This is a blog by Ed Humpherson, the Director General for Regulation, team members at the Office for Statistics Regulation and other ad-hoc guest authors.
This is a blog by Ed Humpherson, the Director General for Regulation, team members at the Office for Statistics Regulation and other ad-hoc guest authors.
Although best known for his codebreaking work at Bletchley Park, Turing’s legacy goes far beyond his contributions during the war. Recognised by many as a early pioneer of modern computing, his work on algorithms, computing machinery and artificial intelligence have changed the way we live today.
The first half of 2021 has seen further lockdowns, an impressive vaccination rollout and as we ease into the Summer, some easing of restrictions across the UK. It’s also been…
Productivity is a term that whilst economists intuitively understand, it can often be difficult for non-specialists to track and under-stand productivity changes.
30 April 2021
As part of our work on statistical leadership, we are hosting a series of guest blogs. This blog is from Robert Cuffe, Head of Statistics at the BBC.
19 April 2021
As the deadline for applications for our Statistical Excellence award nears, the joint-winners of the 2020 award, the Scottish Fiscal Commission, have written a guest blog about how they won…
26 March 2021
Last March, schools and colleges across the UK were closed and the qualification regulators (Ofqual, Qualification Wales, SQA and CCEA) were directed by the respective governments of England, Wales, Scotland…
24 March 2021
This is a guest blog from Scott Heald following the launch of our new report: Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP): Overcoming barriers to adoption.
12 March 2021
As part of our work on statistical leadership, we are hosting a series of guest blogs. This blog is from Will Moy, Chief Executive of Full Fact.
26 February 2021
As a communications professional, I use insights and ideas to implement and deliver impactful communications. Using statistics is a great way to use evidence and explain complicated information, but comms…
12 February 2021
Ok so that’s not quite true. I’ve been working with a focus on population and society statistics for the past three years here at the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR)…
9 February 2021
In 2020 we assessed estimates of station usage produced by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and designated them as National Statistics in December. In this blog, Lyndsey Melbourne,…
3 February 2021
How data-literate do Senior Leaders in Government need to be? There was a time when it would be inconceivable to imagine senior Government Ministers and officials addressing the nation accompanied…
25 January 2021
It’s roughly a year ago that I gave evidence to the House of Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee. A lot has happened in a year. I did things at…