New Data Insight 📊 Analysis of 3.7m adults found that people with intellectual and physical disabilities faced higher risks of COVID-19 hospitalisation & mortality. The highest relative risks were seen among people with intellectual disabilities. Read: www.adrscotland.org/news-publica...

The 2026 Office for National Statistics (ONS) Research Excellence Awards are open! If you have conducted innovative administrative data research or know a fellow @adr-uk.bsky.social researcher who deserves recognition, the ONS wants to hear from you. Nominate today👇 www.adruk.org/news-publica...

Presented at IPDLN? Take the next step.7 Turn your conference abstract into a full paper and share your research with the wider population data science community through IJPDS. As an IPDLN presenter, you'll also receive a 20% APC discount. #IPDLN2026

Register now for our FREE in-person training course on the Data Quality Aspects of Administrative Data. This one day course held in London on the 6 October 2026, will cover the technical, social & legal aspects of data quality. Book now 👉 edin.ac/4bp2N08 #DataQuality #AdministrativeData #Training

Interested in using administrative data for research? Our new website brings together everything you need to know about accessing data, including datasets, catalogues, accreditation requirements and available support. Explore our data access pages today 👇 www.adrscotland.org/data-access/...

Wishing all our researchers, analysts and data scientists a successful #IPDLN2026 conference in Rotterdam this week. Such an exciting programme exploring the power of administrative data linkage: ipdln.org/2026-ipdln-c... #DataLinkage #DataScience #AcademicConference

Upcoming CYCJ webinars: 18 Aug 📆 Complex Lives: The Enduring Impact of Care Experience for People in the Justice System.

It's time for the final session at #UKDSFamilyFinance2026! This session is focused on bringing together new data and methods to measure living standards in the UK. If you've enjoyed today's conference, please take a look at our upcoming training and events:

Sign up for this webinar in September, to hear the Reflections on the Sentencing and #Penal #Policy Commission: Changing Scottish #Youth #Justice for the Next Generation. #CYCJ #YouthJustice #Webinar @johnmcghee.bsky.social @moragtreanor.bsky.social

Updated: Major science facilities to be scaled back. UKRI has confirmed cuts at major domestic science facilities over the next four years, despite providing £135 million in extra cash to “avoid” harsher cutbacks. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Are you going to #IPDLN conference in Rotterdam? We have more than 20 abstracts published in this booklet - #health, #education, #socialcare, #training and improved #metadata - please do chat to our team to find out more. #datasets, #research #data ijpds.org/issue/view/47

Congrats to #ONS, #NMC and our team for creating a ‘first of its kind’ linked population data resource by combining prof. registration data from the NMC #nurses and #midwives register with Census 2021 records for England and Wales. A great new dataset for #researchers! edin.ac/4gtbnOR @nhs.uk

Join our team in Wales - excellent job opportunity for a #data #scientist. @popdatascisu.bsky.social @ukdataservice.bsky.social

This month’s list of consultations & inquiries from the UK’s 4 legislatures & governments that require #socialscience evidence incl. consultations on the defence industry, social housing, content for T Levels in sport and social care, & more. Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/policy-monit...

Introducing an exciting project 'Homes, Heat and Healthy Kids' which analyses linked Scottish health and housing #data - with the aim to reduce childhood #respiratory #infections. www.adrscotland.org/our-work/our... @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @edinuniusher.bsky.social @imoliviaaaaa.bsky.social

How families experience financial hardship matters. Our latest #PolicyBriefing explores the link between childhood poverty, financial strain and youth offending – and why the findings could reshape how we target support. Read more: www.adrscotland.org/news-publica...

How does military service shape social mobility? This @edinburghnapier.bsky.social study provides the first population-scale evidence on social mobility among UK Armed Forces veterans. Read the full ADR UK Impact Case Study 👇 www.adruk.org/our-mission/...

Excellent research from PHS showing the no. of adults who identify as being non-drinkers has risen from 12% in 2008 ⬆️to 20% in 2024. However, in Scotland's poorest areas alcohol is the cause of death 6 times more, than those living in wealthier areas. Find out more 👇

Behind every dataset is a person. Behind every record is a story. A new study published in IJPDS explores how people who use drugs view the use of their personal data for research—and why trust and transparency matter just as much as security. READ: ijpds.org/news/30-06-2...

Construction on the site of the UK's Next National Supercomputer has begun! The University of Edinburgh was chosen as the new supercomputer’s home in recognition of EPCC’s long-standing leadership in high performance computing. Read more: edin.ac/4w7wta7

Learn Git and GitHub through a graphical interface. This course covers core version control concepts, from creating repositories to managing branches and collaborating via GitHub. Date: 15 July, 13:00-16:00 Sign up: www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...

New research suggests low sunlight exposure is an overlooked risk for cardiovascular disease mortality and could be more significant than extreme temperatures. Read more about the study and why it's important for public health messaging & winter planning👇 www.adrscotland.org/news-publica...

What drives early youth offending? ADR Scotland research finds that persistent financial strain experienced by families is key. Children exposed to long-term strain had 155% higher odds of offending by age 12. This has big implications for policy. Read more: www.adrscotland.org/news-publica...

How far do nurses travel to work – and why does it matter? Our latest blog shares progress on research into commuting, wellbeing and workforce challenges. Find out more 👇 www.adrscotland.org/news-publica...

Scottish adult social care faces significant pressure, including increasing demand, complexity of need and long-standing evidence gaps. Read how we are bringing together government, researchers & the social care sector to turn data into actionable evidence: www.adrscotland.org/our-work/our...

Are you a researcher keen to engage with policymakers? Read our quick guide to policy engagement on the brand new ADR Scotland website. Explore opportunities to meaningfully engage that ensures research using administrative data delivers real public value. 📣 www.adrscotland.org/get-involved...

New to administrative data research or data analysis? Then the below introductory training course on GitHub may be for you! Check out the details below👇 #GitHub #DevCommunity

New Data Insight explores the factors linked to school absence 📊 It shows how absence is complex and multi‑faceted - with a range of factors including poverty, health, additional support needs all shaping attendance. Read more: www.adrscotland.org/news-publica... #DataInsight #Education #Scotland

We took #datascience to the Edinburgh Science Festival and learned a lot along the way 👀 With LEGO and crafts driving meaningful conversations, over 700 people helped us explore data and its role in public good research. ✨Read all about it ➡️ www.adrscotland.org/news-publica... #PublicEngagement

10 years ago the IPDLN community helped define Population Data Science. Now it’s time to ask: Did we get it right? 🤔 Join our workshop at International Population Data Linkage Network Conference 2026 and help shape the next decade REGISTER: www.eur.nl/en/essb/paym... Registration closes 19 June

📣Check out this great webinar recording from @celcis.org, on the findings of the Growing Up in Kinship Care study and what is needed to support Scotland's kinship families. You can also find materials on the study, including an infographic on our website. www.adrscotland.org/our-work/our...

Looking for a guide to accessing data for public good research? Explore our new website for an overview on data access panels, researcher accreditation, and where you can find data covering Scotland. 👇 www.adrscotland.org/data-access/...

Did you see @royalsociety.org upcoming celebration of science?👀 Pop along to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London from 30 June. Our delivery partners @epcc.bsky.social will be there to give the inside scoop on #supercomputing. 👇 #SummerScience

Still thinking about all the fun from @pintofscience.uk 💭 As part of the festival in Edinburgh, we showed how admin data can reveal hidden inequalities in Scotland's schools & streets—and how better design can drive change. Find out more in our latest blog 👇 www.adrscotland.org/news-publica...

New funding. New website. New look. We’ve refreshed our brand to better reflect our work, partnerships and impact. Take a look 👇 www.adrscotland.org

We’ve launched our new website & refreshed brand 🎉 Built to better showcase how we support research and policy through administrative data. Take a look 👇 www.adrscotland.org

Data Resource Profile: Nursing and Midwifery Council Register Linked to Census 2021- England and Wales . Delighted to see this pre-print out - with lots of fantastic #admindata #research to follow. osf.io/preprints/so... @mjamieson1856.bsky.social @ianatherton.bsky.social

As ADR Scotland is a partnership between Scottish Government and SCADR, we will adhere to the Scottish Government pre-election guidance. Therefore, this page won't be routinely updated during the pre-election period, up to 7 May.

Fantastic opportunity for #Research #Associate wishing to develop a career in using administrative #data relating to #children and the effects of poverty, education and transport.

Excellent opportunity - CoSS #PhD Scholarship - Getting There, Getting Ahead: the link between school non-attendance, transport mode and educational outcomes. #education #data @glasgow.ac.uk edin.ac/4sJFK6X @moragtreanor.bsky.social @silviab.bsky.social

New article by Dr B Matthews, Prof Susan McVie, and Dr P Norris in the Eur. Journal of #Criminology 'Who benefited most from the crime drop? Measuring stability and change in victimisation inequality across different socio-demographic groups' doi.org/10.1177/1477... @adrwales.bsky.social

The Scottish Government has now published the ‘Social Care Analytical Unit: Areas Of Research Interest 2026-2029’. This #ARI publication outlines priority #adult #socialcare #research themes + questions. www.gov.scot/publications...

Great news that @adr-scotland.bsky.social was awarded 5 years of @ukri.org funding – enabling @moragtreanor.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @serena-pattaro.bsky.social to conduct data-driven research aimed at improving lives across the UK. @ubdc.bsky.social www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Data published by the UK Government today shows that across the UK, almost half a million households are now affected by the two child limit policy. The UK Government must scrap the limit which is denying children the childhood they deserve. #NoLimitsToChildhood

🟢 Watch our Southern Green Criminology webinar on the SCCJR YouTube channel where Dr David R. Goyes, University of Oslo, talks about how the unequal distribution of capital has shaped contemporary dynamics of environmental harm and crime. youtu.be/1JGVk-9x-lw

Sign up for this fantastic webinar and hear from two of our wonderful researchers, on the 'Value of Linked Data: unlocking public data from citizens personal information to benefit society'. Friday, February 28 · 3:10 - 5:30pm #dataprivacyday #data @susanmcvie.bsky.social edin.ac/43kgWZc

A fantastic resource for anyone interested in learning more about children's lives and outcomes who are living in Scotland. Great research from our Dr Joanna Soraghan and Dr Robert Porter.