UK Data Service
@ukdataservice.bsky.social
The UK’s largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data. Funded by UKRI through the ESRC. https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
Join us on 28 January for our Data on young people and education at the UK Data Service webinar.
📅 28 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
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📅 28 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
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December 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us on 28 January for our Data on young people and education at the UK Data Service webinar.
📅 28 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/data-...
📅 28 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/data-...
❄️ As 2025 comes to a close, we'd like to wish all our users season's greetings and a Happy New Year!
The UK Data Service will be closed from 17:00 on Tuesday 23 December 2025, but all services will fully resume on Monday 5 January 2026. Online services will run unattended during this period.
The UK Data Service will be closed from 17:00 on Tuesday 23 December 2025, but all services will fully resume on Monday 5 January 2026. Online services will run unattended during this period.
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
❄️ As 2025 comes to a close, we'd like to wish all our users season's greetings and a Happy New Year!
The UK Data Service will be closed from 17:00 on Tuesday 23 December 2025, but all services will fully resume on Monday 5 January 2026. Online services will run unattended during this period.
The UK Data Service will be closed from 17:00 on Tuesday 23 December 2025, but all services will fully resume on Monday 5 January 2026. Online services will run unattended during this period.
🆕 Our latest data collections and new editions are now available, including new data from Understanding Society, the Labour Force Survey and more!
See the following link for the full list:
See the following link for the full list:
Latest data collections and new editions 12 December 2025 - UK Data Service
Update of new datasets and editions released via the UK Data Service as of 28 November 2025.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🆕 Our latest data collections and new editions are now available, including new data from Understanding Society, the Labour Force Survey and more!
See the following link for the full list:
See the following link for the full list:
⏰ There are only a few days left to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026!
The deadline for submissions is midnight on 18 December. You can submit your proposal at the following link:
The deadline for submissions is midnight on 18 December. You can submit your proposal at the following link:
Call for papers: Crime Surveys User Conference 2026 - UK Data Service
Do you conduct crime research using quantitative surveys or longitudinal studies from the UK Data Service, such as the Crime Survey for England and Wales, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, and many…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
⏰ There are only a few days left to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026!
The deadline for submissions is midnight on 18 December. You can submit your proposal at the following link:
The deadline for submissions is midnight on 18 December. You can submit your proposal at the following link:
A new impact case study explores how the design of survey questions shapes what we know about climate opinion.
You can read more at our Data Impact blog. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/12/09/c...
You can read more at our Data Impact blog. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/12/09/c...
New case study explores how the design of survey questions shapes what we know about climate opinion — UK Data Service
The UK Data Service is excited to announce the publication of a new impact case study exploring how the design of survey questions shapes...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A new impact case study explores how the design of survey questions shapes what we know about climate opinion.
You can read more at our Data Impact blog. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/12/09/c...
You can read more at our Data Impact blog. ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/12/09/c...
Join us at 10 am today for our Working with Reddit data workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/H8XkKeJ...
Follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/H8XkKeJ...
Working with Reddit data
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December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Join us at 10 am today for our Working with Reddit data workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/H8XkKeJ...
Follow the link to watch the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/H8XkKeJ...
Join us at 10 am today for our Working with Reddit data workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Working with Reddit data
This free workshop will introduce the fundamentals of natural language processing (NLP) and sentiment analysis, using Reddit as a case study for social media...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us at 10 am today for our Working with Reddit data workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Join us at 10am today for our Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies
Do you want to know more about the best resource for population studies in the UK? Do you want to understand how the UK census works and how to access the da...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us at 10am today for our Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
🚨 There's still time to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026!
This free online conference is an ideal place to present your work if you do crime-related research using data from the UK Data Service.
The deadline is 18 December:
This free online conference is an ideal place to present your work if you do crime-related research using data from the UK Data Service.
The deadline is 18 December:
Call for papers: Crime Surveys User Conference 2026 - UK Data Service
Do you conduct crime research using quantitative surveys or longitudinal studies from the UK Data Service, such as the Crime Survey for England and Wales, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, and many…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🚨 There's still time to submit your paper for our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026!
This free online conference is an ideal place to present your work if you do crime-related research using data from the UK Data Service.
The deadline is 18 December:
This free online conference is an ideal place to present your work if you do crime-related research using data from the UK Data Service.
The deadline is 18 December:
📣 We are inviting expressions of interest to take part in SynthSprint, a four-week data sprint exploring how synthetic data performs across different levels of fidelity and real-world use cases.
Register your expression of interest by 31 January 2026:
Register your expression of interest by 31 January 2026:
SynthSprint: A synthetic data exploration – Datacise Open Learning
Plus pre & post workshop (w/c 23 March & w/c 18 May)
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December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📣 We are inviting expressions of interest to take part in SynthSprint, a four-week data sprint exploring how synthetic data performs across different levels of fidelity and real-world use cases.
Register your expression of interest by 31 January 2026:
Register your expression of interest by 31 January 2026:
Join us at 1pm today for our Survey data drop-in.
Please use the following link to book your place:
Please use the following link to book your place:
Survey data drop-in - UK Data Service
3 Dec 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research.…
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December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us at 1pm today for our Survey data drop-in.
Please use the following link to book your place:
Please use the following link to book your place:
⏰ One week to go until our Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies workshop.
This free online workshop will introduce you to the UK Census and the data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 9 December 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
This free online workshop will introduce you to the UK Census and the data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 9 December 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies - UK Data Service
9 Dec 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am - Do you want to know more about the best resource for population studies in the UK? Do you want to understand how the UK census works and how to access the data…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
⏰ One week to go until our Data in the spotlight: Census and population studies workshop.
This free online workshop will introduce you to the UK Census and the data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 9 December 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
This free online workshop will introduce you to the UK Census and the data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 9 December 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods workshop.
Please use the following link to view the livestream:
Please use the following link to view the livestream:
Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods
Did you know that qualitative and mixed methods data can be accessed for research?The UK Data Service provides access to a range of qualitative and mixed-met...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: Qualitative and mixed methods workshop.
Please use the following link to view the livestream:
Please use the following link to view the livestream:
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🤝We are thrilled announce that @ukdataservice.bsky.social has agreed to sponsor #IDCC26!
The @ukdataservice.bsky.social is the UK’s principal repository for economic, population, and social research data, hosting the nation’s largest trusted digital archive
Learn more dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
The @ukdataservice.bsky.social is the UK’s principal repository for economic, population, and social research data, hosting the nation’s largest trusted digital archive
Learn more dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🤝We are thrilled announce that @ukdataservice.bsky.social has agreed to sponsor #IDCC26!
The @ukdataservice.bsky.social is the UK’s principal repository for economic, population, and social research data, hosting the nation’s largest trusted digital archive
Learn more dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
The @ukdataservice.bsky.social is the UK’s principal repository for economic, population, and social research data, hosting the nation’s largest trusted digital archive
Learn more dcc.ac.uk/events/idcc2...
Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks
Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Wa...
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November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us today at 10am for our Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks workshop.
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
Follow the link to watch the livestream:
📊 One week to go until our next survey data drop-in.
This free online drop-in is for anyone working with secondary survey data who is looking for help or advice.
To book a place, please follow the link below:
📅 3 December 2025
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍 Online
🧷
This free online drop-in is for anyone working with secondary survey data who is looking for help or advice.
To book a place, please follow the link below:
📅 3 December 2025
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍 Online
🧷
Survey data drop-in - UK Data Service
3 Dec 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - This free online drop-in is for anyone working or thinking of working with secondary survey data who are looking for help and advice with their project or research.…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📊 One week to go until our next survey data drop-in.
This free online drop-in is for anyone working with secondary survey data who is looking for help or advice.
To book a place, please follow the link below:
📅 3 December 2025
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍 Online
🧷
This free online drop-in is for anyone working with secondary survey data who is looking for help or advice.
To book a place, please follow the link below:
📅 3 December 2025
⏰ 12:00-13:00
📍 Online
🧷
Join us at 10 am today for our UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, and finding and accessing data workshop.
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, and finding and accessing data
A practical overview of the UK Data Service (UKDS) including guidance on searching and accessing data.This interactive session is ideal for anyone interested...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us at 10 am today for our UK Data Service essentials: Introduction, and finding and accessing data workshop.
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
⏰ The deadline to submit your paper for our free Crime Surveys User Conference 2026 is midnight on 30 November.
Please follow the link to learn more about the event and to submit your proposal: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/06/c...
#UKDSCrime26
Please follow the link to learn more about the event and to submit your proposal: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/06/c...
#UKDSCrime26
Call for papers: Crime Surveys User Conference 2026 - UK Data Service
Do you conduct crime research using quantitative surveys or longitudinal studies from the UK Data Service, such as the Crime Survey for England and Wales, Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, and many…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
⏰ The deadline to submit your paper for our free Crime Surveys User Conference 2026 is midnight on 30 November.
Please follow the link to learn more about the event and to submit your proposal: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/06/c...
#UKDSCrime26
Please follow the link to learn more about the event and to submit your proposal: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/06/c...
#UKDSCrime26
💡 Are you stuck on a computational social science project? Join our free computational social science drop-in sessions.
Our next session is on 13 January and you can book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷
Our next session is on 13 January and you can book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷
Computational social science drop-in - UK Data Service
13 Jan 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Do you find yourself: stuck on a project with no one to ask about it? not sure what to learn next? the only person in your team using computational methods? wanting…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
💡 Are you stuck on a computational social science project? Join our free computational social science drop-in sessions.
Our next session is on 13 January and you can book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷
Our next session is on 13 January and you can book your place at the link below:
📅 13 January 2026
⏰ 13:00-14:00
📍 Online
🧷
Join us today at 10am for our Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data workshop.
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data
Researchers are often at a crossroads on how to share data collected from human participants ethically while complying with the rigorous standards set by UK ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us today at 10am for our Introduction to anonymisation techniques for social sciences research data workshop.
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
To watch the livestream, please follow the link:
🎙️ We recently joined forces with @closer-uk.bsky.social to produce a podcast series exploring how research data can be used by policymakers to positively influence society.
You can read more about the podcast and listen to both episodes at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/11/c...
You can read more about the podcast and listen to both episodes at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/11/c...
UK Data Service collaborates with CLOSER on podcast about how research data can help shape government policies — UK Data Service
We were pleased to join forces with the team at CLOSER again this year to produce another informative podcast featuring several...
ukdataservice.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🎙️ We recently joined forces with @closer-uk.bsky.social to produce a podcast series exploring how research data can be used by policymakers to positively influence society.
You can read more about the podcast and listen to both episodes at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/11/c...
You can read more about the podcast and listen to both episodes at the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/11/11/c...
🗓️ One week to go until our Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks workshop.
This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce the international time series data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 27 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce the international time series data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 27 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks - UK Data Service
27 Nov 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am - Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🗓️ One week to go until our Data in the spotlight: International time series databanks workshop.
This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce the international time series data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 27 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce the international time series data held by the UK Data Service.
📅 27 November 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
🎉 We recently passed a significant milestone in our history, with the number of data collections we make available reaching the 10,000 mark!
You can read more about how we got to this milestone and the importance of it at the link below:
You can read more about how we got to this milestone and the importance of it at the link below:
UK Data Service celebrates reaching historic 10,000 data collections landmark - UK Data Service
The UK Data Service has hit a significant milestone in its history, with the number of data collections we make available reaching the 10,000 mark. Over the past six decades, the UK Data Service and…
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November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🎉 We recently passed a significant milestone in our history, with the number of data collections we make available reaching the 10,000 mark!
You can read more about how we got to this milestone and the importance of it at the link below:
You can read more about how we got to this milestone and the importance of it at the link below:
Join us today at 10am for Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data workshop.
Please follow the link to the livestream:
Please follow the link to the livestream:
Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data
Did you know that longitudinal data from major social studies such as the British Birth Cohort Studies, Understanding Society and the English Longitudinal St...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us today at 10am for Data in the spotlight: Longitudinal data workshop.
Please follow the link to the livestream:
Please follow the link to the livestream:
Join us today at 10 am for our Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys workshop.
Please follow the link to join the livestream:
Please follow the link to join the livestream:
Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys
Did you know that data from major social surveys such as the British Social Attitudes survey, the Labour Force Survey and the Health Survey for England can b...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Join us today at 10 am for our Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys workshop.
Please follow the link to join the livestream:
Please follow the link to join the livestream: