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Our mission is to improve the economic, social and environmental wellbeing in Scotland by enabling access to and linkage of data about people, places and businesses for research in the public good. We are bringing together expertise, resource and capabilities from a range of existing data-led programmes across the public sector.
We are building upon Scotland’s existing data resources, expertise and capabilities offered by service delivery partners and partner organisations.
Scotland has a wealth of public sector data. This data can be used to unlock new possibilities to improve the wellbeing of people living in Scotland.
We are building upon Scotland’s existing data resources, expertise and capabilities offered by service delivery partners and partner organisations.
Scotland has a wealth of public sector data. This data can be used to unlock new possibilities to improve the wellbeing of people living in Scotland.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, Scotland, City of Edinburgh
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2020
Mentions in press and media 7
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| Oct 15, 2024 | Smart Data Foundry & Research Data Scotland Announce Partnership | Smart Data Foundry (SDF) and Research Data Scotland (RDS) have announced a new partnership to make it easier for researchers to securely access public sector and financial data for the good of society. The collaboration, which will initiall... |
| May 15, 2024 | New Data Service Launches to Boost Scot’s Health & Social Research | Research Data Scotland (RDS) has launched its new Researcher Access Service, after working with Nexer Digital to make it quicker and simpler for researchers to access Scotland’s public sector datasets. This initiative aims to make crucial d... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | Research Data Scotland to Launch New Digital Service | The Researcher Access Service is a new streamlined end-to-end digital service that will enable academics and data users conducting research for the public good to access secure data in a faster and simpler way. Data is often restricted to i... |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Scotland’s Synthetic Data Journey | “Data is the new oil,” was what British mathematician Clive Humby said in 2006 during a time when the potential of data was only just being realised. Now, data punctuates every aspect of our lives, and is used to personalise and optimise wh... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | January 2023 | Welcome to the January 2023 edition of the DIGIT Movers and Shakers column. This month features another bumper crop of Scottish awards, relocation, partnership, and recruitment news. Here’s all the latest news in one place. Recruitment Mico... |
| Jan 12, 2023 | Research Data Scotland in New Digital Transformation Partnership | Research Data Scotland (RDS) has selected design agency Nexer Digital to deliver a six month digital transformation programme to simplify and accelerate access to public sector data. As part of the £300,000 project, Nexter Digital will desi... |
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FAQ about Research Data Scotland
When was Research Data Scotland founded?
Research Data Scotland was founded in 2020.
What has the press written about Research Data Scotland?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Research Data Scotland, among them “Smart Data Foundry & Research Data Scotland Announce Partnership” (Oct 15, 2024) and “New Data Service Launches to Boost Scot’s Health & Social Research” (May 15, 2024).
Is Research Data Scotland still active?
Yes, Research Data Scotland is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 15, 2024.