There’s no progress without collaboration
Professor Roger Halliday, CEO of Research Data Scotland (RDS), offers his reflections after the second RDS Partners' Meeting on 21 September 2023.
Roger Halliday
26 Sept 2023
News and insights
Designing content and culture: Reflections on an evolving digital world
Vicki Madden, Content Designer, reflects on her time at Turing Fest and Camp Digital and how digital design principles can help create an inclusive and positive work culture.
Vicki Madden
25 Sept 2023
Diverse voices, better outcomes
Public Engagement Manager, Katie Oldfield, shares an update on the projects funded by our Public Engagement Fund and how they are working to involve diverse voices.
Katie Oldfield
11 Sept 2023
Creating a lasting impact through public engagement
Five months into our Public Engagement Fund, Katie Oldfield, Public Engagement Manager, provides an update on the funded projects and shares her thoughts on the importance of creating a lasting impact.
Katie Oldfield
11 Sept 2023
Commercial access to public sector data needs to change
Professor Roger Halliday discusses the circumstances under which the commercial sector is allowed access to public sector data.
Roger Halliday
23 May 2023
Year two: game on
As we move into our second year of operating as a not-for-profit charitable organisation, Research Data Scotland (RDS) is moving at pace to ensure Scotland’s public sector data can be accessed quickly and with less friction.
Roger Halliday
17 May 2023
Why public sector data needs to be transformed
Programmes and Data Acquisition Director, Nora Cooke O'Dowd, reflects on her talk at Holyrood Connect’s Public Sector Data Summit.
Nora Cooke O'Dowd
25 Apr 2023
The trouble with innovation
Chief Information Officer, Hugh Wallace, talks about how trends can divert attention from strategic priorities.
Hugh Wallace
06 Apr 2023
Data-driven innovation for improving health and social care outcomes
Research Data Scotland welcomes the people-centred approach of Scotland’s first data strategy for health and social care.
Roger Halliday
24 Feb 2023
Equality data – mind the gap
A new equalities dataset for research draws upon anonymised records covering many of the protected characteristics for over six million people.
Duncan Buchanan
23 Feb 2023