Guidance forStudents applyingfor anESRC Studentship throughthe

ScottishGraduate School of Social Science 2017

1.INTRODUCTION

YoushouldbereadingthisbecauseyouwishtoapplyforanESRCstudentshipthroughtheScottishGraduateSchoolofSocialScienceDoctoralTrainingPartnership.ItisimportantforyoutounderstandbrieflyhowweworkwithUniversitiesacrossScotlandbeforereadingtheguidanceontheprocessitself.For clarity,throughouttherestofthisdocumenttheScottishGraduate School willbereferredtoasthe SGSSS-DTP.

ThefirstthingtounderstandisthattheSGSSS-DTPisnotaUniversity.Weworkwith12UniversitiesinScotlandwhoareaccreditedtoreceiveESRCfundingacross15pathways.Apathwayisanalogoustoasubjectarea.Notall12Universitiesareaccreditedforall15pathways.AcomprehensivelistoftheUniversitiesandthepathwaysinwhichtheyareaccredited canbefoundontheSGSSS-DTPwebsite.

EachpathwayhasadesignatedrepresentativeateachUniversitywithinthepathway.ThefirststepontheroadtobecominganESRC-fundedPhDstudentisthustomakecontactwiththatrepresentative,aswellaswithyourpotentialPhDsupervisor/s. YoushoulddiscussyourresearchproposalwiththemandinformthemthatyouwishtoapplyforanESRCstudentship. Please notethatyoumusthave thesupportofthepathwayrepresentativeattheUniversitytowhichyouareapplyingbeforeaccessingtheSGSSS-DTPregistrationsystem.Therelevantpathwayrepresentativeshouldinformyou,nolaterthan10February2017thatyouarebeingputforwardforconsiderationfora2017ESRCstudentship.Onlyonceyouhavebeeninformedofthisshouldyoubegintheapplicationprocessoutlinedbelow.

PleasenotethatyoumayapplyforanESRCstudentshipthroughonlyoneofthe12SGSSSUniversitiesbutthatyoumayapplytomultiplepathwayswithinthatoneUniversity.Forexample,youmayapplytotheEconomicspathwayatAberdeenandthe Human Geography, EnvironmentClimateChangeEnergy, Urban Planning pathway atAberdeen;butnottheEconomicspathwayatAberdeenandthe Human Geography, EnvironmentClimateChangeEnergy, Urban Planning pathway atDundee.

IfyouareinformedbymorethanonepathwaythatyouarebeingputforwardforconsiderationforanESRCstudentshipyoumustcompleteoneapplicationperpathway(thoughitispossibleforyoutouploadthesamesupportingmaterialsifappropriate).Remember:youmustalsogainadmittancetotherelevantUniversity.TheSGSSS-DTPhasnoroleinthatprocess.TheadmissionapplicationtotheUniversityisaseparateprocesstothe applicationfor anESRCawardattheSGSSS-DTP.Youdo notneedto havebeenformallyadmittedinordertobeconsideredforanESRCstudentship.However,shouldyoube successful in securingan ESRC award, yourfundingis,ofcourse,subject toyouobtainingan unconditionalofferforentryto yourchosenUniversity.

2.2a.ADVANCEDQUANTITATIVEMETHODS–WILLYOUBEUSINGTHEMINYOURPOSTGRADUATERESEARCH?

IftheproposedresearchinvolvestheuseofAdvancedQuantitativeMethods(AQM)thenyoushoulddiscussthiswiththePathwayRepresentative.TheSGSSS-DTPhasasmallnumberofstudentshipswithenhancedstipendsreservedforprojectsthatemployAQM.AQM studentshipsarenotopento studentsapplyingtothe Economicspathway.

IfyoufeelthatyourresearchinvolvestheuseofAQMpleasediscussthiswithyourPathwayRepresentative andindicateto them thatyouwouldliketo beconsideredforanAQMAward.PleasealsofillouttherequiredadditionalformwhichyouwillfindontheSGSSS-DTPwebsite.

2b.ESRC Data Sets–WILLYOUBEUSINGTHEMINYOURPOSTGRADUATERESEARCH?

IftheproposedresearchinvolvestheuseofESRC funded data resources or infrastructure (such as the Scottish Longitudinal Study, Urban Big Data Centre and the Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland- see specific guidance on these awards) thenyoushoulddiscussthiswiththePathwayRepresentative.TheSGSSS-DTPhasasmallnumberofstudentshipsreservedforprojectsthatemployESRC Data Sets.

IfyoufeelthatyourresearchinvolvestheuseofESRC Data SetspleasediscussthiswithyourPathwayRepresentative andindicateto them thatyouwouldliketo beconsideredforanESRC Data SetAward.PleasealsofillouttherequiredadditionalformwhichyouwillfindontheSGSSS-DTPwebsite.

2c. Interdiciplinary Research – DOES YOUR PROPOSAL DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU WILL BE OPERATING ACROSS RESEARCH COUNCIL BOUNDARIES?

The ESRC welcomes interdisciplinary studentships since many of the most pressing research challenges are interdisciplinary in nature, both within the social sciences, and between the social sciences and other areas of research. The proposed research should include substantive interaction between the relevant scientific areas and the studentship should provide training that is not constrained to one scientific approach and supervision should straddle the different approaches. Please discuss this with your supervisor and pathway representative and if appropriate, indicate your proposal’s potential applicability to be considered as interdisciplinary research on the application form. When you do so you will be required to specify which other research council Doctoral Training Partnership your work aligns with and within which training might be sought. You should read closely the ESRC guidance on requirements for interdisciplinary awards.

3.PhDSUPERVISIONACROSSINSTITUTIONS

TheSGSSS-DTPwishestoencouragepathways,supervisorsandapplicantstoconsidersupervisoryarrangementsacrossthe16institutionsoftheSGSSSifappropriatetotheparticularstudentproject,andwiththesupportofbothproposedsupervisors.Thiswillusuallybewithinpathwaysbutacrossinstitutionsthoughwedonotwishtoruleoutcross-pathwaysupervisionifthisisclearlyintheinterestsofthestudent’sproject.AllSGSSS-DTPapplicationsforstudentshipsmusthavethemainproposedsupervisorbasedatarecognisedSGSSS-DTPpathwayinstitution.However,asecondsupervisormaybeattachedtotheprojectfromasecondinstitutioneitherwithorwithoutpathwayrecognition.IfyouareinterestedinproposingsuchanarrangementpleasediscussthiswithyourPathwayRepresentativeassoonaspossible.Ifproposingajointlysupervisedprojectbetweentwoinstitutions,applicantsmustgainaletterofsupportfrombothsupervisorswhoshouldrefertotheexplicitbenefitoftheproposedcross-institutionalarrangements.

Weareawarethatsomeresearchproposalswillbesituatedontheedgeof socialscienceand other disciplinesandarethus planningtoliaisewithother Doctoral Training Units.While wewelcomesuch applicationstheyshouldbeappropriatelytailoredforeachGraduateSchool withthelinkagesbetweendisciplinesmadeclear.Studentsshouldindicate iftheyareapplyingtoother Doctoral Training Unitswhenregisteringtheirapplication.

4.BEFOREAPPLYING

Beforeapplying,evenifyouhavethesupportandapprovalofapathwayrepresentative,wewouldaskyoutoconsulttheeligibilitycriteria inorder toensurethatyouareeligibletoreceivefundingfromtheESRC.ThecriteriaareoutlinedinAnnex1ofthe ESRC’sPostgraduateFundingGuidelines.

PLEASENOTE:Youmustliaisewithpotentialsupervisorsatthisstagetoensuretheyarepreparedtosupervisethestudyandprovidealetterofsupport.Studentsmustbetheleadauthorsofsubmittedproposalswithguidanceprovidedbytheproposedsupervisor.Proposalsshouldnotbesubmittedthathavebeenledorauthoredbyaresearchsupervisor.

5.APPLYINGFORANESRCSTUDENTSHIP

Theprocessofapplyingfor anESRCstudentshiphastwostages:

a.Registration

b.Application

Wewouldencourageyoutoreadtheguidancebelowinfullbeforebeginningyourapplication.There aretwo deadlinesthatyouneedtobe awareof:

  • 23:59Monday 13February2017:thisisthefinaldatebywhichyoumusthavecompletedregistration (thefirststageoftheprocess).
  • 23:59Friday17February2017:thisisthefinaldatebywhichyoumusthaveuploadedandsubmittedallofyourapplicationmaterialstotheSGSSS-DTPPortal(thesecondstageoftheprocess).

Please note once the registration and application is completed, you will not have an option to go back to it and make changes.

TheSGSSS-DTPcannotconsiderstudentswhohavenotregisteredby23:59Monday13February.Similarly,theSGSSS-DTPcannotguaranteethatmaterialsreceivedafterthe23:59Friday17Februarydeadlinewillbeconsidered.

A.Firststage:Registration(MUSTBECOMPLETEDBYMonday 13FEBRUARY2016)

Pleasenotethattheregistrationprocessmustbecompletedinasinglesitting.Youwillnotbeabletosave partsoftheregistrationprocessand returntoitlater.

Alsonotethatyouneedtoregisteronlyonce,evenifyouplantoapplytomorethanonepathway.TheStudentshipApplicationPortalpermitsasingleusertosubmitmultipleapplications.

Thereforebeforeyoustarttocompletetheregistrationformpleaseensurethatyouhavethefollowinginformationathand–(i)Applicantdetails;(ii)Informationregardingnationality,residencyandvisas;(iii)Universityandpathwaytowhichyouareapplying;and

(iv)contactdetailsof2academicreferences(name,organisation andemailaddress).

1.GototheSGSSSPortalandclick‘Register’.YourpathwayrepresentativewillsendyoutheSGSSSportallinknolaterthan10February2017,oncetheyhavedecidedtonominateyouforanaward.

2.Youwillfirstbeaskedtotickaboxconfirmthatyouhavespokentoyourpathwayrepresentative andthatyou havebeeninstructedto applyforanESRCstudentship.

3.Youwillthenbeaskedtoenteryourpersonaldetails,nationality,residencydetails,andthedetailsofthesupervisor,pathway,andUniversitythatissupportingyourapplication.

4.Enterthenamesandcontactdetailsoftworeferees.TheSGSSS-DTPwillcontactyourrefereestoobtainyourreferencessopleasemakesurethattherefereesyousubmitareawarethatyouhavelistedtheminyourapplication.PleaserefertoourguidancenoteonReferencesfordetailsabouttheinformationthatshouldbeincluded.Yourapplicationwillbestrengthenedthroughadherencetothisguidanceand werecommend thatyoumakeyourrefereesaware ofthisguidance.Please alsoflaguptoyourrefereesthattheywillbeaskedtosubmittheirreferencestotheSGSSS-DTPbeforeMonday13February.

5.CompletetheEqualOpportunitiesMonitoringform.

6.You canthensubmityour registrationtotheSGSSS-DTP.

Onceyouhavedonethis,theSGSSS-DTPwillcrossreferenceyourregistrationwithourlistofstudentsnominatedbythepathways.Shouldyouhaveregisteredforapathwaythatdidnotnominate you,your registrationforthatpathwaywill notgo forward.

Pleasenotethatwedonotdistinguishbetweenthoseeligibleforafees-onlystudentshipandthoseeligibleforafullstudentship.Ifindoubtafterreadingthecriteria,pleasediscussthiswith yourpathwayrepresentative.

Onceyour registrationhasbeen approved bytheSGSSS-DTPyou can usethe username andpasswordtoaccessthe SGSSS-DTPStudentshipApplicationPortalthroughwhichyourapplicationmust besubmitted.

Pleasenotethatwithrespecttoreferences:

  • Itisyourresponsibilitytosecurethereferee'spermissiontolisthim/herinthiscapacity.
  • Itisyourresponsibilitytoprovideuswiththecorrectcontactinformationforyourreferees.
  • TheSGSSS-DTPwillcontactyourrefereesdirectlyonceyouhavenamedtheminyourregistrationform.
  • OncetheSGSSS-DTPhasreceivedyourlettersofreference,theywillbeuploadedintoyourportalapplication.Youwillbeabletocheckonthestatusofyourreferencelettersinyouronlineapplication.Ifitisnearingthedeadlineandnoreferenceshavebeenuploadedintotheportal,pleasecheckinwithyourrefereestoensuretheyareawareofthedeadline.

Thismarkstheendofthe firststage oftheprocess.

B. Secondstage:Application(MUSTBECOMPLETEDBY23:59Friday17thFebruary2016)

Please notethatincompleteapplications cannotbe submitted. However, youcansave yourapplicationonceyouhavebegunandreturntoitlater.DonotpresstheSUBMITbuttonuntil youarereadytosend your applicationtoSGSSS-DTP.

1.GototheSGSSS-DTPStudentshipApplicationPortallinkthatwasgiventoyoubyyourpathwayrepresentative.

2.Loginusingtheusername and passwordyou generatedduringregistration.

3.Onceyouhaveloggedinyoumustuploadthefollowingsupportingdocuments.

ThesedocumentsmustbeuploadedinPDForWordformat,theSGSSS-DTPPortalwillnotallowyouto submitdocumentsinanyotherformat.

  • CurriculumVitae;
  • ESRCStudentshipResearchProposalForm(youmustdownloadtheWordtemplatefromtheSGSSS-DTPwebsiteandcompleteyourproposalwithinthatform.Applicationswhichfailtousethetemplatewillnotbeconsidered);
  • Degreetranscripts(andtranslation,ifnotoriginallyinEnglish)–aprovisionaltranscriptissufficientifyouhaveyettocompleteyourdegree.Yourmostrecenttranscriptwillsufficebutifyoubelieveitiscriticaltoyourapplicationtoincludemorethanone you maybind2or moredocumentsintoa PDF anduploadthis;
  • Supportingstatementfromyourprospectivesupervisor(s)–pleasenotethatitispossibleforyourproposedsupervisortoalsobeoneofyourreferees.Howeverthesupervisorstatementmustbeaseparatedocumentfromthereferenceletter.PleasereferyoursupervisortotheSGSSS-DTPguidancenoteonSupervisor’sStatementsfordetailsabouttheinformationthatshouldbeincluded.Yourapplicationwillbestrengthenedthroughadherencetothisguidance.
  • PLEASENOTE:Youwillberequiredtouploadonefullsetofdocumentsforeachpathwayapplicationyouaresubmitting.

4.IfyouwishtobeconsideredforanAQM or ESRC-DS Awardsyoushouldcontactyourpathwayrepresentativeto confirm this.Youmustalso uploadto theportal a completedAQM or ESRC-DS StudentshipForm(youmustdownloadtheWordDoc templatefromtheSGSSS-DTPwebsiteandcompleteyourproposalwithinthatform).Thismustbecompleted,alongwithallotherapplicationmaterials,by23:59Friday17February2016.DONOTuploadanyotheradditionaldocumentsintothisslot:theywillbedeleted.Onlyuploadtheseformsifyouwishtobe consideredforthesecompetitions.

5.Asareminder,theSGSSS-DTPwillcontactyourrefereesseparatelyandobtainyourlettersofreference.OncetheSGSSS-DTPhasreceivedyourlettersofreference,theywillbeuploadedintoyourportalapplication.Youwillbeabletocheckonthestatusofyourreferencelettersinyouronlineapplication.Ifitisnearingthedeadlineandnoreferenceshavebeenuploadedintotheportal,pleasecheckinwithyourrefereestoensuretheyareawareofthedeadline.

6.AFTERSUBMITTINGYOURAPPLICATION

Afterthe17thFebruarydeadline,UniversitiesandtheSGSSS-DTPwillworktogethertoselectthebeststudentswhohaveappliedtostudywithineachpathway.TheUniversitiesandthe SGSSS-DTPwillbe allocatingAQM, ESRC-DS andOpenCompetitionawards.

YoushouldhearfromtheSGSSS-DTPafter10March2017toletyouknowyourrankingamongstthecandidatesforthestudentshipswithinyourpathwayandtoletyouknowifyouhavebeenputforwardfortheOpenCompetition.Thiswillgiveyouanindicationofwhetheritislikelythatyouwillreceiveastudentshipbutdobearinmindthatevencandidatesrankedlowerbythepathwaysmaybesuccessfulintheopencompetition.

Weexpectdecisionsonwhohasbeenselectedtoreceivestudentships(andwhoisbeingheldonareservelist)tobemadeandcommunicatedbynolaterthan15May2017.TheSGSSS-DTPofficeisunabletoprovideanyinformationaboutthestatusofyourapplicationbefore15May2017.WeappreciatethatthisperiodcanbeananxiousoneandtheUniversitiesandtheSGSSS-DTPworkasquicklyaspossibletoallocatestudentshipsinarigorouswaythat rewardsthehighestqualityapplicants.

Pleasenotethatthroughoutthisprocessyourfirstpointofcontactshouldbeyourpathwayrepresentative.ApplicantsshouldbekeptinformedbytheSGSSS-DTPregardingthestatusoftheirapplications.However,ifyouareunsuccessfulinyourapplicationtheDTPisnotabletoofferyoufeedback,butyourpathwayrepresentativewillbeabletodiscusstheprocess withyou.

AdvancedQuantitativeMethods(AQM)GuidanceNote

1.INTRODUCTION

TheSGSSS-DTPawardsasmallnumberofstudentshipsannuallyforresearchthatusesand/ordevelopsAdvancedQuantitativeMethods(AQM).ThisguidancenoteisintendedforusebothbyapplicantstotheSGSSS-DTPandtheirpotentialsupervisorstoguidethemon whethertheirapplicationsmightbesuitableforan AQMaward.

PleasenotethatyoucanbeconsideredforanAQMawardinparalleltobeingconsideredforanOpenStudentshipaward.AnAQMaward offersanenhancedstipend of£3,000 perannum.

2.CRITERIAFOREVALUATION

ThereareseveralcriteriathatshouldbeusedbyapplicantstoassesswhethertheyfeeltheyaresuitableforanAQMawardandbypathwayrepresentativesastheydecidewhotonominateforAQMawards.

A.MethodologicalContribution

ItisexpectedthatresearchproposalsbeingsubmittedforAQMawardswillhavethepotentialofproducingacontributiontoquantitativemethodology.Proposalsthatapplystandardquantitativemethodswouldthusfallshortofthisrequirement.Pleasenotethattheentirecontributionoftheproposed research need notbemethodological,indeedthemaincontributiondoesnotnecessarilyhavetobe.However,itisexpectedthatsomeformofmethodologicalcontributionwillbemadeby theproposed research.

B.Supervision

Itistobeexpectedthatonememberofthesupervisionteamfortheproposedresearchis a specialist/expertin advanced quantitativemethods.

C.Publication Potential

Theproposedresearchshouldbeofthenaturethatitsoutputcouldpotentiallybepublishedinjournalsthatspecialiseinadvancedquantitativemethods(e.g.JournaloftheRoyalStatisticalSocietySeriesA,BorC;SurveyMethodology;Demography;Biometrika;GeographicalAnalysis;JournalofRegionalScience;JournalofQuantitativeCriminology–notethatthisisnotinanywayanexhaustivelist,merelyasetofillustrativeexamples).

D.RelativeStandardsacrossDisciplines

TheSGSSS-DTPrecognisesthatwhatconstitutesadvancedinsomedisciplinesmightnotbedeemedadvancedinotherdisciplines.WedonotwishtodiscourageanypathwayfromnominatingapplicantsforAQMawards(althoughstudentsapplyingtotheEconomicspathwayareexcludedfromthiscompetition).TheAQMpanelthatwillbeconvenedtoassessandranktheapplicationswillbeflexibleintheirassessmentofapplications.However,irrespectiveofdiscipline,anyproposalthatsimplyappliesquantitativemethodsthatarepartofthebasictrainingexpectationssetoutbytheESRCshould notbeputforwardfor theseawards.

3.HOWTOAPPLYFORAN AQM AWARD

IfyoufeelthatyourresearchinvolvestheuseofAQMinthewaysetoutabovethenyouandyourprospectivesupervisorshoulddiscussthiswithyourPathwayRepresentativeandindicateto themthatyou would liketobeconsidered.

AfteryouhavereceivedaccesstotheSGSSS-DTPStudentshipApplicationPortal,youwillreceiveanemailinformingyouthatifyouwishtobeconsideredforanAQMaward,youneedtouploadtheadditionalAQMapplicationformtotheSGSSS-DTPStudentshipApplicationPortal. Thismustbecompleted along with allotherapplicationmaterialsby17 February2017.

Pathways will then decide which applications are to be put forward for the AQMcompetition.Anexpertpanelwillbeconvenedtoassessandrankallshortlistedapplications.ThepanelwillreporttotheSGSSS-DTPinearly May 2017.OutcomeswillbecommunicatedfollowingratificationoftheawardsbytheSupervisoryBoard.ShouldanAQMapplicationbeshortlistedbyapathwayforanOpenStudentshipaward,itwillalsobeenteredintheOpenCompetitionandundergobetween-pathwayreviewprocessandwillbeconsideredbytheOpenStudentshipCommittee.ShouldanapplicationforanAQMstudentship besuccessful,itwillbewithdrawnfrom theOpen Studentship process.

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ESRC Data Sets (ESRC –DS) GuidanceNote

  1. INTRODUCTION

TheSGSSS-DTPawardsasmallnumberofstudentshipsannuallyforresearchthatinvolvestheuseofESRC Data Resources or Investments (see appendix to this document for further information on relevant resources and for examples of the type of proposal that might be appropriate).ThisguidancenoteisintendedforusebothbyapplicantstotheSGSSS-DTPandtheirpotentialsupervisorstoguidethemon whethertheirapplicationsmightbesuitableforan ESRC Data Setaward.

Pleasenotethatyoucanbeconsideredfora Data SetawardinparalleltobeingconsideredforanOpenStudentshipaward and/or for the AQM award.

  1. CRITERIAFOREVALUATION

In addition to the standard criteria for assessing applications, ESRC DS applications need to justify access to, use of and analysis of Data Sets in line with their research question. In addition, it is expected that one member of the supervisory team has experience in the use of the selected (or similar) Data-Set(s).

(as defined in Appendix 1). These can be used in conjunction with other datasets, including international ones. A central part of the studentship should develop capacity in the analysis of secondary data. This does not exclude the undertaking of new research.

4.EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF STUDENTSHIPS

The following are examples of the types of studentships which would be viewed as meeting the steer:

  • The use of ESRC-funded longitudinal datasets to examine the longitudinal associations between social capital, health and wellbeing across the life course.
  • Taking a mixed-methods approach that includes the use of ESRC datasets to investigate caregiving practices and nutritional health. This might include the quantitative analysis of relevant datasets and the qualitative analysis of interviews or diaries.
  • The analysis of ESRC datasets to improve our understanding of the interplays between social context, biological processes and functional capacity.
  • Explore the relationships between housing, labour markets and welfare by developing new models to integrate linked government data, and analyse key policy developments.
  • Explore whether investments in health and wellbeing can lead to better educational outcomes using a mixed methods approach. It will include the creation and analysis of a retrospective cohort through the linking of survey and administrative data.

Projects seeking to use the ADRN should receive support from the ADRN prior to starting their studentship. Projects must meet the criteria of an ADRN project as outlined here: Students, with the support of their supervisors, are strongly encouraged to develop project proposals in parallel with the ADRN.

  1. HOWTOAPPLYFORAN ESRC Data Set AWARD

IfyoufeelthatyourresearchinvolvestheuseofESRC Data SetsinthewaysetoutabovethenyouandyourprospectivesupervisorshoulddiscussthiswithyourPathwayRepresentativeandindicateto themthatyou would liketobeconsidered.

AfteryouhavereceivedaccesstotheSGSSS-DTPStudentshipApplicationPortal,youwillreceiveanemailinformingyouthatifyouwishtobeconsideredforanESRC Data Setaward,youneedtouploadtheadditionalESRC Data SetapplicationformtotheSGSSS-DTPStudentshipApplicationPortal. Thismustbecompleted along with allotherapplicationmaterialsby17 February2017.

Pathways will then decide which applications are to be put forward for the ESRC – DS competition.Anexpertpanelwillbeconvenedtoassessandrankallshortlistedapplications.ThepanelwillreporttotheSGSSS-DTPinearly May 2017.OutcomeswillbecommunicatedfollowingratificationoftheawardsbytheSupervisoryBoard.ShouldanESRC Data SetapplicationbeshortlistedbyapathwayforanOpenStudentshipaward,itwillalsobeenteredintheOpenCompetitionandundergobetween-pathwayreviewprocessandwillbeconsideredbytheOpenStudentshipCommittee.ShouldanapplicationforanESRC Data Setstudentship besuccessful,itwillbewithdrawnfrom theOpen Studentship process.

Appendix 1 – Eligible ESRC-funded data resources and infrastructure

Please note all resources are accessible via the UK Data Service ( unless stated otherwise.

Longitudinal resources:

  • British Household Panel Survey
  • Understanding Society
  • 1958 National Child Development Survey
  • British Cohort Study 1970
  • Next Steps (Longitudinal Study of Young Persons in England)
  • Millennium Cohort Study
  • UK Census Longitudinal Studies ( English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Biosocial resources:

  • Understanding Society Biosocial Sweep
  • 1958 National Child Development Study Biosocial Sweep
  • English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (

Big Data resources:

  • Administrative Data Research Network (
  • Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (
  • Consumer Data Research Centre (
  • Urban Big Data Centre (

Election resources:

  • British Election Study
  • British election study ethnic minority surveys
  • Scottish Election Studies
  • Welsh Election Studies
  • Northern Ireland Election Study
  • Scottish Referendum Study
  • Local Election Studies Database

Employment resources:

  • Skills and Employment Survey Series
  • Workplace Employment Relations Surveys

International comparative resources:

  • European Social Survey 7
  • Harmonised European Time Use Study 2000 (The data from the Harmonised European Time Use Study 2015 will be available from March 2016 and will offer comparative opportunities through a harmonised dataset)
  • International Social Survey Programme (
  • Multinational Time Use Study (

Linguistics resources:

  • British National Corpus
  • British Sign Language Corpus

Qualitative resources:

  • Timescapes (
  • Poverty and Social Exclusion Qualitative Surveys
  • Ritual, Community and Conflict Ethnographic Dataset on Ritual (
  • Access Research Knowledge Qualitative Archives on Ageism and Conflict (

Other resources:

  • Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Research Surveys 2012
  • Northern Ireland Life and Times
  • Kids' Life and Times  Young Life and Times Survey

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