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For the attention of final year undergraduates and those teaching them. Only 4 days left to submit an entry to the UK Data Service Dissertation Prize 2017<https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/use-data/student-resources/dissertation-prize>, deadline 15th May. Any final year undergraduates submitting a dissertation which uses secondary data (qualitative or quantitative) available from the UK Data Service are eligible to enter. Our panel of expert judges<http://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/judging-panel-2017-dissertation-prize/> will award three prizes (£500, £250, £150) for projects that demonstrate the most interesting and high quality use of these data. The abstract of the winning dissertations will feature in our Newsletter<http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8b2d6e6e2c4d4c4aea25c157e&id=ce51acebbe&e=%5bUNIQID%5d> and the full dissertations will be published on the UK Data Service Website<https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/> (with permission from the students, supervisors and affiliated institutions). These prizes are a great opportunity for students to receive recognition for their hard work. To enter, students must submit a two page executive summary of their project outlining their research question, data, methodology, results and some evidence (such as table, graph or except from interview transcript) of their work to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. More details can be found here<https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/use-data/student-resources/dissertation-prize> or contact me [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you have any questions. Best wishes Laura Watt Dr Laura Watt Research Associate, UK Data Service Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMIST) University of Manchester