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Making a real-world impact is a major ambition for researchers using administrative data – but in reality, this often comes with some challenges. In this blog, ADR UK and ADR Scotland teams share some key insights from their experience delivering a workshop for researchers on influencing policy.
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Read the outputs from our Scottish Child Payment event run in partnership with the University of Glasgow in March 2026. Discover the key insights, emerging research opportunities and next steps for building the evidence base on the wider impacts of the Scottish Child Payment.
Data research can be difficult to explain. Many concepts central to data research, such as data linkage, secure access, and public benefit, are often unfamiliar to people.
Over the last two years, Research Data Scotland (RDS) and Administrative Data Research Scotland (ADR SCOTLAND) have attended public engagement events with partners across Scotland. We went with one question in mind: Can public engagement events help people better understand data research and its role in society?
In this blog, Dr Michelle Jamieson provides a brief update on the project investigating commuting patterns among nurses and midwives in England and Wales, and how the team is now extending this work using Scottish microcensus data.
