Intro to public sector data
Learn more about what public sector data is and how it's used in research.
Learn how we're working with our partners to revolutionise access to secure datasets and how we're engaging the public.
Are you interested in sharing your views and experience to help RDS simplify access to public sector data? We’re keen to consult a wide range of people, including researchers, research co-ordinators, evidence-based policy developers, data analysts, data service providers and administrators to inform our work, projects and data access services.
Want to know more about data but don't know where to start? Explore our handy Data Explainers to learn what public sector data is, how it's kept safe and how it’s used in research.
Learn more about what public sector data is and how it's used in research.
Discover what the Five Safes framework is and how it's used to keep data secure.
Learn about Trusted Research Environments and how they help researchers access data.
Our projects range from working with our partners on various data projects and steering groups to developing our own Researcher Access Service, which will revolutionise the ways in which researchers from approved organisations gain secure access to public sector data.
Find out how we're working with ADR Scotland to simplify and speed up access to secure data.
Learn about our Equalities Protected Characteristics Dataset project and the Scottish Medical Imaging (SMI) service.
Discover how our upcoming service will make it faster and simpler to access secure data for research in the public good.
The alliance aims to steer the data system to deliver better population outcomes and continuous improvement
Find out how the group is working together to enhance regional safe haven infrastructure in Scotland.
Synthetic datasets allow researchers to test approaches while awaiting the necessary permissions to use actual data.
Our public engagement work currently comprises three key areas: our Public Engagement Fund, the public panel we run with SCADR, and our work with DARE UK. Discover how we’re raising the profile of data for research through the pages below.
Learn more about the public panel we run jointly with the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR).
Learn about the nine projects we've awarded funding this year.
Discover the driver projects we're leading public engagement on with DARE UK.
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