The potential of NI Longitudinal Study for COVID research
On Tues 14th September 2021, we had our first seminar hosted by ARK on Covid-related research potential using the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study. It was an informative session and really useful to hear from perspectives outside of academia and to get a sense of relevant data availability and feasibility of projects. We also thank our panel […]
COVID-19 Update
Following on from the easing of restrictions from the NI Executive, NISRA plan on reopening the secure environment to researchers from Tuesday 1st June. While this will initially be on a restricted basis, it is hoped that access will increase over the summer as restrictions and guidance from the NI Executive relax. All researchers returning […]
NILS Univariate Synthetic Data
NILS Univariate Synthetic data can now be requested for a NILS project to facilitate remote writing of code without needing access to real data and the secure room. Please note that timescales for producing the univariate synthetic data may vary according to resources and volume of requests. For further details please see the link below. […]
How to write a successful NILS application
We hope you are all staying safe and well during these times. Now, more than ever, health and social research will be essential to understanding and shaping the economic and societal recovery as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. We are running an online workshop next Wednesday 24th June 2-3pm on ‘How to write a successful NILS […]
Data-Driven Society: Symposium Report
In January 2020, 85 delegates from local and central government, the voluntary, community and enterprise sector, academia and other interest groups attended the NILS collaborative symposium, Data-Driven Society: People, Places and Policy in Belfast City Hall. The purpose of this symposium was to bring together data users and providers to talk about the future provision […]
The NILS Small Grants Scheme 2019
We would like to congratulate eight successful applicants of the NILS small grants scheme. This scheme was officially launched in April 2019 at the UK LS Conference to encourage and explore cross-UK research. Awards were granted up to £5,000 per project. Applications must include the analysis of NILS and one other UK longitudinal study. A […]
UK LS Annual Conference
This year saw the first annual UK Census Longitudinal Studies Conference held at Queen’s University Belfast. The event ran over two days; 8th-9th April 2019. The first day featured a programme including a variety of speakers and presentations from each of the UK longitudinal studies and the second day comprised three workshops ran in parallel. […]
