The Data Lab appoints interim CEO
Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI has announced an interim chief executive as a search gets underway to appoint someone permanently in the role. Brian Hills will be responsible...
Covid era offers chance to ‘radically rethink’ Scotland’s approach to health data
The Covid era has provided an opportunity to “radically rethink” how Scotland uses data to improve the health and wellbeing of citizens, according to a leading data expert. Dr Colin...
Opening up access to public sector data will be theme of user forum event
Opening up access to public sector data for research purposes will be the key theme of a user forum event to be hosted next month. Research Data Scotland will host...
Edinburgh tech spinout aims to reduce analysis time for genetic data
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have launched a spinout company that aims to revolutionise the handling of data by drastically reducing the time it takes to analyse millions of...
Work hard for a happy balance
Research reveals ways to help navigate the move from home office to hybrid working while retaining your workforce While many employers and employees may have found the move to home...
Class act puts children at heart of policies
Lessons from data can help reduce impact of climate crisis on youngsters An eye-catching and worrying report at Cop26 revealed that an estimated one billion children areat “extremely high risk”...
Nicola Sturgeon commits to the use of ‘ethical data’ to support government policy
Nicola Sturgeon has committed to the use of ‘ethical data’ to support government policy goals at the annual Data Summit conference. The First Minister’s appearance reinforces a government drive to...
Why data is the new oil
In 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby coined the phrase, “Data is the new oil”. This analogy has been proven correct as data now powers entire industries and holds tremendous value...
Born in Denmark, raised globally
Denmark is a small country with world-class innovations for the public sector. FrontDesk is one of them. In 2011’s Denmark, the world’s most digital public sector, FrontDesk was approached by...
When is a crisis not a crisis?
More and more government digital services now offer a high-quality user experience, and we can all be pleasantly surprised by how simple it is to renew a passport or tax...
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