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Embracing the ‘Data Revolution’: Opportunities and Challenges for Research
We present an edited transcript of the keynote plenary speech Matthew Woollard, Director of the UK Data Service and the UK Data Archive, gave at the annual IASSIST Conference in Bergen on 1 June 20...
Announcing our judging panel for the 2016-2017 UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows Programme
We’ve received some excellent and topical applications from a range of disciplinary and subject areas, and from universities across the UK.
Making Sense of Brexit – the data you need to analyse
Dr Kathryn Simpson, UK Data Service Research Associate at the University of Manchester, discusses the demand for reliable data to examine the broad ranging issues in the EU referendum debate. Find...
Young Lives household and child surveys: How we’re supporting researchers using all rounds of Young Lives datasets
Kristine Briones, Research Assistant at Young Lives discusses the new release of “constructed files” of all four of rounds of data which features about 200 variables selected from the Young Lives h...
A new integrated approach: training researchers to use sensitive microdata
James Scott, Senior Support Officer at the UK Data Service’s Secure Lab, updates us on the new Safe Use of Research data Environments training (SURE) which has been designed for new users of...
Welcoming progress on the new Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICCSR) Data Service
Matthew Woollard and Louise Corti provide an update on how the UK Data Service has supported the development of the new Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Data Service.