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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.

Mobilise your research in the policy landscape with CLOSER’s Policy Hub

  • 7 May 2024

Jay Dominy, Public Affairs Manager at CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s policy hub, a tool to help researchers with engagement and policy impact.

How can we build practical policy into data analysis?

  • 21 November 2023

Rhiannon Williams, one of our Data Impact Fellows, discusses how she seeks to build practical policy into data analysis in her work.

Professor David Martin: a pioneer of population modelling (part 2)

  • 29 September 2022

Professor David Martin has led the way in modelling populations in geographical information systems. In the second part of our interview with him we talk with him about his key achievements and contributions to the field.

Professor David Martin: a pioneer of population modelling (part 1)

  • 20 September 2022

Professor David Martin has led the way in modelling populations in geographical information systems. As he steps down from the UK Data Service, we catch up with him to talk about his key achievements and contributions to the field.

Full Fact, fact checking and the UK Data Service

  • 7 June 2022

We welcome Andy Dudfield from Full Fact, who explains the importance of fact checking and how the UK Data Service supports Full Fact’s work.

Behind the scenes of collaborating on a Covid-19 National Core Study

  • 19 November 2021

Bożena Wielgoszewska reflects on the importance of good communication in her collaboration on the Covid-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study.

Will the UK Government make it easier to cite their data?

  • 18 November 2020

We examine the need for persistent identifiers for digital content, as the UK Data service welcomes the UK Government’s consultation on using the DOI standard.

Open Data Manchester’s Declaration for responsible and intelligent data practice

  • 19 October 2020

The UK Data Service welcomes Open Data Manchester’s Declaration for responsible and intelligent data practice.

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