Research Data Scotland (RDS) will require all researchers who apply for access for data through the Researcher Access Service (RAS) to have accredited researcher status from Thursday 30 October.
12 Sept 2025
The report, published by Research Data Scotland (RDS), outlines findings from public workshops in areas including definitions of ‘public good’, ensuring the public has a voice in how data is used for research and private sector access to data.
11 Sept 2025
Join Research Data Scotland (RDS) at September’s Royal Statistical Society Conference to learn how we’re making it faster and simpler to access Scottish public sector data for research to improve wellbeing.
12 Aug 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
All the information you need about our presence at ADR UK conference this year.
04 Aug 2025
Want to learn how the Researcher Access Service can make it faster and simpler for you and your colleagues to access public sector data for research? Request an introduction from our team.
02 Jul 2025
Research Data Scotland was proud to support the first GovCamp Scotland since 2013 – a special type of gathering for those in the public sector focused on service delivery design – as part of our work with partners to transform aspects of the data research system.
24 Jun 2025
Curious to learn more about synthetic data? On Tuesday 27 May, Research Data Scotland (RDS) and Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Scotland hosted a showcase webinar to explore how synthetic data is being created, used and considered across the UK.
17 Jun 2025
Scotland Talks Data – a public panel co-hosted by Research Data Scotland (RDS) and the Scottish Centre for Administrative Data Research (SCADR) – has published its first impact report, highlighting some of the areas where members of the public have made a difference in data research.
26 May 2025
Three animations created to demystify some of the ways data is used for research to the public won a silver prize for the ‘Best use of animation’ at the DataComms 2025 Awards.
23 May 2025
Are you interested in learning more about synthetic data?
19 May 2025
