News category: Statisticians and Data Scientists

Automated data visualisation best practice in R: afcharts is on CRAN

Applying the Analysis Function data visualisation guidance is vital in meeting the needs of our users – and in exciting news, the afcharts R package is here to help. afcharts automates setting accessible colours, fonts and text sizing, axes labelling, and much more. Our cookbook has everything you need to get started, with a broad range of examples […]

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Help improve Official Statistics in Scotland by joining the new ScotStat Board

Scottish Government are inviting applicants to become part of a new board that will provide recommendations, advice and critical challenge to the Chief Statistician on the production and dissemination of Scottish devolved statistics.

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Data Science and Data Visualisation Accelerator programmes for 2024

Announcing dates for the Spring 2024 cohort of the Accelerator mentoring programme.

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New guidance on data sharing for crisis response

Announcing the publication of a new guide covering principles and best practice for sharing data, analysis, and statistics between government organisations in times of national crisis and to meet urgent operational need.

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Data Science and Data Visualisation opportunities in 2023

Announcing dates for the Spring 2023 cohort of the Accelerator mentoring programme.

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Winter 2022 harmonisation update

An update about the work of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team this year.

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Update on harmonisation work on the topics of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity

An update on the work of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team on the topics of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Extended deadline for abstracts for the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Conference 2022

The deadline for abstracts for the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Conference 2022 has now been extended until Friday 21 October 2022. 

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Complete the UK and England Biodiversity Indicators user feedback survey

The Environmental Indicators, Statistics and Reporting Team from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are looking for feedback from users of the UK and England Biodiversity Indicators.

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Support for the Government Statistical Service (GSS)

Find out where to get help and support for members of the GSS.

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