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17 Jun 2025

Curious to learn more about synthetic data? On Tuesday 27 May, Research Data Scotland (RDS) and Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Scotland hosted a showcase webinar to explore how synthetic data is being created, used and considered across the UK.

The webinar included: 

An introduction from HDR UK Scotland Co-Director, Katie Wilde. 

  • A presentation by Sophie McCall, Senior Data Analyst at RDS on how our organisation is making synthetic data available to researchers. 
  • A presentation from Lewis Hotchkiss at Swansea University on 'Establishing Governance, Resources and Tools in Synthetic Data - The DARE UK Synthetic Data Community Group'. 

  • A presentation from Katherine O'Sullivan at the University of Sheffield about 'Federating Synthetic Data: Approaches and outcomes from the from the Scottish Safe Haven Network'. Kate’s project was one of three funded by the RDS Synthetic Data Fund

  • A Q&A session for attendees. 

Watch the webinar: 

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