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Not real – but really useful: synthetic data – a cost-benefit analysis of its practical value

  • 26 August 2025

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.

Bringing census flow data to life with large language models

  • 29 July 2025

Vassilis Routsis introduces an exciting Future Data Services project harnessing AI to improve access to census flow data.

Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets: A New Tool for Data Discovery

  • 9 June 2025

Georgina Brown and Siann Hirani introduce the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets.

Crossing borders without leaving – sharing secure data internationally

  • 20 June 2023

In this post, Beate Lichtwardt from the UK Data Service and Deborah Wiltshire from the GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences discuss an exciting new initiative to enable secure data to be shared internationally.

The Discoverability of Longitudinal Datasets: Insight from the Landscaping International Longitudinal Datasets Project

  • 20 April 2023

In this post Daniel Yu discusses the Landscaping International Longitudinal Datasets project which seeks to improve access to mental health research data.

Trusted digital repositories: data licences and access frameworks

  • 21 March 2023

In this post Cristina Magder, the Data Collections Development Manager at the UK Data Service, discusses data licenses and access frameworks and how they are an integral part of what we do at the Service.

Not the second choice: supporting students to do secondary analysis in their dissertations

  • 25 October 2022

Jen Buckley, a member of User Support and Training at the UK Data Service, discusses students using secondary data analysis in their dissertations and showcases some new tools the team have developed to help.

What are the benefits of the SafePod Network?

  • 26 May 2022

In the final post in her mini-series, Sarah Knight looks at why the SafePod Network is a positive innovation for researchers.

Booking and using a SafePod

  • 25 May 2022

In the second post in her mini-series, Sarah Knight tells us what it was like to book and use the SafePod at the University of York.

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