Are you wanting to understand how the world works? Have an interest in climate science, economy, trade, demographics, health or international development? Want to know about and how to access data from the IMF, World Bank, UN or OECD?
This free 90-minute online workshop will introduce you to the international time series data held by the UK Data Service. We’ll look at the range of socio-economic topics covered, explore some key datasets like the World Development Indicators and OECD Economic Outlook, and cover how to access and download the data.
The workshop will consist of presentations and demos with time at the end for questions.
Presenters: Eve Little and Cameron Hurst, UK Data Service
Eve is a Research Impact and Engagement Manager at the UK Data Service. She works across evaluation, communications and research engagement, with a particular focus on translating complex research into engaging, accessible stories that resonate with a range of audiences. She supports early career researchers as they develop their skills and confidence in working with data for impactful social science research.
Cameron is a Data and Platform Engineer at the UK Data Service.
Level: Introductory
Experience/knowledge required: Some spreadsheet knowledge would be useful
Target audience: Anyone interested in knowing more about the UK population
This event will be livestreamed on our UK Data Service YouTube channel but the chat will be disabled. By registering and attending the Zoom event you will be able to ask questions and interact.
Recordings of UK Data Service events are made available on our YouTube channel and, together with the slides, on our past events pages soon after the event has taken place.
This event is part of our UK Data Service introductory training series: Autumn 2026.
