Kate O’Sullivan will join Research Data Scotland (RDS) as Chief Data Officer in January 2026, contributing experience in secure data access, federation of systems and information governance, to support the future of data research in Scotland.
12 Nov 2025
Master’s students Elise Darragh and Haley Dees share their experience and takeaways from Scotland’s Health Research and Innovation Conference.
Haley Dees and Elise Darragh
11 Nov 2025
The new partnership strengthens collaboration to improve data access, drive healthcare innovation and embed ethical, inclusive design across Scotland’s health system.
10 Nov 2025
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has today published its Future Data Services Phase One Report: Fixing the Data Pipeline.
04 Nov 2025
Latest changes to the Researcher Access Service bring improvements for researchers and the public, simplifying secure research access to Scotland’s public sector data.
30 Oct 2025
Several of our RDS colleagues were able to make it along to the ADR UK Conference in Cardiff this September, with many sharing their work through presentations and posters.
29 Oct 2025
Get to know the Pupil Census dataset with Data Analysts Stella Telford and Jen Muir.
21 Oct 2025
Research Data Scotland (RDS) is committed to shaping its services around the needs of researchers and data users. Discover some of our highlights from the last year in this blog post by Emma Devine, User Engagement Officer.
Emma Devine
14 Oct 2025
Join RDS on Thursday 23 October at Scotland’s Health Research and Innovation Conference at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
14 Oct 2025
Members of the public will provide early feedback on research applications as part of a new advisory group.
13 Oct 2025
Join RDS at this year’s HDR UK Conference, where we will have a joint presence alongside the Scottish Safe Haven Network.
29 Sept 2025
