This blog is now archived
This blog is now archived
This blog is no longer being updated. If you're interested in how we're using performance analysis and data science in government, read about it on the cross-government data blog.
Making it simpler to publish data
We've been making improvements to the publishing process on data.gov.uk to make it easier for users to find the information they need.
Making registers easier to copy
We’ve talked a lot about registers forming part of a digital ecosystem, providing data good enough to build services on. We’ve also outlined the characteristics of a register and how each characteristic helps registers remain authoritative and up to date. …
Building data infrastructure for personal data
Personal data is data that can be used to identify an individual. This could be their name, address, date or country of birth, bank details or National Insurance number. The way personal data is used and stored is protected by …
The Accelerator: trains, forecasts and GCSE results
We are now open for applications to the next round of the Data Science Accelerator, so it’s a good moment to give a flavour of the programme based on our most recent graduation. This was the sixth cohort to go through …
8 things I learned about data discoveries
The teams working on Data Infrastructure at GDS have just completed three discoveries. We’ve walked away with some great products, but also some good learning about what does and doesn’t work when doing discovery. Scope the brief Discovery is …
Data Science Accelerator - apply now!
The Data Science Accelerator is a cross-government training programme. 49 people from 31 public sector organisations have already taken part, and have consistently told us what great opportunities it gives them in their careers. Below is a video showing participants …
Territory register goes into beta
As a final hurrah at the end of a busy year and just in time for the Christmas break, the registers programme is excited to share the beta territory register! Tony Worron, the register’s custodian, has already shared his fantastic …
We want to understand more about our readers
We enjoy talking about data. In fact, we enjoy talking about it so much we have two blogs on the subject: Data in Government (this blog) and Data at GDS. To date we’ve used the Data at GDS blog to …
How we describe Data Infrastructure products and services
The Data Infrastructure team has done a lot of work lately to improve the way we talk about our products and services. One of the ways we’ve done this is by defining the terms we use to describe the things …
The register of schools in England goes into alpha
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Richard Vale, Posted on:
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Categories:
Data Infrastructure, Government Data Programme, Registers
Last year the Data Leaders Network proposed that education should be one of the five areas we should focus on in developing the first tranche of registers. School-related data in particular is widely used, by a large and varied number …
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