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⏰ There's still time to submit your paper for our Family Finance Surveys User Conference! The conference will be held in person at Friends House in London on Thursday 9 July 2026 with an option to attend online. The deadline for submissions is 11 March 2026: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/02/04/c...

💡 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 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...

🚨 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...

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 👇

We’re pleased to announce the launch of the UK Data Service Dissertation Award 2025-26! Find all the information on the award and how to enter here:

💻 Would you like to learn more about computational social science? Join us on 21 October for our free how to become a computational social scientist workshop. 📅 21 October 2025 ⏰ 10:00-11:30 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/how-t...

🚀 We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new UK Data Service Data Catalogue! This updated data catalogue has been designed with user feedback at its core to make finding and working with data faster and easier. 🔗 ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/10/08/l...

Our official YouTube channel is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore access as soon as possible. For training and resources, please visit: ukdataservice.ac.uk/learning-hub/ All our other services are running as usual and remain unaffected.

Take a look at my blog with Prof Jackie Carter, out today. The blog discusses the benefits that students get from attending #ukdataservice data skills training events.

Useful and practical advice for dealing with picnic wasps! I didn't know "wasp offering" was an official term; I just love feeding them because they're so cute.

We are delighted to be Silver Sponsors of ESRA 2025 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Come and say hello! www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/u...

So pleased to be attending and presenting at one of my favourite conferences #ESRA25! Looking forward to an interesting few days of nerding out about surveys with fellow experts, researchers and methodologists!

New data from the Family Resources Survey is now available in our data catalogue! We're also pleased to announce the release of a new online learning module designed to help users get the most from the data. More details at our website:

🖥️ Join us today at 1pm for our Code Anxiety Club drop-in - Opening Windows: Navigating IDEs vs. command line. Follow the livestream on YouTube:

And that’s a wrap on #UKDSHealth25! Thank you to all of our speakers and attendees. Keep an eye on the event page for recordings of the talks coming soon!

The closing remarks from @vanessahiggins.bsky.social at #UKDSHealth25 reflected on a really interesting day. She urges any health population survey data users to contact UKDS or [email protected] to add comments or express interest in joining a possible steering group on this topic.

First up this afternoon at #UKDSHealth25 we have our first set of parallel sessions, with presentations covering topics such as mental health, obesity, coastal health and the impact of socioeconomic inequalities.

It’s time for the Health Studies User Conference 2025! Follow #UKDSHealth25 for updates throughout the day!

We need more accessible spaces like the #UKDSHealth25 conference that centre equity and collaboration in knowledge-making Looking forward to hearing insights on partnership working, inclusion, and data in health research

Excited to be attending the #UKDSHealth25 conference today. A free and remote event hosted by @ukdataservice.bsky.social exploring health data and research #MentalHealthResearch #VCSE #ResearchAccess #HealthData #HealthResearch #PublicHealth #MentalHealth #Research #PhD

Come and listen to updates, and have your say, on the the Future of Population Health Surveys - it's so important that the Government hears your views on this. There will also be research papers and updates on many other health data collections. Full programme available next week

⏰ The submission deadline for our free Health Studies User Conference is this Sunday! The conference will be held online on 23 June 2025. Use the following link to submit your proposal: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/24/c... #UKDSHealth25

The deadline for submissions for our free Family Finance Surveys User Conference has been extended to 13 April. The event will be held on 9 July at Friends House in London and online. Use the following link to submit your proposal: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/24/c... #UKDSFamilyFinance2025

Do you have questions about the UK Data Service Dissertation award? We've put together some key info on who can apply, how to submit your work, who the judges are, and much more in our useful FAQs: tinyurl.com/vbxj8dbn #UKDSDissertations

🗨️ New on the Data impact blog 💬 As part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, we had a chat with Director of the @ukdataservice.bsky.social Steve McEachern about his data journey so far and his ideas of the future blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/steve-mceach...

Only one week to go until our Mapping crime data in R: Hands-on coding workshop! For more information and to book a place, use the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/mappi...

🕵️‍♂️ We are about to start the Crime Surveys Users Conference 2025! Recordings of the morning session will be posted on the event page at our website shortly after. Follow #UKDSCrime25 for updates throughout the day @ukdataservice.bsky.social

📣 Submissions are now open for our Health Studies User Conference 2025! If you're doing health-related research using data from the UK Data Service, submit your paper proposal by 23 March. More information at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/24/c...

Our introductory training series kicks off on 19 March. These free sessions offer an introduction to the UK Data Service and will help you get the most from our resources. Book your place at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/10/u...

Short blog to find out more about our new project to build computational skills in social science data service professionals

Last chance to book your place for our free Crime Surveys User Conference 2025! More information and boking at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/crime...

Submissions are now open for our free Labour Force and Annual Population Surveys User Conference 2025 @ucl.ac.uk in London! Full details and the call for papers are available at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/11/c... #LFSAPS25

It’s that time of year again, #LoveData25 is here! There's no better time to engage with the wider data community and learn new skills. Read more about what we can offer at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/10/l...

🗺️ Do you want to visualise crime data on maps but don’t know how? Join our free workshops on 17-18 March to unlock the power of crime mapping in R. ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/mappi...

🆕 We've just published a series of new introductory research data management course materials. These free training resources can be used, shared and adapted to improve data management strategies and enhance longitudinal data sharing. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/01/28/n...

Spaces are still available for our free #UKDSCrime25conference. This year our keynote is from Susan McVie, who will discuss her research using crime survey data to expose new, existing and exacerbating victim inequalities. Book your place at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/crime...

Have questions about reusing or working with #surveydata? Come and join our free drop-in session on the 22nd January, 12pm - 1pm. Full details below: