharing project. This initiative aimed to build capacity in data management within the Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS) community. The project, a foundational initiative of the Population Research UK (PRUK) programme, was supported by […]

We’re delighted to announce that the UK Data Service has been nominated as a finalist in the Not-For-Profit of the Year category at the British Data Awards 2025! Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Brewery in London on 14 May. This nomination reflects the invaluable contributions made by everyone across the Service […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9360 Farm Business Survey, 2023-2024: Special Licence Access SN 9338 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Ethiopia Round 3, 2021-2022 SN 9361 Young People and Gambling Survey, 2024 SN 9261 Interviews with Displaced Women and Men in Four Countries, 2021-2022: Afghanistan, […]

An update of our latest data releases. The following new datasets have been released: SN 9351 Participation Survey, 2023-2024: Open Access SN 9339 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Bangladesh Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet Community Surveys, 2018 SN 9350 Participation Survey, 2023-2024 SN 9340 Scottish Islands Survey, 2023 SN 9345 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Jordan […]

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) is an ambitious European initiative that aims to give the EU a global lead in research data management and ensure that European scientists enjoy the full benefits of data-driven science. Two new EU-funded projects, EOSC EDEN and FIDELIS, started on 1 January 2025, bringing over 30 European and international […]

The UK Data Service Dissertation Award 2025 has now launched! Whether you’re wondering who can apply, how to submit your work or who our judges are, we’ve compiled some useful FAQs: Who can enter?  Any undergraduate students at UK universities who are writing dissertations on social science topics who have used data from the UK […]

International Women’s Day 2025 is dedicated to “accelerating action” to create a gender equal world. But what role can the UK Data Service – and data generally – play in accelerating women’s equality? Empowering researchers and policymakers We asked Joanne Webb, Associate Director of the UK Data Service and Head of Department for the UK […]

Dr Steve McEachern recently attended the International Science Council General Assembly and Global Knowledge Dialogue to discuss how the social sciences sector can work together more closely to overcome some of its biggest hurdles. During his presentation at the event, held in Muscat, Oman, he covered a number of key areas that need further development […]

A tech-savvy generation of children are said to be subverting traditional hierarchies as they take control of elements of home life using smart technology. They might order takeaways through voice assistants like Alexa, get around parental controls, or switch off location tracking on their devices. Individual families will all have different stories to tell about […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is looking to appoint a Junior Platform Engineer to help with the design, maintenance, and optimisation of our deployment infrastructure with a focus on automation. Applicants will ideally come from a software engineering background and should possess knowledge in AWS cloud […]

Do you use UK quantitative studies from the UK Data Service for health-related research, such as the Health Survey for England, Scottish Health Survey, National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles, Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys, Understanding Society, Birth Cohort Studies and many more? Submissions are now open for the Health Studies User Conference 2025. This free conference, […]

Deadline extended to midnight on Sunday 13 April Are you conducting research using the UK Data Service’s family finance surveys? We invite you to share your work at the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2025. Submissions are now open for the Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2025. This free annual conference, organised by the UK […]