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.
Louise Corti shares the challenges and opportunities from this year’s successful virtual Big Data Summer School at the University of Essex.
Richard Welpton explores what makes a good data steward and how his experience working at the UK Data Service prepared him to undertake this role successfully.
Louise Corti explores the challenges of ensuring longitudinal survey data is classified appropriately for safe, non-disclosive access.
The UK Data Service welcomes Open Data Manchester’s Declaration for responsible and intelligent data practice.
The UK Data Service welcomes the UK Government’s National Data Strategy. We introduce some of the key points and encourage people to contribute to the consultation.
James Cockett, one of our #DataImpactFellows, discusses research he undertook with colleagues at the Institute for Employment Studies to investigate the impact of the introduction of the National Living Wage and its later upratings on employment retention and hours worked.
Stuart Mills concludes his series on data policy theory, exploring simulcara, doppelgangers and how much we really exist in a virtual world.
The Social Metrics Commission has developed a new measure of poverty, which the UK Government has committed to build on to develop experimental statistics.