Our top five takeaways from Love Data Week
Read on for our favourite topics from the week-long event.
Research Data Scotland
06 Mar 2024
News and insights
Ensuring a public voice in data research
Our public panel helps to inform research and the use of administrative data in Scotland. Discover some of the topics covered by the panel and why it is vital to our work in this blog by Katie Oldfield, Public Engagement Manager.
Katie Oldfield
22 Feb 2024
Learning from our users to build the Researcher Access Service
Jen Campbell, Digital Delivery Lead, discusses how we're working with researchers and users to develop the Researcher Access Service.
Jen Campbell
19 Feb 2024
The power of sharing data beyond a pandemic
With the attention on the UK and Scottish COVID-19 inquiries these past few months, many of us are reflecting on lessons learned from the Government pandemic response, and how we can implement good practice from that time to benefit our society in the long term.
Roger Halliday
15 Feb 2024
Research Data Scotland welcomes Dr Emma Gordon as advisor to the board
Dr Emma Gordon joins the Research Data Scotland (RDS) Board of Trustees as an Advisor, bringing valuable insights into the administrative data landscape across the UK.
Research Data Scotland
13 Feb 2024
RDS formalises collaboration with partner organisations
Research Data Scotland (RDS) has signed Memorandums of Understanding with two partner organisations, formalising existing collaborations and outlining how they will work together in the future.
Research Data Scotland
05 Feb 2024
Watch: Accelerator Awards Q&A
On Tuesday 30 January, Rosie Seaman, Data Sourcing Manager for Research Data Scotland, hosted an online Q&A to share more information about the Accelerator Awards. The deadline to apply for the awards is Tuesday 20 February.
Research Data Scotland
02 Feb 2024
Regional Safe Havens awarded £300k to simplify access to data for research
Research Data Scotland (RDS) has funded a collaborative project between Scotland’s Regional Safe Havens, supporting better coordination and consistency across data systems.
Research Data Scotland
25 Jan 2024
Five minute profile: interview with Allan Johnstone
Our Operations Director Allan Johnstone gives us some insight into his work at RDS, and the essential role our Operations team play in supporting our colleagues, systems and organisational culture.
Research Data Scotland
18 Jan 2024
Three projects secure funding to explore the use of synthetic data for public benefit
Research Data Scotland has awarded over £85,000 to three organisations to investigate how synthetic data – also known as artificial data – can be used by researchers to improve and speed up research access to public sector data sets.
Research Data Scotland
11 Jan 2024