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Learning R or How learning to programme changed my research career
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share their ideas about ‘change’. David Kingman tells us about how his experiences of learning to programme in R have changed his research c...
Why is understanding trade union membership from survey data harder than it might first seem?
Rhys Davies explores how he uncovered problems with official UK government figures on trade union presence and coverage – and how the government recognised and corrected the error.
Making open psychological datasets more accessible and useful for research and teaching
Cameron Brick on using the diverse range of openly available psychological data, including from the UK Data Service.
Developing a new way of measuring poverty
Emily Harris and Matthew Oakley from the Social Metrics Commission’s Secretariat introduce the release of the code underlying the Commission’s new poverty measure.
Becoming a safe researcher
Ben Brindle, a PhD student at the University of Brighton and one of our #DataImpactFellows, discusses what he learnt on the UK Data Service’s Safe Researcher training course recently.
CESSDA webinar: GDPR and research one year on - Experiences across Europe
Panel discussion webinar, where data protection experts from across Europe gave their views on what changes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought for research, data archiving and da...