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Making a real-world impact is a major ambition for researchers using administrative data – but in reality, this often comes with some challenges. In this blog, ADR UK and ADR Scotland teams share some key insights from their experience delivering a workshop for researchers on influencing policy.
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In this blog, Zoe Dale, Public Engagement Manager at ADR UK, explores the benefits of engaging the public with data research. From improving research quality and helping researchers develop new skills, to ensuring research reflects the experiences and priorities of the people represented in the data, Zoe considers why public engagement matters for research, researchers and wider society.
This is the third and final blog in a short series by Maggie, Communications & Engagement Intern at ADR UK. Maggie explores the complexity of Black British identities, drawing on the history of the Windrush generation and her own experiences of being Black British. She considers what these histories and experiences can tell us about the way ethnicity is categorised in data, and why recognising diversity within broad ethnic groups matters for research.
This blog is the second in a series by Maggie, Communications & Engagement Intern at ADR UK. Maggie explores how people define their own ethnicity, and what this means when complex identities have to be translated into data.
Every day we're flooded with data. Election results, economic indicators, climate records, breaking news. But how do you turn millions of data points into something people can understand, trust, and act on? In the latest episode of Connecting Society, host Shayda Kashef meets Alan Smith OBE, Head of Visual and Data Journalism at the Financial Times, to explore the art and science of data storytelling.
