UK Data Service
The UK’s largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data. Funded by UKRI through the ESRC. ukdataservice.ac.uk
- 📫 Would you like to keep up with the latest news and training opportunities from across the UK Data Service? Subscribe to our quarterly newsletter and receive updates direct to your inbox. You can read our latest edition and sign up at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/02/02/u...
- 💡 Did you know? Last year the winners of our Dissertation Award had their work featured on our Data Impact blog: blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/tag/ukds-dis... Winners of the 2026 award will also get to develop a blog based on their project: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/27/c... #UKDSDissertations
- 🌼 Every spring we run a free introductory training series to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service. Our spring 2026 introductory training series programme is now available. See our website for a full list of what's available: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/29/u...
- Join us today at 12:00 for our Survey data drop-in. This free online drop-in session is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data. Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/surve...
- ⏰ One week to go until our next computational social science drop-in! This is a free drop-in session where everyone can get or give help on computational social science projects. 📅 10 February 2026 ⏰ 13:00-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
- Join us today at 1.30pm for our Code Anxiety Club: Debugging demystified: Finding and fixing errors. Please follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/-LnZno7...
- Reposted by UK Data Service🚨New data release: BCS70 Activity Histories Looking at employment histories of the 1970 cohort, this dataset is available to access via @ukdataservice.bsky.social [SN 6943]. The latest edition includes data on work and non-work activities from the Age 51 Sweep. Read the user guide 👉 buff.ly/aGg0OxR
- The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has launched a new survey on opportunities for public sector data. The deadline for responses is 11:59pm on 28 February. You can access the survey at the link below. www.gov.uk/government/p...
- ⏰ There's just under a week to go until our next survey data drop-in! This free online drop-in session is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data. Book your place at the link below: 📅 4 February 2026 ⏰ 12:00-13:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/surve...
- Join us today at 1pm for our Data on young people and education at the UK Data Service webinar. Please follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/cX23284...
- 💡Did you know? Winners of the 2026 Dissertation Award will get the chance to work with our @ukdsimpact.bsky.social team to write a post for the UK Data Impact blog promoting and celebrating their work! More info here: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/27/c... #UKDSDissertations
- 💻 One week to go until our next Code Anxiety Club session! This free session will be dedicated to debugging, with helpful tips on how to find and fix errors in your code. Follow the link below to join: 📅 3 February 2026 ⏰ 13:30-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/code-...
- Our friends @popres-uk.bsky.social are holding two workshops for the LPS community to co-design a new AI training platform. ✅ Beginner Workshop | 26 January, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm ✅ Expert Workshop | 23 February, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm 👉 Find your fit by completing this quick form: shorturl.at/cE4uX
- 🗺️ Would you like to learn how to create maps and other geographical visualisations using census data? On 22 April, we'll be holding a free online workshop on using QGIS to map 2021/22 census data from the UK Data Service. 📅 22 April 2026 ⏰ 10:00-12:30 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
- 📢 The call for papers for our free Health Studies User Conference on 25 June 2026 at UCL in London is now open. Submit your proposal by 22 February if you'd like to take part. More information is available at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/19/c... #UKDSHealth26
- ⏰ One week to go until our Data on young people and education at the UK Data Service webinar. Book your place at the link below: 📅 28 January 2026 ⏰ 13:00-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/data-...
- 💻 Join us today at 1.30pm for our next Code Anxiety Club session! This session is dedicated to all things version control. We'll cover tracking changes to files over time and how to install Git and master basic commands. Please follow the link to the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/x4HaLlI...
- 💡 Can you help the Office for National Statistics ensure Census 2031 reflects the changing needs of people, communities and organisations across England and Wales? Add your views to a public consultation by 4 February 2026: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/19/c...
- ✨ Join us on 11 February in Manchester for an exciting opportunity to learn, share and build connections at a UK Data Service event for Early Career Researchers. 📅 11 February 2026 ⏰ 09:30-15:30 📍 The Engine Room, People’s History Museum, Manchester 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/persp...
- Waist-to-height ratio better than BMI for older adults
- The UK's most common vitamin deficiencies - and how to fix them
- 📊 Join us on 10 February for a free webinar on survey data linkage. Please follow the link below to book your place: 📅 10 February 2026 ⏰ 13:00-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/an-ov...
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- 🚨 Do you want to turn raw crime data into powerful, visual insights? Join us on 9 and 10 March for a free online workshop series on unlocking the power of crime mapping in R. 📅 9-10 March 2026 ⏰ 11:00-12:30 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/mappi...
- 💻 One week to go until our next Code anxiety club session! This session is on all things version control, including how to install Git and master basic commands. Book your place at the link below: 📅 20 January 2026 ⏰ 13:30-14:00 📍 Online
- Join us today at 1pm for our Computational social science drop-in. This is a free UK Data Service drop-in session where everyone can get or give help on computational social science projects. Book your place at the link below 👇
- 🆕 Our latest data collections and new editions are now available! View the following link for the full list:
- Welcome to newcomers research week 2026! Newcomers research week offers early career researchers and new starters at the University of Essex bite size sessions to introduce the research support offered at the university. View the programme at the following link:
- ✨ We're delighted to announce a new online workshop on using agent-based models as a simulation tool to generate synthetic data. 📅 18 February 2026 ⏰ 14:00-16:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
- 🚀 Our friends at ADR UK have launched an International Data Access Tools Repository. The repository shares a global collection of tools designed to support secure access to administrative and health data.
- ⏰ There's one week to go until our next computational social science drop-in. If you're interested in discussing data skills with like-minded individuals then please book your place at the link below: 📅 13 January 2026 ⏰ 13:00-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/compu...
- Join us today at 1:30pm for our Code Anxiety Club: Project organisation: Introduction to Python and R - your first scripts. Please follow the link to join the livestream:
- ✨ Join us on 11 February in Manchester for Perspectives on Engagement and Impact: a UK Data Service event for Early Career Researchers. 📅 11 February 2026 ⏰ 09:30-15:30 📍 The Engine Room, People’s History Museum, Manchester 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/persp...
- Are you a new member of staff or student at the University of Essex? If so then join us for newcomers research week 2026! You can view the full programme and book your place at the following link:
- Join us on 28 January for our Data on young people and education at the UK Data Service webinar. 📅 28 January 2026 ⏰ 13:00-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/data-...
- ❄️ As 2025 comes to a close, we'd like to wish all our users season's greetings and a Happy New Year! The UK Data Service will be closed from 17:00 on Tuesday 23 December 2025, but all services will fully resume on Monday 5 January 2026. Online services will run unattended during this period.
- 🆕 Our latest data collections and new editions are now available, including new data from Understanding Society, the Labour Force Survey and more! See the following link for the full list:
- ⏰ There are only a few days left to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026! The deadline for submissions is midnight on 18 December. You can submit your proposal at the following link:
- A new impact case study explores how the design of survey questions shapes what we know about climate opinion. You can read more at our Data Impact blog. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/12/09/c...
- Join us at 10 am today for our Working with Reddit data workshop. Follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/H8XkKeJ...
- Join us at 10 am today for our Working with Reddit data workshop. Follow the link to watch the livestream:
- Join us at 10am today for our Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies workshop. Follow the link to watch the livestream:
- 🚨 There's still time to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026! This free online conference is an ideal place to present your work if you do crime-related research using data from the UK Data Service. The deadline is 18 December:
- 📣 We are inviting expressions of interest to take part in SynthSprint, a four-week data sprint exploring how synthetic data performs across different levels of fidelity and real-world use cases. Register your expression of interest by 31 January 2026:
- Join us at 1pm today for our Survey data drop-in. Please use the following link to book your place:
- ⏰ One week to go until our Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies workshop. This free online workshop will introduce you to the UK Census and the data held by the UK Data Service. 📅 9 December 2025 ⏰ 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🧷
- Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods workshop. Please use the following link to view the livestream:
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- Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks workshop. Follow the link to watch the livestream:
- 📊 One week to go until our next survey data drop-in. This free online drop-in is for anyone working with secondary survey data who is looking for help or advice. To book a place, please follow the link below: 📅 3 December 2025 ⏰ 12:00-13:00 📍 Online 🧷
- Join us at 10 am today for our UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, and finding and accessing data workshop. To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
