http://www.esds.ac.uk/ Latest news and events from the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) and the UK Data Archive (UKDA) en-gb http://www.esds.ac.uk/images/esdslogo75.gif http://www.esds.ac.uk http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2417The UK Data Archive (UKDA), which hosts the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), Census.ac.uk and other services, is participating in a study comm....[22/1/2010]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2375Data services are now at a very exciting crossroads. While new techniques such as data merging, mashing, mining and mapping are rapidly expanding the ....[14/12/2009]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2376The UK Data Archive is delighted to announce the appointment of John Shepherdson to the senior position of Head of Information Development and Program....[14/12/2009]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2377The Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) Expert Seminar 2009 was hosted by the Slovenian Data Archive in Ljubljana on 8-10 Novemb....[14/12/2009]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2378The Timescapes archive was officially launched by Alan Gillespie, the new chair of the ESRC, on 16 October 2009. The launch was held at the British Li....[14/12/2009]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2379The Survey Question Bank (SQB), the successor to the ESRC Question Bank (Qb) at the University of Surrey, has recently unveiled a new questionnaire se....[14/12/2009]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/relu/newsdetail.asp?id=2380Various data collections that explore the links between sustainable land use and the food we eat have recently been added to the UK Data Archive colle....[14/12/2009]http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2381A new edition of the popular Managing and Sharing Data: a best practice guide for researchers is now available. This second edition, described by fund....[14/12/2009]http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2382The ESDS Government annual research conference, held in November 2009 at the British Academy London, focused on the topic of Crime, Safety and Communi....[14/12/2009]http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2383This summer ESDS Qualidata launched its Pioneers of Qualitative Research web pages. Pioneers introduces and will provide access to a series of fascina....[14/12/2009]http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2384The ESDS International annual conference was held on 30 November 2009 at the Institute of Materials in London, on the theme of Real Data, Real World. ....[14/12/2009]http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2390On 25 November 2009 ESDS International held two training courses for parliamentarians at Portcullis House in Westminster: a morning session for member....[14/12/2009]http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2391The third Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) World Forum, organised in cooperation with the European Commission, the United ....[14/12/2009]http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/newsdetail.asp?id=2373Since its inception, a key theme for the ESDS has been to provide teaching resources based on its data collection. The service has produced a growing ....[2/12/2009]