✨ Join us on 26 March for the second in a series of webinars dedicated to data linkage and integration. This free event is co-organised by the UK Data Service in collaboration with the DIGISURVOR project. 📅 26 March 2026 ⏰ 11:00-12:15 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...

⏰ 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...

📣 We’re pleased to announce the programme for the 2026 Crime Surveys User conference is now live! This free conference will be held online on Wednesday 11 March 2026. Register at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/crime... #UKDSCrime26

Wales has supported around 46,000 jobs during this Senedd term through business support programmes according to the Welsh Government.

Official figures going back to 2018 are set to take billions in under-reported benefits income into account.

📣 Data from the Millennium Cohort Study Age 23 Sweep is now available through the UK Data Service! For more information and to access the data, see our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/02/16/m... @clscohorts.bsky.social

Join us today at 14.00 for a free online workshop on using agent-based models as a simulation tool to generate synthetic data. Follow the link to watch the livestream on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/GfdGQ9a...

📣 We’re pleased to announce we have published our UK Data Service Annual Report 2024–25 for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, marking the first year of delivery under our new ESRC funding award. Read the full report at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/02/16/u...

Join us today at 1.30pm for our Code Anxiety Club: Building confidence: Q&A and open coding session. Please follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/9OZ1W4k...

It's day two of the International Digital Curation (IDCC) Conference in Zagreb! At 2pm, Hervé L'Hours and Oliver Parkes will be presenting on the Transparent Trustworthy Repository Attributes Matrix (TTRAM). Please also stop by our stand to learn more about how we can support your work. #IDCC26

We're delighted to be silver sponsors of the 2026 International Digital Curation (IDCC) Conference in Zagreb which starts today! If you're at the conference please feel free to stop by our stand to learn about how we can support your work. #IDCC26 @digitalcuration.bsky.social

🩺 Do you use any of the UK health studies available from the UK Data Service for your research? Present your work at our free Health Studies User Conference on 25 June 2026 at UCL in London and online. Submit your proposal by 22 February: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/19/c... #UKDSHealth26

We're very glad you joined us 😊 #UKDSperspectives

💷 Submissions are now open for our Family Finance Surveys User Conference 2026! If you use UK Data Service surveys to research family finances, come and present your research at Friends House, London, on Thursday 9 July 2026 (with an option to attend online). #UKDSFamilyFinance26

📣 Data from the Millennium Cohort Study Age 23 Sweep are now available to download from the @ukdataservice.bsky.social. Find out more and register for TOMORROW’s webinar introducing the data here👉 buff.ly/IYBbC14.

We’re now hearing honest and insightful reflections from our previous Data Impact Fellows on the opportunities and challenges they’ve faced along their impact journeys so far, along with personal experiences of essays worked in engaging. #UKDSperspectives

Lots of intense thought and activity in the policy-writing brief exercise #UKDSperspectives

Excellent advice to write blog posts to get your message across in accessible ways to different audiences We always welcome contributions to the Data Impact blog (and are happy to support you to develop your voice) blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk #UKDSperspectives

Love the different layers in the 'wedding cake' approach - taste, snacks, feed Different size portions for different audiences, needs and attention spans #UKDSperspectives

Some great information about aligning your message to real world challenges and the routes to get your messages through #UKDSperspectives

"I'm sick to death of getting briefings that are just full of academic jargon." Member of Parliament Brutal. But an important point about engaging with policymakers #UKDSperspectives

What really influences policymakers? Scientific evidence is not enough! #UKDSperspectives

We recently released the latest version of Metadata and Data Services Activities-Functions (MaDSAF). The working paper identifies 30 common activities/functions that are undertaken across data repositories. You can read more about this version at our website:

We are now diving into our next session: a hands-on workshop with CLOSER on how to craft an effective policy brief. We’re ready to build skills and confidence! #UKDSperspectives

What a powerful set of keynotes from Chimdimma Noelyn Onah, Tom Potrill, Rhiannon Williams Adam Davis #UKDSperspectives

Looking forward to today's event, called 'Perspectives on Engagement and Impact', organised by @ukdataservice.bsky.social at the beautiful People's History Museum in Manchester!

We’re welcoming people to Perspectives of Engagement and Impact. We’re looking forward to the day. Whether you’re joining us here in Manchester or catching up with the session recordings after the event, we're sure you get a lot from it! #UKDSperspectives

We're excited to be hosting our Perspectives on Engagement and Impact event in Manchester today! If you're attending the event and would like to know more about the UK Data Service, we recently released a film explaining who we are and detailing the services we provide:

⏰ One week to go until our online workshop on using agent-based models as a simulation tool to generate synthetic data. See the link below for more information and to book your place: 📅 18 February 2026 ⏰ 14:00-16:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...

💘 Every year, Love Data Week invites us to celebrate the role of data in our lives and the people who work tirelessly to make it accessible. You can read more about our Love Data Week events and the service we provide at our website: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/01/28/l...

💻 One week to go until our next Code anxiety club session! This session will be an open forum where you can ask questions about any of the topics we have covered so far. Book your place at the link below: 📅 17 February 2026 ⏰ 13:30-14:00 📍 Online 🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/code-...

🆕 Our latest data collections and new editions are now available! View the following link for the full list: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2026/02/06/l...

📫 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...

🚨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...