🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Sharon Bolton, Data Publishing and Curation Manager at the UK Data Service, discusses the Service’s CURATE(D) approach to managing datasets. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/curated-fram...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 In our newest Data Impact blog @tompottrill.bsky.social, Policy Officer at @resolvepoverty.org, discusses why devolved access to social security data is essential for local councils in tackling poverty more effectively. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/resolve-chil...

A blog from me on why social science infrastructures matter. I talk about the value of social science data collections & data services (especially @ukdsimpact.bsky.social), current opportunities and challenges (including AI, the growth of TREs & training), & what we're doing about them at ESRC.

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Professor Alison Park (@parkali.bsky.social), from ESRC, discusses the importance of UK social science data infrastructures and outlines some of the opportunities and challenges they face in our new Data Impact blog. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/park-esrc-da...

🗨️In the news💬 The future of health data is still in the spotlight - and the UK Data Service is helping lead the conversation. Why not read what the experts say in both The Guardian article and our Impact blog post? blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-popul... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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.

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Professors @vanessahiggins.bsky.social and Jackie Carter discuss how UK Data Service online training events enable students to develop data skills while also offering wider benefits. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/thinking-cre...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Jools Kasmire and Christina Magder introduce synthetic data, how it’s used, and what fidelity means, before introducing us to a project exploring the benefits of low-fidelity synthetic data. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/not-real-but...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Listen to Eve Little introduce and discuss her new blog post on the Data Impact blog! You can read the full blog post here - blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/voices-behin...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Listen to Eve Little introduce her new blog post on the Data Impact blog! You can read the full blog post here - blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/voices-behin...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Eve Little, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her favourite five posts from the UK Data Service Impact blog - reflecting on the power that both data and lived experience can have. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/voices-behin...

🗨️ Census data users - we want to hear from you 💬 We are inviting you to take part in this short survey to better understand how and why you use census datasets - and what you want to see from us in the future. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jisc/censu...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Listen to Sophie Gawryla introduce her new blog post on the Impact blog! Read the post here: blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/voices-in-th...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Sophie Gawryla, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her favourite five posts from the UK Data Service Impact blog – highlighting the power data has in giving a voice to those who are often unheard. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/voices-in-th...

Professor Debora Price @gerontologyuk.bsky.social recently reflected on recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions, on the Data Impact blog blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/closer-polic...

We couldn't agree more. @gerontologyuk.bsky.social on data preservation & infrastructure: "They are foundational to democracy, social understanding, and the pursuit of knowledge. They form the basis of sound decision-making across policy, economics, industry and society." @ukdataservice.bsky.social

💡New on the Data Impact blog 💡 Jim Vine, a Senior Research Officer at Understanding Society, gives an overview of the new types of data being collected as part of the Innovation Panel, the UK Household Longitudinal Study’s test bed for survey methods. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/understandin...

⏰New on the Data Impact blog⏰ Debora Price (@gerontologyuk.bsky.social) reflects on the importance of data preservation, recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/why-data-pre...

⌛New on Data Impact blog ⌛ @benbrindle.bsky.social discusses how the new Hong Kong BN(O) Migrants Panel Survey will shed light on migrants' integration into UK economy and society. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bno-migrants...

🖥️New on the Data Impact blog🖥️ Vassilis Routsis introduces an exciting Future Data Services project harnessing AI to improve access to census flow data. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/census-data-...

In this post, originally published on @ukdsimpact.bsky.social blog, Oyinlola Oyebode presents a personal view on the importance of the Health Survey for England & encourages participation in the ONS questionnaire on the future of population health surveys. www.the-sra.org.uk/SRA/Blog/Hel...

"...the latest in a list of acts that is weakening the UK’s evidence base for policy-making: The Health #Survey for England will be discontinued after 2025." Take part in the consultation about its replacement studies.ons.gov.uk/s/Future_HSE/ #HealthData #HealthEconomics #SecondaryData

🎉 New on the Data Impact blog 🎉 Alana Bowen-Burford, Senior Analytical Impact Lead from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), introduces the 2025 ONS Research Excellence Awards. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ons-research...

🔎New on the Data Impact blog🔎 Eve and Sophie, our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, discuss the UK Census User Conference 2025 and invite you to take part in our short survey so that we can better understand our users' experiences. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/census-we-wa...

💬New on the Data Impact blog 🗨️ @roxana-pollack.bsky.social introduces herself as one of the 2025 Data Impact Fellows. Roxana shares her background, her current work and research, and what she hopes to get out of the Fellows scheme. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/roxana-polla...

🚑 New on the Data Impact blog 🚑 Oyinlola Oyebode presents a personal view on the importance of the Health Survey for England and encourages participation in the ONS / DHSC questionnaire on the future of population health surveys. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-popul...

🖥️New on the Data Impact blog 🖥️ Annie Flynn from @royalstatsoc.bsky.social introduces the launch of a new open access journal, RSS: Data Science and AI, and the relaunch of the digital platform Real World Data Science. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/a-steadying-...

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉 Welcome! 😀 Our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, Eve Little and Sophie Gawryla, tell us about themselves and what brought them to this role. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/new-research...

🥊New on the Data Impact blog🥊 Kyle Genner has been "immersed in life at a local boxing club, deeply engaged with the experiences of the young people" Introducing Kyle, one of our #DataImpactFellows. He shares how his background connects with his research blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/uk-data-serv...

🪧New on the Data Impact blog🪧 @ukdataservice.bsky.social is proud to announce a new #DataSkillsModule for the #FamilyResourcesSurvey Rihab Dahab - "The Family Resources Survey: how did we make it easier to learn?" blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/the-family-r...

📢 Save the date! 🗓️ Tuesday 26 August, 2025 | 10:00 – 15:30 | Playfair Library, Edinburgh Generation Scotland are delighted to announce a forthcoming Symposium: Looking back at GS’s achievements and learning over the past 20 years. More details and registration information will be shared soon.

Less than a week to go until the free Health Studies User Conference, online on 23 June. Come and join us for data updates and more! @ucliehc.bsky.social‬ @natcen.bsky.social @ukdsimpact.bsky.social ‪https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/health-studies-user-conference-2025-06-23/ #UKDSHealth25

🚨New on the Data Impact blog🚨 The UK Statistics Agency (and their Scottish and Northern Irish counterparts) have made their recommendations to the @ukgovernment.bsky.social about the future of the 2031 #census @oliverdw.bsky.social explores further blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/future-of-20...

🌍New on the Data impact blog 🌍 @georginagbb.bsky.social and Siann Hirani introduce the #AtlasLongitudinalDatasets blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/atlas-of-lon... @larseneault.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

🎺New on the Data Impact blog🎺 Bill South and Louise Corti, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), reflect on some of the highlights from the Secure Research Service (SRS) accomplished over the past 21 years. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/celebrating-...

For the past 18 months, the Skills Development for Managing Longitudinal Data for Sharing project has been working to transform how researchers manage and share longitudinal data. Jo Webb and Cristina Magder review the journey. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/bridging-the... @ukdataservice.bsky.social

✒️New on the Data Impact blog✒️ Join us for the @ukdataservice.bsky.social UK #census user #conference Find out what our teams have been up to! blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/uk-census-us...

🆕New on the Data Impact blog 🆕 Niloofar Shoari's research reveals how air pollution, greenspace access, and socio-economic factors create a complex web of influences that shape young minds during critical developmental periods. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/location-loc...

📝Up next on the Data Impact blog📝 Here comes part 2 of Sarah's post on how research brings @trusselluk.bsky.social data to life, how Trussell uses data to drive change and looks further ahead. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/understandin...

🗒️New on the Data Impact blog🗒️ Understanding Hunger and Hardship in the UK In the first of two posts, Sarah Fullick introduces Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social, explains why data is so important to them and introduces Trussell’s mission beyond foodbanks. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/understandin...

🎺New on the Data Impact blog 🎺 We are delighted to introduce Anastasia Fadeeva as one of our #DataImpactFellows. She shares her background, her current work and research and what she hopes to get out of the Fellows scheme. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/anastasia-fa...

🚨#Job alert🚨 We're looking for two Research Impact and Engagement Managers to join our team and help us develop and expand our #impact work Have a look at the advert - and feel free to email [email protected] if you want a chat about the role www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

📝New on the Data Impact blog📝 @neilgrindley.bsky.social based at @jisc.bsky.social, reflects on his first year as co-investigator and deputy director for the UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/how-time-fli...

🖋️New on the Data Impact blog🖋️ We highlight the impact some of the data available via the UK Data Service is having in #research, #policy and public conversations around the area of #poverty, deprivation and the cost-of-living crisis. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/poverty-in-d...

😍New on the Data Impact blog😍 Find out about our meet ups with our 2025 #DataImpactFellows and watch the video! blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/data-impact-...

Our next seminar: ‘Unhelpful & redundant’? Identity, inequality & the BAME controversy 🗣Brett St Louis 📆1pm, Thurs 10 April 2025 (Manchester/online) @uomsociology.bsky.social @identitiesjournal.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unhelpful-...

📣 Are you an Understanding Society (UKHLS) user in Scotland? New Scottish UKHLS User Group - Meeting Online 2nd May @kateohara.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social Opportunity to network with local users, discuss data and statistical data analysis. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1235734377...

🎺New on the Data Impact blog🎺 We're delighted to welcome Alice Varley as one of our #DataImpactFellows She introduces herself, her current work and research and what she hopes to get out of the Fellows scheme. blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/alice-varley...

🗨️ 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...