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Looking to improve your analytical knowledge and skills?

Are you looking to improve your analytical knowledge and skills? Why not contact the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Learning Academy’s Analytical Learning Team to see what courses they have on offer? Although based at the ONS, this team provides support to the whole GSS and wider analytical community. The Learning Academy provides a range […]

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GSS Newsletter: February 2020

February’s newsletter for the Government Statistical Service (GSS) was sent out last week. It includes news, blogs, events, vacancies and learning and development updates from across the GSS. Want to subscribe? You can subscribe for the monthly GSS newsletter if you haven’t done so already. Subscribed with .gsi email address? If you already subscribe but […]

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Launch of the Analysis Function’s Diversity and Inclusion Survey

A message from the National Statistician and head of the Analysis Function. I am delighted to launch the third Diversity and Inclusion Survey for the Analysis Function. The diversity we have across the analytical community is a great strength. To mark the Civil Service Year of Inclusion, the function will be focusing on inclusivity to […]

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Dashboard guidance development – have your say!

The Good Practice Team have seen an increase in the use of dashboards for sharing statistics. We want to put together some guidance to ensure consistency and good practice across the GSS. To make this guidance useful we are keen to speak to producers and users of dashboards. We want to understand: where dashboards are […]

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Have your say – join the National Statistics Executive Group

A message from the National Statistician. The National Statistics Executive Group (NSEG) is the monthly senior executive committee that I chair, which makes strategic decisions on a range of topics cutting right across the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the whole statistical system. Every year we invite colleagues of any grade or background from […]

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Have your say on our future direction – a message from the National Statistician

In 2020, our current strategy (Better Statistics, Better Decisions) will come to an end and will be replaced by a new strategy that sets out where we want to go over the next five years. I’ve said on a number of occasions it is vital this strategy is not created in a dark room somewhere […]

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Opportunity to help charities get meaningful insights from data

It’s the time of year again when you can volunteer for the Analytical Volunteer Programme (AVP)! What is the AVP? The AVP is an annual programme that arranges for government analysts to work in voluntary sector organisations on short-term placements. It provides an excellent opportunity for voluntary sector organisations to benefit from free analytical expertise […]

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GSS newsletter: October 2019

October’s newsletter for the Government Statistical Service (GSS) was sent out today. It includes latest news, blogs, events, vacancies and learning and development updates from across the GSS. Want to subscribe? You can subscribe for the monthly GSS newsletter if you haven’t done so already. Subscribed with .gsi email address? If you already subscribe but […]

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A message from new National Statistician Sir Ian Diamond on his first day

On 6 August my inbox exploded. Messages of congratulations from friends, family, former and future colleagues. I also received seemingly endless requests to meet up and talk. Needless to say that the almost endless opportunities that this role presents expanded even further with each email that I received. As I take up my position as […]

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Changes to measuring respondent burden imposed by statistical surveys across the GSS

The Code of Practice for Statistics provides producers of official statistics with detailed practices they must commit to. It also provides producers of non-official statistics with a framework they can voluntarily comply with. Within the Code, Practice V5.5 requires producers of statistics to monitor the burden on those providing their information (the respondents). In order […]

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