This month, Research Data Scotland (RDS) published a new report on public opinions of data access for research. Learn more about how we involved the public in this blog post from Katie Oldfield, Senior Engagement Manager.
Katie Oldfield
25 Sept 2025
Master's student Zainab Hashmi walks us through her research project on the benefits, challenges, and potential road forward when considering using equalities data for research.
Zainab Hashmi
11 Aug 2025
Adam Coulson, Delivery Manager at Research Data Scotland (RDS), shares an update on the latest release of our metadata catalogue and explores some of the ways we’re improving the data discovery journey for researchers.
Adam Coulson
31 Mar 2025
By Professor Roger Halliday, CEO of Researcher Data Scotland and Carole Morris, Head of Service at Public Health Scotland
Roger Halliday
24 Mar 2025
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
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
Researchers can now apply for access to synthetic versions of Scotland’s census data.
11 Dec 2024
Our CEO Professor Roger Halliday talks about the benefits of the Researcher Access Service, and how researchers can navigate it.
Roger Halliday
09 Dec 2024
On the publication of the Scottish Government’s report on pandemic preparedness, Research Data Scotland CEO, Professor Roger Halliday, shares his thoughts on how we are working collaboratively to prepare Scotland for future pandemics.
Roger Halliday
27 Nov 2024
In September, Paul Jackson, Data Approvals Transformation Lead at Research Data Scotland, visited Rwanda to take part in the Innovate Africa Symposium 2024. We asked him to reflect on the conference and themes of building trust in data.
Paul Jackson
13 Nov 2024
We're working to improve metadata and make it easier for researchers to discover and identify useful datasets. In this blog post, Emma Devine, User Engagement Officer, shares insights from our recent metadata survey.
Emma Devine
12 Nov 2024
