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Interviews of Finnish Sociologists 1978-1981
The qualitative interview study focused on the research career of the most important sociologists in Finland in the time period of 1978-1981. The data consist of 30 interview transcripts. Research careers were studied stage by stage, from the start of sociology studies to research activities at the time of the interview. The interviews charted what had made the sociologists...
OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators, 1981-2019
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Main Science and Technology Indicators database contains 151 main data series selected from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Scientific and Technological Indicators database for 30 OECD member countries and nine non-member countries. The majority of these series...
Eurostat New Cronos, 1950-2060
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Eurostat database (previously known as Eurostat New Cronos) contains high quality macroeconomic and social statistics time series data from 1960 onwards for European Union (EU) Member states and in many cases EU membership candidate countries. The data are monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual data,...
Work-Life Balance Study, 2003: Employers' Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In 2000, the Government launched the Work-Life Balance Campaign, targeting employers to promote the benefits of flexible working for all employees. Although this campaign was not specifically aimed at parents or carers, the legislation restricted rights to apply for changes in the hours, timing or place...
National Employer Skills Survey, 1999-2009: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The National Employer Skills Survey (NESS) collects data about the skills of the workforce of firms in England. A separate, but similar survey is conducted in Scotland (the Scottish Employer Skills Survey, UK Data Archive SN 6857).
The English survey first started in 1999 and was known as the Employers...
Wellcome Trust Monitor 1, 2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Wellcome Trust Monitor is a unique survey of UK adults' (and in some waves, young people's) views around science and biomedical research. The findings are representative of the UK population and provide fresh and significant insights to inform science communication practice and how research priorities...
Wellcome Trust Monitor 2, 2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Wellcome Trust Monitor is a unique survey of UK adults' (and in some waves, young people's) views around science and biomedical research. The findings are representative of the UK population and provide fresh and significant insights to inform science communication practice and how research priorities...
Work-Life Balance Study, 2007: Employers' Survey
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.In 2000, the Government launched the Work-Life Balance Campaign, targeting employers to promote the benefits of flexible working for all employees. Although this campaign was not specifically aimed at parents or carers, the legislation restricted rights to apply for changes in the hours, timing or place...
Learning and Training at Work, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 'Learning and Training at Work' surveys, which commenced in 1999, are an annual series of employer surveys that investigate the provision of learning and training at work. The surveys also investigate awareness of, and involvement with, a number of existing and new training and development...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Management Practice of Foreign Ownership Firms Dataset, 1985-1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Foreign direct investment [FDI] into the United Kingdom (UK) has grown considerably in recent years. US, French, German and Japanese companies have generally accounted for the largest share of this FDI. In addition to greenfield and expansion investment, a major vehicle for inward FDI has been the...
Wellcome Trust Monitor 3, 2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Wellcome Trust Monitor is a unique survey of UK adults' (and in some waves, young people's) views around science and biomedical research. The findings are representative of the UK population and provide fresh and significant insights to inform science communication practice and how research priorities...
Cohort Study of Recently Formed Northern Businesses, 1993-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study are:
(i)to identify the key characteristics of (a) a sample of newly formed Northern businesses; and (b) the founders of those businesses;
(ii)to track the perceptions founders have, at different points during the first two years of life, of likely business prospects over a range of...
Employers Skills Survey, 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employers Skills Surveys are undertaken to identify the extent, causes and implications of skill deficiencies reported by employers in England. The series addresses a number of key questions:
What are the skill needs of employers?
What is the scale of, and the contribution of a lack of skills to...
Learning and Training at Work, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 'Learning and Training at Work' surveys, which commenced in 1999, are an annual series of employer surveys that investigate the provision of learning and training at work. The surveys also investigate awareness of, and involvement with, a number of existing and new training and development...
Young People's STEM Aspirations and Trajectories, Age 10-14, 2009-2013
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Young People's STEM Aspirations and Trajectories, Age 10-14, 2009-2013 data were gathered as part of the Aspirations in Science (ASPIRES) project, which was a five-year study funded as part of the ESRC’s Targeted Initiative on Science and Mathematics Education (TISME). ASPIRES explored science...
Young People's STEM Aspirations and Trajectories, Age 15-19, 2013-2017
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Young People's STEM Aspirations and Trajectories, Age 15-19, 2013-2017 data were gathered as part of the ASPIRES 2 project. This was a five-year (2014-2019) mixed-methods project which investigated the science and career aspirations of young people in England from age 14 to 19 years. The...
Seeing oneself as a data reuser: How subjectification activates the drivers of data reuse in science (SUF edition)
Full edition for scientific use. As part of a study on factors influencing researcher data reuse and the mechanisms by which these factors are activated, the research team conducted semi-structured oral interviews with a purposive sample of 24 data reusers and intermediaries. This dataset includes de-identified transcripts of 21 of the interviews, as well as written...
Interviews of the Academy of Finland Research Professors 1994-1996
The data consist of 58 transcribed interviews of Academy of Finland Research Professors (nowadays Academy Professors) who held the post between 1975 and 1995. A permeating theme in the interviews was the internationalization of Finnish scientific research. Discussions covered the impact of the focus areas chosen in Finnish research policy, i.e. internationalization and...
Dynamics and Productivity of Research Activity in Universities 1990
The survey contains interviews of researchers in six Finnish institutes of higher learning. The main themes pertained to the organisation of the departments' research activities, internationality, scientific communication, scientific publication, utilisation of the findings, and evaluation of university research. The aim of the study was to develop qualitative evaluation...
University of Tampere Open Science Survey 2017
The Open Science Survey charted views of researchers at the University of Tampere, Finland, on open access publishing and making scientific research data available, and examined how the University's practices and services should be developed in terms of promoting open science. First, the survey charted views on open access publishing with questions about post-print parallel...
Learning and Training at Work, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 'Learning and Training at Work' surveys, which commenced in 1999, are an annual series of employer surveys that investigate the provision of learning and training at work. The surveys also investigate awareness of, and involvement with, a number of existing and new training and development...
Accountability and the Governance of Expertise : Anticipating Genetic Bioweapons, 2002-2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This collection is made up of 25 semi-structured and open-ended interviews with either commercial and academic research scientists or science policy officials in the UK and US. The interviews discussed a 'case study' into the possible malign applications of research into acetylcholine and muscarinic...
Wellcome Trust Monitor Waves 1-3 Combined Adults Data, 2009-2015
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Wellcome Trust Monitor is a unique survey of UK adults' (and in some waves, young people's) views around science and biomedical research. The findings are representative of the UK population and provide fresh and significant insights to inform science communication practice and how research priorities...
Employers Skills Survey, 2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employers Skills Surveys are undertaken to identify the extent, causes and implications of skill deficiencies reported by employers in England. The series addresses a number of key questions:
What are the skill needs of employers?
What is the scale of, and the contribution of a lack of skills to...
Employers Skills Survey, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employers Skills Surveys are undertaken to identify the extent, causes and implications of skill deficiencies reported by employers in England. The series addresses a number of key questions:
What are the skill needs of employers?
What is the scale of, and the contribution of a lack of skills to...
Brain Drain Debate in the United Kingdom, c.1950-1970
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This qualitative project sought to provide an analysis of the 'brain drain' debate of the 1950s and 1960s as a social phenomenon.
The term 'brain drain' was adopted in the 1960s in the context of concerns the United Kingdom was losing skilled scientific and engineering personnel to other countries....
Young People's STEM Aspirations and Trajectories, Age 20-22, 2020-2023
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The Young People's STEM Aspirations and Trajectories, Age 20-22, 2020-2023 data were gathered as part of the ASPIRES 3 project. This was a four-year (2020-2023) phase of a 14-year mixed-methods project which investigated factors shaping the trajectories of young people in England into,...
RI:TRAIN Plus Quantitative Survey 2021 (SUF edition)
Reduced edition for scientific use. Research Infrastructures (RIs) and their services are an essential element in creating the potential for scientific progress in the European Union, but also beyond. Together with Core Facilities (CFs) - which exist in many universities and scientific research centers - RIs are a basic prerequisite for excellence in science, for the...