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International Women’s Day 2022 – Sharing experiences and empowering future female leaders
8 March 2022 — Blog
On March 8 we join the world in celebrating International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is ‘Break the Bias’ and hopes to inspire people to work towards a world free…
The Centre for Applied Data Ethics one year on – What we have done and where we are going?
25 February 2022 — Blog
One year on from the launch of the Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics, Simon Whitworth, Head of Data Ethics and Research Accreditation, writes about the centre’s achievements and future…
2022 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics launched
18 February 2022 — Press release
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) are now accepting entries for the 2022 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, awarded in partnership with the Authority and Civil Service World. The…
Professor Martin Weale appointed as Chair of new committee seeking to strengthen official economic statistics
14 February 2022 — Appointments
Following the UK’s exit from the European statistical system, we are strengthening the governance arrangements for official economic statistics, focussing on the ways we produce, and assure our statistics. At…
Successes of the Research Accreditation Panel 2021
10 February 2022 — Blog
2021 was a great year of success for the Research Accreditation Panel (RAP) and the Research powers in the Digital Economy Act (DEA) 2017. As Chair of the RAP, it’s…
Authority seeking to appoint independent committee members
7 February 2022 — Appointments
We are seeking to appoint independent committee members to the newly formed ‘National Statistician’s Committee for Advice on Standards for Economic Statistics’ (NSCASE). Economic statistics are among the most important…
News and updates from the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics: February 2022
3 February 2022 — Blog
On the 25th February, the Centre for Applied Data Ethics will celebrate its first birthday. It has been a successful year, and the Centre team have been busy creating guidance…
News and updates from the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics: December 2021
1 December 2021 — Blog
Since our last update at the beginning of October, the Centre team have been working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of some of our key activities…
Vacancy – Chair to the Committee (NSCASE)
25 November 2021 — Appointments
Applications for this post have now closed. We are seeking to appoint an independent Chair to the newly formed ‘National Statistician’s Committee for Advice on Standards for Economic Statistics’ (NSCASE).…
The Authority seeks a new Chair
24 November 2021 — Appointments
Applications for this post have now closed. We are currently looking for a new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority for a five-year term starting in April 2022. This is…