NEWS & EVENTS

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Are Britons more dishonest?

Research from a new University of Essex research centre suggests that Britons are less honest than they were a decade ago.

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NEWS

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Secondary data analysis funding

The ESRC have announced the full specification for ...

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Data Catalogue and case studies

Ever wonder how other researchers and teachers are ...

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Learn to re-use data in 2012

The new year is a good time to review your current ...

Birth cohort studies workshop

The UK is particularly well-resourced in terms of ...

Data management workshop

New data management requirements are putting many ...

Qualitative data workshop

Qualitative researchers often don’t think about ...

ESS/ISSP workshop

Bookings are now open for a free workshop on two ...

Administrative Data Taskforce

The ESRC Administrative Data Taskforce, ...

Business microdata workskhop

Researchers interested to know more about how ...

Webinar: Introducing ESDS data

This hour-long webinar on Monday 8 February 2012 ...

Census Research Support Units

The ESRC is pleased to announce the call for the ...

Business microdata workshop

The Secure Data Service, a partner of both the UK ...

ESDS International workshop

Booking is now open for an introductory workshop ...

Mixed methods workshop

Bookings are now open for a free workshop on mixed ...

Roger Jowell (1942–2011)

Sir Roger Jowell CBE, co-founder of the National ...

Lifestyle surveys under review

The NHS Information Centre needs your input on a ...

Qualitative data workshop

Booking is now open for a training workshop in the ...

Labour market research workshop

Researchers are invited to a free workshop on ...

Winter newsletters

The December 2011 - February 2012 newsletters are ...

Business microdata workshop

Researchers interested to know more about how ...

Approved Researcher review

What constitutes a fit and proper researcher – and ...

Relu Knowledge Portal

The Relu Data Support Service has launched a new ...

Research Data @Essex

We are excited to announce the success in our ...

Do you use NVivo?

A team from the UK Data Archive has joined ...

New microdata available via SDS

The Secure Data Service now makes available secure ...

Geospatial potential survey data

Geospatial technologies - that is those concerned ...

Search our case studies

Every day, data from the Economic and Social Data ...

Archive Director on public data

"The government routinely collects a significant ...

Sharing risks, sharing benefits

The Secure Data Service was invited to explain the ...

Data without Boundaries access

The Secure Data Service is a lead partner in the ...

Online road fatality map

The BBC has published an eye-opening interactive ...

Understanding Society

November marks a major milestone in the ...

Sharing Archive expertise

Two of the UK Data Archive's in-house experts ...

Relu briefing paper

The Data Support Service for the Relu Programme ...

Social science challenge winners

A team of pupils from Colchester Royal Grammar ...

NEWS ARCHIVE

EVENTS

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DCC Roadshow Loughborough7 - 8 February 2012

Loughborough

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Webinar: Introducing ESDS data8 February 2012

Webinar

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Digital Researcher20 February 2012

British Library

Business microdata workshop21 February 2012Medical Research Council, London
New Frontiers of Impact22 February 2012Manchester
What is linked data?23 February 2012University of Manchester
Longitudinal, Mixed Methods and Action Research24 February 2012University of East Anglia
Business microdata workshop28 February 2012University of St Andrews
Using Census Microdata29 February 2012University of Manchester
Looking after your Research Data29 February 2012University of Essex
Business microdata workshop2 March 2012Cardiff University, Cardiff
Mixed methods workskhop6 March 2012Institute of Education, London
Qualitative data workshop13 March 2012University of Leeds, Leeds
Introducing the International Time Series databanks14 March 2012Roscoe Building, University of Manchester
Labour Market Statistics20 March 2012BIS Conference Centre, London
Living Costs and Food Survey20 March 2012Royal Statistical Society, London
DCC Roadshow Salford20 - 21 March 2012University of Salford
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey21 March 2012Royal Statistical Society, London
Researching the labour market21 March 2012Steel City House, Sheffield
ESS/ISSP data workshop22 March 2012City University, London
Housing workshop26 March 2012Institute of Education, London
Birth cohort studies workshop29 March 2012University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Research data management29 - 30 March 2012Southampton
BSA Annual Conference 201211 - 13 April 2012University of Leeds, Leeds
ALSPAC - the first 21 years 18 April 2012Bristol
Data management workshop26 - 27 April 2012UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester
Qualitative data workshop8 - 9 May 2012UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester
IASSIST 20124 - 8 June 2012Washington, D.C., USA
5th ESRC Research Methods Festival2 - 5 July 2012St Catherine's College, Oxford
Conference on Open Repositories9 - 13 July 2012Edinburgh
EVENTS ARCHIVE

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE ARCHIVE  

1 of 8: We provide continuous access to the UK’s largest collection of digital research data in the social sciences
2 of 8: We hold thousands of data collections for social science research and teaching, quantitative and qualitative
3 of 8: We hold the only copy of many of the UK's large national surveys charting social research back decades
4 of 8: We are an established national archive at the forefront of managing, preserving, sharing and delivering data
5 of 8: We are a collaborative organisation supporting emerging and existing creators and users of data
6 of 8: We provide best practice guidance and training in managing and sharing research data
7 of 8: You won’t be able to find your family records on our site. You should visit a genealogical site instead
8 of 8: We don’t provide ready-made statistics, but using Nesstar you can view frequencies from popular surveys

OUR SERVICES  

ESDS 
providing access to key economic and social data
RELU-DSS 
supporting rural research data management
Census.ac.uk 
providing a gateway to 1971- 2001 UK censuses
HDS 
enabling access to a range of historical resources
SDS 
enabling safe and secure remote access to data
SQB 
providing access to key survey questionnaires
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