UK Data Service Impact

Tom Pottrill from Resolve Poverty presenting at a UKDS conference

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@tompottrill.bsky.social shares insights into Resolve Poverty's approach to engagement and impact, and sets the scene for the upcoming @resolvepoverty.org conference 2026 on the 18th and 19th March.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/resolve-pove...

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Andreas Mastrosavvas introduces the Longitudinal Impossible Dataset, a tool that generates metadata-based synthetic datasets mirroring the structure and coding schemes of the Office for National Statistics’ Longitudinal Study.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/longitudinal...

What a fantastic day it was! Delighted you found it helpful
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We're very glad you joined us 😊

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We’re now hearing honest and insightful reflections from our previous Data Impact Fellows on the opportunities and challenges they’ve faced along their impact journeys so far, along with personal experiences of essays worked in engaging.

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Lots of intense thought and activity in the policy-writing brief exercise

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Excellent advice to write blog posts to get your message across in accessible ways to different audiences

We always welcome contributions to the Data Impact blog (and are happy to support you to develop your voice)

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Love the different layers in the 'wedding cake' approach - taste, snacks, feed

Different size portions for different audiences, needs and attention spans

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Some great information about aligning your message to real world challenges and the routes to get your messages through

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"I'm sick to death of getting briefings that are just full of academic jargon." Member of Parliament

Brutal. But an important point about engaging with policymakers

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What really influences policymakers?

Scientific evidence is not enough!

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We are now diving into our next session: a hands-on workshop with CLOSER on how to craft an effective policy brief. We’re ready to build skills and confidence!
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What a powerful set of keynotes from Chimdimma Noelyn Onah, Tom Potrill, Rhiannon Williams Adam Davis

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We’re welcoming people to Perspectives of Engagement and Impact. We’re looking forward to the day. Whether you’re joining us here in Manchester or catching up with the session recordings after the event, we're sure you get a lot from it!
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Alice Varley, one of our Data Impact Fellows, explores why access to mental healthcare matters and how a new composite measure can better capture accessibility to mental healthcare.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/rethinking-m...

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In this post, the UK Data Service shares information on the stakeholders attending their upcoming event: Perspectives on Engagement and Impact.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/early-career...

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The Odyssey team explore how targeted training, clearer career pathways, and better recognition can support data professionals to thrive and strengthen data services across the UK in the newest Data Impact blog.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/optimizing-d...

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In this post, the UK Data Service delves deeper into what you can gain from joining the upcoming event: Perspectives on Engagement and Impact.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/early-career...

Sweets in a sweet shop

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John Sanderson, Deputy Director of the UK Data Service, discusses how the infrastructure of the Service increases the time researchers can spend analysing data versus finding and preparing it.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/john-sanders...

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Concetta Gigante, PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Liverpool, explores the impact of pay transparency policies and how geographies shape the UK’s gender wage gap.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/gender-pay-g...

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Professor Jake Anders, Principle Investigator if the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study shares insights and opportunities from the study's second wave of data collection in the newest Data Impact blog.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/

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We welcome fresh voices, new perspectives and compelling stories connecting data to real-world change. If you have a story that connects data to people, policy or practice – we would love to hear it.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/write-for-da...

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Finn Dymond-Green, Director of Impact at the UK Data Service, reflects on a year of impact in the final Data Impact blog of 2025.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025-a-year-...

Mount Fuji in Japan

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Anastasia Fadeeva, one of our current cohort of Data Impact Fellows, reflects on her short-term placement at Chiba University and Kyoto University in Japan.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/reflections-...

A view looking up at trees in a forest

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Camilla Philpot Thomsen reflects on the learning, collaboration and ideas that have made up her first year as Associate Director for Data Operations at the UK Data Service.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/a-year-in-da...

How we put together a framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinions surveys – Data Impact blog @ 10 John Kenny, from the Tyndall Centre, introduces a new UK Data Service case study. The case study explores his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of European public opinion surveys.

New blog post & case study: CAST affiliate, Dr John Kenny (@johnkenny.bsky.social) explores his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of public opinion surveys, on the UK Data Service's (@ukdsimpact.bsky.social) website. 📣

Read the blog post 👇

It was fantastic working with John on this, we are really happy with the case study!

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John Kenny (@johnkenny.bsky.social) introduces a new Impact case study exploring his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of public opinion surveys. @tyndallcentre.bsky.social

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/framework-cl...

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🎉New impact case study🎉

We are excited to share our latest case study developed in collaboration with @johnkenny.bsky.social, which spotlights his framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys and it's impact journey.

ukdataservice.ac.uk/case-study/c...

Six people in a panel at the last Impact event

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“How do you take your research to where decisions are made?”

The UK Data Service introduces Perspectives on Engagement and Impact - an exciting event for Early Career Researchers.

Find out more in the newest Data Impact blog.

blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/early-career...