Administrative Data Research UK. Enabling secure research access to linked public sector data to inform policy and practice that improves lives. @ESRC funded.
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Join us for an in-person computer workshop on working with the National Pupil Database using R 🧑💻
Led by experts, this explores NPD structure, key datasets and policy-relevant analysis using synthetic data.
📍 UCL Institute of Education
📅 25 Feb
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There's also an introduction to the National Pupil Database — a free, online course offering a detailed overview of England’s main education administrative dataset.
🗓 10–11 Feb ( optional 1:1s on 13 Feb)
🎓 Ideal for new users seeking maximum insight
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A new ADR England flagship dataset is now available 🎉
ASHE linked to Migrant Workers Scan offers unprecedented insight into migrant workers’ earnings, employment and progression across the UK.
Available via @ONSfocus SRS for accredited researchers.
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Interested in applying for the @YouthEndowFund Secondary Data Analysis call?
Join the Administrative Data for Social Policy hub for a lunch session on developing strong proposals, with insights from experienced admin data researchers.
📅 20 Jan
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Learn more about this funding opportunity at adruk.org/news-publications/….
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"What is it that makes a job 'good'? Who has access to 'good jobs', and through what mechanisms?"
ADR UK Fellow Guglielmo Ventura reflects on an LSE workshop bringing together research & policy to explore better data, better evidence, better policy.
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New guidance published 📄
Following our May 2025 workshop, ADR UK collaborators developed shared principles for creating and sharing low-disclosure synthetic data.
Supporting responsible use in research, training & TREs.
Now available on Zenodo: zenodo.org/records/17980237
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You can learn about synthetic data, and how ADR UK is pioneering work in this space, at adruk.org/learning-hub/explo….
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Join ADR UK Fellow Dr Paul Garcia Hinojosa (University of Essex) for a @ONSfocus Research Excellence talk on how early childhood socio-emotional & cognitive difficulties relate to adolescent offending, using linked MoJ–DfE data.
📅 29 Jan, 10:30–11:30
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Calling all MoJ–DfE data users 📊
Join the Administrative Data for Social Policy Hub (MMU) online on 13 Jan, 1–2pm, for the first MoJ–DfE data user drop-in.
A community space to share ideas, learning and troubleshoot together.
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Join us on 23 Jan for the launch of the CHILI Hub Seminar Series 🧠🏫🌱
Experts will explore how children’s learning environments affect health and wellbeing under Net Zero.
🕐 13:00–14:30 | 💻 Online | 🎟️ Free
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🚀 Join SynthSprint: a 4-week hands-on sprint exploring synthetic data across real-world use cases.
Collaborate, test fidelity levels, & shape a synthetic data utility framework.
EOIs open until 31 Jan 2026!
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📢 New funding from the @YouthEndowFund
Funding for secondary data analysis on children & young people’s involvement in violence, inc. health, social care, youth justice, violence against women/girls & online violence.
🗓 Deadline: 13 Feb 2026
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🎄 12 days of ADR UK: Day twelve
📆 Dec: ADR UK launched a bonus episode of Connecting Society — answering listener questions and some of the most common queries that come up during ADR UK’s public engagement work.
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🎄 12 days of ADR UK: Day eleven
📆 Nov: @NISRA, as part of ADR Northern Ireland, opened access to the Business Data for Research 2022 dataset. Covering 2014–2022, it supports research on NI business, trade, employment and economic policy.
🔗 adruk.org/data-access/flagsh…
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🎄 12 days of ADR UK: Day ten
📆 Oct: The launch of ADR UK Research Fellowships 2025 — supporting researchers to tackle real-world challenges using linked administrative data.
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🎄 12 days of ADR UK: Day nine
📆 Sep: #ADRUKConf25 was hosted by @ADR_Wales in Cardiff, marking a year of major progress across the UK research data landscape.
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🎄 12 days of ADR UK: Day eight (happy new year!)
📆 Aug: ADR UK confirmed a five-year funding extension to 2031, with £168m investment from DSIT, securing the future of administrative data research across the UK.
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🎄 12 days of ADR UK: Day seven
📆 Jul: ADR UK was recognised in the UK’s new Modern Industrial Strategy, published by the Department for Business and Trade — reflecting the growing importance of data-enabled research.
🔗 gov.uk/government/collection…
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