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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.

Collecting new data for innovative research

  • 5 August 2025

Jim Vine from Understanding Society gives an overview of the new types of data being collected as part of the Innovation Panel, the UK Household Longitudinal Study’s test bed for survey methods.

Guardians of the record: why data preservation matters now more than ever

  • 31 July 2025

Debora Price, Deputy Director of the UK Data Service, reflects on the critical importance of data preservation, recent international threats to data infrastructure, and why we must protect trusted data services as essential public institutions.

Introducing our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers

  • 26 June 2025

Our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, Eve Little and Sophie Gawryla, tell us about themselves and what brought them to this role.

How time flies! A year spent with the UK Data Service

  • 8 April 2025

Neil Grindley, based at Jisc, reflects on his first year as co-investigator and deputy director for the UK Data Service.

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