 I think this year's UK Daily Service Dissertation Prize was a huge success. We had 33 submissions from 16 institutions across the UK, from a whole variety of social science backgrounds from economics to local science to sociology and criminology. I managed three ways of this cottage climbing justice survey together, so from 2008 to 2011. I definitely think winning the prize has given me a lot of confidence because although you get your grade back, it's nice to have that recognition externally as well. I used the data from the Dissertation Prize 11 in the Scottish Census in addition to GP data from the Scottish Quality Outcomes framework. It has been a really good experience, but doing the executive summary I think really helped me to pass my knowledge of my dissertation. It is a great opportunity for them in terms of their CV, and also that can increase employability as well, which students are always seeking to do in a highly competitive job market. I used the British Election Study from 1964 to late 2015. It was brilliant on the CV, obviously, first and foremost. A social science-quantified student can really be up there with people who have come from more, perhaps, hard science-quantified backgrounds. I saved the UK labour force early from 1993 to 2008, so covered 16 years. Seeing that my work is, I think, a good standard for people who can read and look at what you've done. I think the Dissertation Prize will give students the opportunity to demonstrate that they do use quantitative analysis in a research capacity, but also demonstrate to others outside of universities and then within different organisations what the UK data service is and what the UK data service can actually provide.