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An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9607 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, April – June, 2026 SN 9547 National Service Life Stories, 1945 – 1963 SN 9603 Living Costs and Food Survey, 2024-2025 SN 9602 Annual Population Survey Two-Year Longitudinal Dataset, January 2024 – December 2025 SN 9601 Cancer Research UK […]

We’re delighted to announce the winners of this year’s UK Data Service Dissertation Award, which celebrates outstanding undergraduate research using archived data available through the UK Data Service. The judging panel comprised Professor Alex Bryson, Professor of Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute, Dr Roxanne Connelly, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods, […]

An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9598 Active Lives Adults Survey, 2023-2024 SN 9595 British Children’s Play Survey, 2025 SN 9582 John Smith Centre UK Youth Poll, 2026 SN 9593 Market Value Survey, 2024 SN 9592 Annual Population Survey Three-Year Pooled Dataset, January 2023 – December 2025 SN 858666 Behavior […]

We are delighted to announce a comprehensive restructuring and expansion of the UK Data Service’s Learning Hub materials for those producing data. The resources are designed to provide social science data producers and their teams with end-to-end, lifecycle support for research data management. While designed with the UK research landscape at its core, this guidance […]

We are pleased to announce the addition of two new teaching datasets to our collection. Created from major UK surveys, these datasets are designed to support teaching and learning by providing user-friendly, accessible data that are easy to explore and work with. Quarterly Labour Force Survey open access teaching dataset Our latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, January-March 2025: Open Teaching Dataset is […]

Read the full stories in our July 2026 newsletter. In this issue of the UK Data Service newsletter, we have details on two new projects we’re working on to make it easier for researchers to find, access and integrate data from multiple repositories. The UK Data Service is one of a number of partners who have […]

University of Essex, UK Data Archive, Faculty of Social Sciences The UK Data Archive is seeking to appoint a Senior Software Engineer to help build innovative software solutions while working within an AWS cloud infrastructure first environment. The successful candidate will become a key member of the development team. Applicants should have a strong foundation […]

An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9591 Labour Disputes, 2024: Secure Access SN 9590 Sheffield Birth Cohort Study, 1907-1930 SN 9589 Cyber Security Longitudinal Survey: Wave 5, 2025 SN 858653 The Digital Mindfulness Scale: Development and Longitudinal Validation in the Workplace, 2025 SN 858595 A Longitudinal Investigation of the Mental […]

The UK Data Service will contribute to two new projects that will drive the development of new AI-augmented tools and services, making it easier for researchers to integrate datasets between different repositories and across multiple countries. The funding, which will cover two new projects worth over €15 million, has been awarded to two consortia of […]

The results of the latest GP Patient Survey are now available via the GP Patient Survey website. The GP Patient Survey is a large-scale push-to-web survey run by Ipsos on behalf of NHS England. This year the survey received responses from approximately 654,000 adults in England. The latest data are from the 2026 publication. Fieldwork was conducted from 2 January to […]

An update of our latest data releases New datasets released SN 9588 English Longitudinal Study of Ageing: Life History: Wave 3 and 11, 2007 and 2024-2025 SN 9586 Millennium Cohort Study: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (Primary 1-Secondary 6/Tertiary), Scotland, 2007-2020: Secure Access SN 9574 Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence: Nepal Midline, 2023 SN 9575 Gender […]

The International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST) conference is always a highlight of our year. This year’s conference, held online on 2–5 June, proved to be no exception, with eleven presentations featuring UK Data Service staff being delivered across the four days. In addition to presenting our work, it was fascinating […]