⏰ Last chance to book your place for this year's Crime Surveys User Conference!
This free conference will be held online on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
For more information and to book your place, please follow the link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/crime... #UKDSCrime26
Join us today at 11am for our Mapping crime data in R: Interactive introduction workshop.
Please follow the link to the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/FznSik-...
⏰ There's just one week to go to submit your paper for our Family Finance Surveys User Conference!
The deadline for submissions is 11 March 2026:
🚨 One week to go until our Crime Surveys User Conference 2026!
This free online conference will feature a mix of presentations from data producers and researchers who have used data from key UK crime surveys.
To book a place, please follow the link:
Linked digital trace and survey data for secondary research: Potential and constraints
✨ Join us on 26 March for the second in a series of webinars dedicated to data linkage and integration.
For more information and to book a place, please follow the link below:
📅 26 March 2026
⏰ 11:00-12:15
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/using...
Mapping crime data in R - 9 & 10 March 2026
⏰ One week to go until our Mapping crime data in R workshop series!
These free online workshops will show you how to produce professional-quality crime maps that reveal meaningful trends.
📅 9 & 10 March 2026
⏰ 11:00-12:30 / 11:00-13:00
📍 Online
🧷 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/mappi...
Linked digital trace and survey data for secondary research: Potential and constraints
✨ 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 😊
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💷 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
Group of multiracial people hugging and smiling outdoors. New data release Millennium Cohort Study Age 23 Sweep.
📣 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.
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Lots of intense thought and activity in the policy-writing brief exercise
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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
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Love the different layers in the 'wedding cake' approach - taste, snacks, feed
Different size portions for different audiences, needs and attention spans
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Some great information about aligning your message to real world challenges and the routes to get your messages through
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"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
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What really influences policymakers?
Scientific evidence is not enough!
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