UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 4:46 am
In this blog UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) Director, Andy Boyd from the University of Bristol, outlines the service that the UK LLC delivers as part of the UK’s research infrastructure and the impact this will have on the longitudinal research community.
What is the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) and how it is run?
UK LLC provides record linkage services netherlands rcs data and a centralised secure research platform for interdisciplinary UK longitudinal population studies and longitudinal researchers. UK LLC has been designed and built with its partner studies, infrastructure collaborators and public contributors. It is a unique research resource that links diverse records across the UK for inclusive longitudinal research in the public good.
We are now viewed by the UK longitudinal research community – including funders and government departments – as the national Trusted Research Environment for longitudinal research using linked records. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) recently awarded UK LLC two grants (MR/X021556/1 and ES/X000567/1) to consolidate and expand its transformative work.
What is the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC) and how it is run?
UK LLC provides record linkage services netherlands rcs data and a centralised secure research platform for interdisciplinary UK longitudinal population studies and longitudinal researchers. UK LLC has been designed and built with its partner studies, infrastructure collaborators and public contributors. It is a unique research resource that links diverse records across the UK for inclusive longitudinal research in the public good.
We are now viewed by the UK longitudinal research community – including funders and government departments – as the national Trusted Research Environment for longitudinal research using linked records. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) recently awarded UK LLC two grants (MR/X021556/1 and ES/X000567/1) to consolidate and expand its transformative work.