Since the accessibility legislation for public sector bodies came into force in September 2020, accessibility has been a hot topic in the dissemination of government statistics and analysis. Basecamp message board To support people across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and Analysis Function (AF) in an efficient way an ‘Accessibility for statistics’ board has been set […]
Learn more on Accessibility in statistics: any questions?The Government Data Quality Hub (DQHub) is a relatively new function that was funded in the 2020 Spring Budget. Their remit is to work across government to establish and maintain world-leading approaches to data quality, whilst building a collaborative community working towards common quality objectives. They are based at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]
Learn more on What do you want from your Data Quality Hub?Every month we send you a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates from across the government statistics and analytical community. This month’s newsletter includes: an update about the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) State of the Statistical System report details about the updated Introduction to data visualisation e-learning course, which is now […]
Learn more on Government Statistical Service newsletter – August 2021The latest round of Government Statistical Service jobs working across government, nationwide, are now live. Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in pursuing a career in statistics? We have several posts available for you to begin your statistical career or take it to the next step! Our current campaign is recruiting […]
Learn more on Our latest recruitment campaign is live!The Best Practice and Impact (BPI) division, in the Office for National Statistics has launched their ‘Current landscape of user engagement’ survey. This survey is being conducted as part of the User Engagement Strategy for Statistics and we want to hear from any statistics producers about their user engagement experiences. The survey will allow BPI […]
Learn more on Have your say in the ‘Current landscape of user engagement’ surveyThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) team at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have published a new protocol to assess statistical information from non-official producers. This protocol will help to expand their range of UK SDG reporting and enable them to consider statistics from charities, academia and businesses. What are the Sustainable Development Goals? The […]
Learn more on Using non-official sources for UK reporting on the Sustainable Development GoalsEvery month we send you a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates from across the government statistics and analytical community.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – July 2021The Government Data Science Partnership (GDSP) are pleased to announce the latest cohort of the Data Science Accelerator mentoring programme, with the launch of a new branch focusing on data visualisation techniques. Both will open for applications on Monday 14 June. The new data visualisation branch is a response to growing demand and will be […]
Learn more on New mentoring opportunities for the UK public sectorEvery month we send out a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – June 2021Are you keen to promote diversity and inclusion across the Government Statistical Service (GSS)? Our Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Working Group have been running a pilot shadow board and would now like to invite member applications from across our community. The Shadow Board will be embedded into the GSS People Committee and function as an […]
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