Administrative data is data collected by government departments or agencies for the purposes of administering government policy, such as keeping records of those attending state funded schools, colleges or universities, or for the purposes of distributing benefits or collecting taxes.
This online workshop, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, focuses on the value of linking together different administrative datasets and sharing it with the research community under strict conditions for the purposes of conducting research in the public interest.
It will focus on one particular linked administrative dataset – the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset – which brings together education, work and benefit records for people who’ve been to school in England since the early 2000s.
The workshop will introduce administrative data in general and the LEO data in particular, and showcase some of the fantastic research that has been done using the data.
It is open to everyone and will offer audience members an opportunity to better understand what administrative data is and how it is used, as well as to suggest how it could be used to create new evidence to inform policy decisions in future.
We have a stellar line-up including:
- Dr Emma Gordon, Director of Administrative Data Research (ADR) UK
- Professor Claire Crawford, UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities
- Professor Matt Dickson, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath
- Philippa Norgrove, Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) Project Manager, Department for Education
A calendar invite including a teams link to join the workshop will be shared with participants via the email address used to sign up in the days prior to the event.
