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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 1d

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉

How safe do women feel walking through their city at night?

Christina Giasemidis, winner of the UK Data Service’s dissertation award, introduces the Women’s Perceived Safety at Night Index.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/womens-safet...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 8d

🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉

Paul Chau, a Data Architect at the UK Data Service, explores how the Data Explorer platform enhances data interoperability through in-built transfer services and SDMX.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/dotstat-and-...

Landing page of the UK Data Service's Data Explorer website

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 15d

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 22d

🎉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...

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Alison Park @parkali.bsky.social · 29d

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.

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 29d

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 29d

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · 29d

🗨️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...

Help shape the future of population health surveys – Data Impact blog @ 10

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Vanessa Higgins @vanessahiggins.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 26

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉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...

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉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...

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗨️ 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...

UK Data Service - getting to know our census users

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉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...

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎉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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 18

Let us know if we can support promoting this, as we have been evidencing and promoting impact of data-led research in poverty, inc child poverty, in recent years
eg
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/how-are-chil...

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/committee-in...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 12

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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎉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...

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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · Aug 5

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

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Jul 31

⏰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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Aug 5

💡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...

UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Jul 31

⏰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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Jul 30

⌛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...

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UK Data Service Impact @ukdsimpact.bsky.social · Jul 29

🖥️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-...

Connected lines and dots creating a white outline of a brain on a blue background.

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The Social Research Association @the-sra.org.uk · Jul 22

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...

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