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Preparing for the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Conference 2022

Ian Hillis blogs about the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Conference 2022.

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My Government Statistical Service (GSS) Fast Stream experience

Maxime Brooks blogs about her experiences on the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Fast Stream programme. Maxime is in her first posting at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and shares what it's like working on the Government's response to the Grenfell tragedy.

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Transforming energy data pipelines

Joseph Elliston of the the department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) blogs about working with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on digital transformation projects.

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My secondment to the BBC

Ellen Clowser blogs about her experiences working at the BBC during her third year of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Fast Stream programme.

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Harmonising decentralised data collections

Richard Laux looks at the importance of harmonisation, especially where work is outsourced.

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Tobacco trends: how changes to surveys during the pandemic affected smoking estimates

This blog looks at the available sources of data about smoking in more detail. It also looks at what the data tell us about smoking trends.

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Championing our Champions!

Shamela Pepper-Grainger looks back at the successes of the user engagement champion network over the last year.

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Harmonisation: An opportunity to build inclusive foundations

Today we are pleased to launch our Harmonisation Workplan for 2022 onwards. This sets out our priority areas of work to review and update our standards and guidance. It also shows how we are responding to the Inclusive Data Task Force recommendations by putting inclusivity at the heart of what we do.

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A success story from the Government Statistician Group (GSG) reverse mentoring scheme

John Bates and Adriana Castaldo discuss what they have learned from taking part in the GSG reverse mentoring scheme.

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Reverse Mentoring from two perspectives

Sophie Skillings and Richard Laux share what they learned from their reverse mentoring partnership.

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