Five minute profile: interview with Wendy Fraser
Our People and Culture Manager, Wendy Fraser, shares how we're developing our workplace culture at RDS, and some of the highlights and challenges of her role.
07 Mar 2025
News and insights
New partnership highlights the role data should play in solving historic gender inequality in healthcare
A pioneering partnership between Research Data Scotland (RDS) and the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) will help address long-standing gender inequality in Scotland’s approach to cardiovascular healthcare by harnessing the power of data.
03 Mar 2025
RDS shortlisted for Digital Health and Care award
The Researcher Access Service, which Research Data Scotland (RDS) delivers alongside eDRIS, is shortlisted for the Digital Transformation category in the Digital Health and Care Awards.
Research Data Scotland
17 Feb 2025
Five minute profile: interview with Jo Bruce
Our interview series shines a light on what it’s like to work at RDS. We spoke to Jo Bruce, Technical Data Manager, about the highlights and challenges of her role.
Research Data Scotland
11 Feb 2025
New updates for the Researcher Access Service
The aim of this post is to shout about some of the changes to the Researcher Access Service, and mainly to highlight how we’re working to continually improve it.
Adam Coulson
10 Feb 2025
Coming soon – Scottish LEO data for research
For the first time, Scottish Government Longitudinal Education Outcomes - LEO University data will be made available to researchers through application to the Office for National Statistics.
Research Data Scotland
24 Jan 2025
Five projects receive funding to support public engagement
Research Data Scotland (RDS) has awarded over £34,000 to five projects through its Public Engagement Fund in 2025-26.
15 Jan 2025
How Scotland is claiming its place in the UK data ecosystem
As we start work on the exciting plans we have for this year and beyond, our Chief Executive Officer, Professor Roger Halliday reflects on how Research Data Scotland has been working to align approaches within Scotland to improve the data access service, and how we can continue to strengthen this while also working towards a UK-wide approach.
Roger Halliday
09 Jan 2025
Watch: Researcher Access Service webinar
On Wednesday 4 December, Research Data Scotland (RDS) and Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Scotland hosted a showcase webinar to explore how the Researcher Access Service makes it faster and simpler to access data. Watch a recording of the webinar now.
17 Dec 2024
Synthetic census data now available for research
Research Data Scotland (RDS) is delighted to host new synthetic datasets from National Records of Scotland (NRS) which will enable researchers to learn more about Scotland’s census.
Research Data Scotland
11 Dec 2024
Interview: Liam Cavin on NRS Synthetic Census Data
Researchers can now apply for access to synthetic versions of Scotland’s census data.
11 Dec 2024