Corine Driessens discusses identifying the characteristics of the ‘missing middle’, young people experiencing mental health problems but not accessing services, using Next Steps data.
Dr Ferhat Tura draws on the Crime Survey for England and Wales to look at which children are most likely to be victims of crime, and why disabled children in particular need attention in how we keep children safe.
Sarah Pemberton-Frings explores what the Labour Force Survey reveals about unequal access to job-related training and the extent to which training is linked to better employment opportunities.
Aase Villadsen and Emla Fitzsimons provide new insight on the experiences of crime and victimisation in Gen Z as they transition from adolescence to early adulthood.
Chia Liu (University of St Andrews) uses Millennium Cohort Study data to investigate whether mothers working nonstandard hours affects young children’s socioemotional development and why this work matters.
Dr Chris Playford uses Next Steps data to explore how growing up in rural and coastal areas of England shapes young people’s chances of entering managerial and professional occupations at age 25.
Drawing on Resolution Foundation research using data accessed through the UK Data Service, the impact team examines “Unsung Britain”—lower-income families working more but seeing limited improvements to their living standards.
Eve Little (UK Data Service) explains what the updated Magenta Book means for how government evaluators access and archive research data – and where the UK Data Service plays a key role within this.
We continue our conversation with the Open Knowledge Foundation, focusing on the School of Data and how open knowledge principles are being translated into practice through work on AI and digital literacy.