Chief Statistician

Thanks to @adr_uk for hosting the Ambassador event. Great to hear about the impact of administrative data in improving policy. Watch this space for more events in Scotland soon on researcher access to data to support policies for communities, agriculture and environment.

📣 ADR UK invites funding applications for #ResearchFellowships to conduct research & analysis using ADR England flagship datasets! 📣 Fellows will show the #policy impact potential of these datasets, generating insights for priority research questions. adruk.org/news-publicati…

Experience in working with statistics or using them to inform decision making? In Scotland or around the 🌍? Apply for our new ScotStat Board and help shape the future of Official Statistics in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Looking for members from diverse backgrounds and sectors. core-scottishgovernment.icims.com/jobs/7841/scot…

Would you like to help improve Official Statistics in Scotland? @scotgov are launching a new ScotStat Board that will provide recommendations, advice and critical challenge around Scottish devolved statistics. Find out how to apply: bit.ly/ScotStatBoard

Applications to ScotStat Board are open! The board will be co-chaired by two experts in the field of statistics and data Prof @AnahidBasiri and Prof Sir John Curtice. For more information on the role and details to apply core-scottishgovernment.icims.com/jobs/7841/scot…… @scotgov @digitalscots

We know data can improve decisions and lives. So why does so much of this potential go to waste and what we can do about it? Join us for #LoveData24 1st event 12.02 11:15GMT - The Scottish Data Ecosystem: cut the waste tinyurl.com/SGCTW @scotgov @digitalscots @RDS_Scotland

Do you have an interest in Government Statistics in Scotland? Do you want a say in how statistics are produced across Scotland? Read my blog and apply to join our ScotStat Board Join the new ScotStat Board - help improve Official Statistics in Scotland blogs.gov.scot/statistics/202…

Calling all Data lovers! #LoveData24 week starts on 12 February. The Scottish Government will host events on topics from A.I to Data Ethics. To see the events list icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/cms/… You can search ‘Scottish Government’ to find our events. @scotgov @digitalscots @ScotStat

Going strong at today's #thinkdata for Government. Emma Gordon @adr_uk Director on the importance of leadership, collaboration, upskilling, increased data literacy for researchers and civil servants to achieve data innovation @digitalscots @SGChiefStat @RDS_Scotland @SCADR_data

More from today's #thinkdata for Government. Some familiar challenges to data access by local government inc navigating data protection + scope of data sharing agreements. Engagement with the people beneficiaries of data insights is key @digitalscots @SCADR_data @SGChiefStat

ADR UK is back on the road! The roadshow showcases opportunities for #research using linked administrative #data and other @ESRC data resources. Now, we have an expanded menu to include more types of data and you can request a workshop. See more ⬇️ adruk.org/news-publicati…

The Administrative Data | Agricultural Research Collection (#ADARC) project hopes to enhance the prosperity and wellbeing of #farm households. @CaskiePaul reflects on what was achieved in the first phase of funding and the plans for the next stage. adruk.org/news-publicati…

Welcome to my new X (Twitter) as Chief Statistician. I'll publicise interesting events, work, statistics and some other things too. The team will cross post other work from Government and stats too. ...please share and follow. And this weekend I'll be reading this.

A huge welcome Sarah and Anja-Maike who join the ADR-S team. And thanks to everyone who connected with the at the ADR conference @ADRUK2023 @SCADR_data

Thank you to all at @adr_uk and @ADRUKConf23 for a fantastic conference and speakers. And new connections will help us make progress in areas of healthy ageing improving our data availability for research. Watch this space!