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Official Partner, Sponsors and Exhibitors for the GSS Conference 2018
GSS Conference 2018The conference team announce the Official Partner, Sponsors and Exhibitors for the GSS Conference 2018
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Analyse this!
GSS BlogThe idea to develop the analysis function originally came from the Cabinet Office, from Sir Jeremy Heywood and John Manzoni. They challenged the analyst community to become more visible, and for our analysis to inform decisions on key issues like Brexit and the security of our nation.
Learn moreDelegate registration for the 2018 GSS Conference
GSS Conference 2018As many of you will know, delegate registration for the conference is now open! The delegates team (Sean, Avision and Francesca) have been hard at work, and all attendees (including speakers/presenters) should have received a delegate registration email from Francesca. All delegates must complete the form, so please take 5 minutes to fill it out […]
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National Statistician BlogJohn's blog "Evidence week: evidence strong!" including the first ever ‘Evidence Week’ in Parliament.
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Health Statistics Theme GroupsThe Health Inequalities theme group met for the first time in May 2017. As with the other theme groups, we have been meeting to try and increase the coherence of our statistical outputs and improve the analytical service we provide to decision makers and other users.
Learn moreImproving the GSS online experience…where are we now?
GSS BlogA couple of months on from launching the new GSS website as a public beta, read about initial feedback and performance, what's next for the project and why we need you to make the GSS online experience the best it can be!
Learn moreThe GSS Data Project and table2qb: what is it, why it’s useful and how we’re using it
GSS BlogThe ONS and Swirrl are working on the GSS Data Project, which aims to demonstrate and test an approach for official statistics publishers across government to share their data in a more interoperable and reusable way.
Learn moreA Statistician’s view of DExEU
GSS BlogBack in November 2017 after many years of working at the ONS I made the decision to take up a secondment as Head of Statistics at the Department for Exiting the EU (DExEU). I thought it would be useful to step back and reflect and share my experiences so far.
Learn moreHow the Best Practice and Impact (BPI) team can help you!
GSS BlogDo you think your statistical publication or the presentation of your analysis could be improved, could your tables be presented more simply, would you like to know how to produce infographics, could your policy colleagues benefit from understanding the basics in statistics, would you like some statistical methodological advise, would you like some academic input […]
Learn moreStart with users needs. It makes things better.
GSS BlogJonathan Porton and John Lewis blogs on 'Start with users needs. It makes things better'.
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