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Guest Blogs

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What’s it like to be incubated by an Innovation Centre?

Guest Blogs 27/05/2021

To celebrate National Co-working Day, Alex Hutchison – the Delivery Director for the Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF – has written about her experience of working with The Data Lab The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF is ready to go to school. The time has come for the Data for Children Collaborative with […]

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Data driven innovation and Nesta’s new 10 year strategy

Guest Blogs 26/05/2021

Adam Lang, Head of Nesta in Scotland, spoke to The Data Lab recently about the new 10 year strategy that they have recently launched. We were so inspired by his talk that we asked him to share their new mission objectives with you as well – perhaps you’ll think of a way you could work […]

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Closing Scotland’s Data Gap in Health & Social Care

Guest Blogs, Healthcare, News 01/03/2021

Steph Wright, Director of Health & Wellbeing Engagement from The Data Lab participated in the steering group of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry’s (SCDI) Mind the Gap report on big data and the health economy. Here we invite David Kelly, Policy Manager at SCDI to tell us a bit more about the report. David Kelly […]

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Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician of Scottish Government and Interim CEO of Research Data Scotland

Guest Blogs, Podcasts 19/08/2020

This episode requires a brief introduction. As Brian will mention in the intro it was recorded pre-COVID-19 and some of the issues discussed have had changes to them to match the current needs.  Roger Halliday started as Chief Statistician of the Scottish Government in November 2011. Before that, he worked in the Department of Health […]

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What schools can do to close ‘bleak’ Stem gender gap

Guest Blogs, Students 20/03/2020

Guest blog by Toni Scullion, Secondary Teacher and founder of DressCode   Girls are the ‘greatest untapped population of Stem professionals’ – but teacher Toni Scullion has ideas for changing mindsets The number of young girls studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) subjects – particularly computing science – is falling in schools in Scotland. So […]

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A week is a long time….

Guest Blogs 18/03/2020

By Gillian Docherty OBE, CEO of The Data Lab This time last week on Wednesday we had three calls through the day which culminated in the decision to cancel the remainder of DataFest20.  We realised early on Wednesday morning that the momentum was shifting fast with COVID-19 and we felt it was only right that […]

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Nesta in Scotland: AI for Good

Funding & Support, Guest Blogs, News 10/12/2019

Nesta in Scotland have opened a call for applications to a £100,000 grant fund to find and support innovative projects that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for social good. We want to demystify Artificial Intelligence and open up the public discourse around the positive, ethical uses that can have a positive impact on people’s lives. Deadline […]

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Synthetic Data Part 1: What, Why and How it can Financially Boost Scotlands Economy

Guest Blogs, Healthcare, News 18/09/2019

Blog by Euan Gardner, Senior Information Development Manager, Strategic Development Team, NHS NSS 1. Introduction Guess who’s back, not-so-slim shady’s back, tell a friend and this time I’m talking about synthetic data. This blog is about the concept of synthetic data, if you want a discussion on the methods (and safeguards) that The Data Lab […]

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CogX, The Data Lab, and Innovation in Scotland

Community & Events, Guest Blogs, News 10/07/2019

Guest blog by Euan Gardner, Senior Information Development Manager, NHS NSS It’s 9am in London, I’m half-dressed in a suit, smell like an accident in an aftershave factory while nursing a coffee and getting ready to speak on a panel. The conference is Cognition X’s excellent CogX conference where most people have more letters in […]

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​Understanding Data Layers For Your Business

Guest Blogs, News 05/06/2019

Guest blog by Yard If you work in the world of digital, it’s likely you’re familiar with the term ‘data layer’, but perhaps you’re wondering what exactly it means. To put it simply, data layers make data collection more efficient and reliable, compiling all data in one place to make it easier to understand website usage […]

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