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Boosting data interoperability through the new DotStat

  • 30 September 2025

Paul Chau, a Data Architect at the UK Data Service, explores how the Data Explorer platform enhances data interoperability through in-built transfer services and SDMX. 

Matching the CURATE(D) standard: data curation at the UK Data Service

  • 23 September 2025

Sharon Bolton, Data Publishing and Curation Manager at the UK Data Service, discusses the Service’s CURATE(D) approach to managing datasets. 

The Child Poverty Strategy should commit to devolve data powers to local and regional government

  • 16 September 2025

Tom Pottrill, Policy Officer at Resolve Poverty, explains why devolved access to social security data is essential for local councils in tackling poverty.

UK data infrastructure: challenges, opportunities – and a cornerstone

  • 9 September 2025

Alison Park discusses the importance of UK social science data infrastructures and outlines some of the opportunities and challenges they face

Thinking creatively about the data skills gap: how online training events are supporting SHAPE Higher Education students

  • 2 September 2025

Professors Vanessa Higgins and Jackie Carter highlight how UK Data Service online training events enable students to develop data skills while also offering wider benefits.

Not real – but really useful: synthetic data – a cost-benefit analysis of its practical value

  • 26 August 2025

Jools Kasmire and Christina Magder introduce synthetic data, how it’s used, and what fidelity means, before introducing us to a project exploring the benefits of low-fidelity synthetic data.

The voices behind the data: how the UK Data Service connects numbers with stories

  • 21 August 2025

Eve Little, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her five standout picks from the UK Data Service Impact blog.

The voices in the data: how the UK Data Service helps us hear what is often missed

  • 19 August 2025

Sophie Gawryla, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her favourite five posts from the UK Data Service Impact blog.

Grow your policy impact through CLOSER’s Policy Surgeries

  • 12 August 2025

Jay Dominy, from UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up.

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