With Oxford's subscription to Microsoft LinkedIn Learning ending on July 31, 2024 IT services are launching a new suite of digital skills resources Find out more about what's included in the new suite of resources.
As a user of Microsoft LinkedIn Learning, there are two ways to prepare for this change before July 31st:
From August 2024, individuals with a LinkedIn profile will still be able to access up to 10 free courses per month, but downloading certificates will no longer be possible. Find out more from the LinkedIn help centre.
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The UK Data Service offers a range of resources and events designed to support students throughout their dissertation process.
Events
Our student webpages in our Learning Hub bring our student resources together:
The UK Data Service Dissertation Award recognises students who use data from the UK Data Service in their undergraduate dissertations. Each year we give awards to the three best dissertations from the academic year. Details of this year's award will be announced in October.
UKDS has developed a “UKDS Data Skills Framework for working with large scale survey data, census, and macro-level aggregate data” which have been published in a Discussion Paper on Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.10911305
The Framework focuses on the skills needed to use quantitative large-scale survey, census, and macro-level aggregate data characteristic of the UK Data Service holdings. It emphasises continued development of traditional data skills for contemporary research needs, while recognising growing potential for integrating survey or census data with an expanding array of other sources, as well as opportunities presented by AI and machine learning for enhancing analysis. The paper also includes a diagram of UKDS' analysis of the UK data skills training landscape.
This is a live and evolving piece of work, and comments can be sent to UKDS training.
Training opportunities to gain research skills and develop a better understanding of finding and working with data are available within the University. Workshops are run by different departments, from the Bodleian Library's iSkills sessions to IT Learning Centre courses.
External online training opportunities, as well as various workshops, seminars and conferences are available from UKDS and other organisations.
Booking links can be found in the course description.
If the Bodleian Libraries don't have a database you are looking for, you can make a recommendation by completing the form below (Oxford Single-Sign On required).