ESRC Data and Methods Services
The ESRC funds a range of data and methods services to support research and study. It provides resources needed to access high quality socio-economic data and to develop research skills.
Each service provides support and delivers training, including joint training and can be contacted if you are interested in bespoke training.
These Services are:
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: provides access to a collection of over 6,000 high quality socio-economic data sets. It supports data users and works to improve data management.
UK Data Service email: ukdstraining@manchester.ac.uk
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manages four British cohort studies: the 1958 National Child Development 糖心原创, the 1970 British Cohort 糖心原创, Next Steps, and the Millennium Cohort 糖心原创. |
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supports the use of longitudinal research. Key resources include reading lists and summaries of findings, and a search portal to help find out what data has been collected across all nine studies in the CLOSER partnership. |
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is a major longitudinal survey of around 40,000 UK households. The site contains information on the survey, as well as research articles, reports and policy briefings based on this survey. |
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enables accredited researchers to access securely held de-identified linked administrative data for research that has potential benefit to society. |
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enables researchers to access census based longitudinal data selected from census records over time as well as linked material from other administrative datasets (such as health data). |
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The supports researchers in developing their research skills. It hosts an extensive database of research methods training courses.
There are around 400 training courses being offered nationally each year, with many more in development.
Details of all training opportunities throughout the UK can be found on the website at the National Centre for Research Methods.
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