In the first in an occasional series looking at the use and impact of socio-economic data from other countries which is similar to that in the UK Data Service collection, Tom Wilson and Fiona Shalley explore issues connected with calculating the number of non-heterosexual people in Australia.
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Agnes Norris Keiller from the Institute for Fiscal Studies examines how the pay and living standards of low-wage employees have changed since the National Living Wage was introduced. She finds that while low-paid employees have seen strong growth in their earnings from employment, improvements in their average living standards have been much more modest.
A round-up from the news and across the web of the impact of data in the UK Data Service collection…
– Over 40? Take care of your health
– Missing out on paternity pay
– Construction numbers
– The price of a sweet tooth
Liz Smy from the UK Data Service explores the UK private rental market through researchers’ analysis of data in the English Housing Survey.
Rob Dymond-Green of the UK Data Service explores Kepler.gl, an open source mapping tool for large scale datasets.
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) will be announcing the winners of the Celebrating Impact 2018 this afternoon. If you’d like to follow the awards ceremony, you will be able to watch the event live on the @esrc Twitter account from 4.30pm.
Maureen Haaker and Dr. Scott Summers of the UK Data Service reflect on their recent workshop given to second year undergraduate students at the University of Essex on research transparency and data management.
A round-up from the news and across the web of the impact of data held in the UK Data Service collection…
– How good is it for you to get outside?
– Who benefits from free access to early years schemes?
Anthonia Ijeoma Onyeahialam, one of our Data Impact Fellows, introduces this beautiful and informative site where she shares some tips on how GIS can benefit your research, from data collection, management, analysis, to communicating findings to the public.