Helen Norman shares her data and research journey in investigating the role of fathers in family work.
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Sam Milsom shares how Open Data Manchester has developed over ten years and during the lockdown, while Julia Kasmire from the UK Data Service shares the contribution the Service made to ODM’s Pick N Mix workshops.
Andrew Jones uses data from Understanding Society to explore the health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jen Buckley introduces the winners of the UK Data Service Dissertation Award, exploring the work the undergraduate researchers have undertaken and what they hope to do next.
James Cockett, one of our #DataImpactFellows, asks “Is it time to create opportunity in every town and city and start turning the tide?”
Darren Bell, Hervé L’Hours and Matthew Woollard introduce the CoreTrustSeal and the UK Data Service’s response to their consultation with specialists, generalists, and Technical Repository Service providers.
James Scott and Christine Woods, both Senior User Support and Training Officers at the UK Data Service, update us on the success of the Statistical Disclosure Control Handbook that they have co-authored with other members of the Safe Data Access Professionals (SDAP) group.
Esmeralda Bon, one of our #DataImpactFellows, was inspired to write this blog post by a reflective piece she wrote for this British Academy report, as well as discussions with peers that took place at a workshop held at the Sir Bernard Crick Centre, University of Sheffield last year.
What is the difference between poverty and deprivation? How can they be measured and understood? How can data help policymakers find ways to reduce their effect on the lives of people in the UK, especially given the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic? In this post, we turn our attention to measuring poverty.