Several of our RDS colleagues were able to make it along to the ADR UK Conference in Cardiff this September, with many sharing their work through presentations and posters.
29 Oct 2025
Get to know the Pupil Census dataset with Data Analysts Stella Telford and Jen Muir.
21 Oct 2025
Research Data Scotland (RDS) is committed to shaping its services around the needs of researchers and data users. Discover some of our highlights from the last year in this blog post by Emma Devine, User Engagement Officer.
Emma Devine
14 Oct 2025
This month, Research Data Scotland (RDS) published a new report on public opinions of data access for research. Learn more about how we involved the public in this blog post from Katie Oldfield, Senior Engagement Manager.
Katie Oldfield
25 Sept 2025
Master's student Zainab Hashmi walks us through her research project on the benefits, challenges, and potential road forward when considering using equalities data for research.
Zainab Hashmi
11 Aug 2025
Adam Coulson, Delivery Manager at Research Data Scotland (RDS), shares an update on the latest release of our metadata catalogue and explores some of the ways we’re improving the data discovery journey for researchers.
Adam Coulson
31 Mar 2025
By Professor Roger Halliday, CEO of Researcher Data Scotland and Carole Morris, Head of Service at Public Health Scotland
Roger Halliday
24 Mar 2025
The aim of this post is to shout about some of the changes to the Researcher Access Service, and mainly to highlight how we’re working to continually improve it.
Adam Coulson
10 Feb 2025
As we start work on the exciting plans we have for this year and beyond, our Chief Executive Officer, Professor Roger Halliday reflects on how Research Data Scotland has been working to align approaches within Scotland to improve the data access service, and how we can continue to strengthen this while also working towards a UK-wide approach.
Roger Halliday
09 Jan 2025
Researchers can now apply for access to synthetic versions of Scotland’s census data.
11 Dec 2024
