UK Data Service

The UK Data Service is a national data service funded by the ESRC to provide research access to the UK’s largest collection of social, economic and population data including UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate, business data, and qualitative data. Designed to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers from all sectors, including academia, central and local government, charities and foundations, independent research centres, think tanks, business consultants and analysts, communities and the commercial sector, the UK Data Service provides access to high-quality social and economic data; support for policy-relevant research; guidance and training for the development of skills in data use, and the development of best practice in digital preservation and sharing. Data users can browse collections online and register to analyse and download them. Open Data collections are available for anyone to use. Key partners include JISC, the University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh and University College London (UCL). The lead partner is the UK Data Archive (https://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010215) based at the University of Essex, a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) certified against the CoreTrustSeal (https://www.coretrustseal.org/) and certified against ISO27001 for Information Security (https://www.iso.org/standard/27001). The UK Data Service replaces the earlier ESRC investments of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), the Secure Data Service (SDS), the Survey Question Bank and elements of the ESRC Census Programme.

英国数据服务由经济与社会研究委员会（ESRC）资助，旨在为英国最大的社会、经济和人口数据集合提供研究访问，包括由英国政府资助的调查、跨国调查、纵向研究、英国人口普查数据、国际综合数据、商业数据和定性数据。该服务旨在满足来自所有领域的研究者、学生和教师的数据需求，包括学术界、中央和地方政府、慈善机构和基金会、独立研究机构、智库、商业顾问和分析师、社区以及商业部门。英国数据服务提供了高质量的社会和经济数据访问，支持政策相关性研究，提供数据使用技能开发指导与培训，以及数字保存和共享的最佳实践发展。数据使用者可以在线浏览数据集合，并注册进行分析和下载。开放数据集合可供任何人使用。主要合作伙伴包括JISC、曼彻斯特大学、爱丁堡大学和伦敦大学学院（UCL）。主导合作伙伴是位于埃塞克斯大学的英国数据档案馆（https://service.re3data.org/repository/r3d100010215），该档案馆是一家获得CoreTrustSeal（https://www.coretrustseal.org/）认证的可信数字档案馆，并按照ISO27001标准（https://www.iso.org/standard/27001）获得信息安全认证。英国数据服务取代了经济与社会数据服务（ESDS）、安全数据服务（SDS）、调查问题库以及经济与社会研究委员会人口项目的一部分之前的经济与社会研究委员会的投资。