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  2022 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics launched

  18 February 2022 — Press release —

  The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) are now accepting entries for the 2022 Campion Award for Excellence in Official Statistics, awarded in partnership with the Authority and Civil Service World. The…

• Professor Martin Weale appointed as Chair of new committee seeking to strengthen official economic statistics

  14 February 2022 — Appointments —

  Following the UK’s exit from the European statistical system, we are strengthening the governance arrangements for official economic statistics, focussing on the ways we produce, and assure our statistics. At…

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  Successes of the Research Accreditation Panel 2021

  10 February 2022 — Blog —

  2021 was a great year of success for the Research Accreditation Panel (RAP) and the Research powers in the Digital Economy Act (DEA) 2017. As Chair of the RAP, it’s…

• Authority seeking to appoint independent committee members

  7 February 2022 — Appointments —

  We are seeking to appoint independent committee members to the newly formed ‘National Statistician’s Committee for Advice on Standards for Economic Statistics’ (NSCASE). Economic statistics are among the most important…

• News and updates from the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics: February 2022

  3 February 2022 — Blog —

  On the 25th February, the Centre for Applied Data Ethics will celebrate its first birthday. It has been a successful year, and the Centre team have been busy creating guidance…

• News and updates from the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics: December 2021

  1 December 2021 — Blog —

  Since our last update at the beginning of October, the Centre team have been working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of some of our key activities…

• Vacancy – Chair to the Committee (NSCASE)

  25 November 2021 — Appointments —

  Applications for this post have now closed. We are seeking to appoint an independent Chair to the newly formed ‘National Statistician’s Committee for Advice on Standards for Economic Statistics’ (NSCASE).…

• The Authority seeks a new Chair

  24 November 2021 — Appointments —

  Applications for this post have now closed. We are currently looking for a new Chair of the UK Statistics Authority for a five-year term starting in April 2022. This is…

• Sir David Norgrove speaks at University College London: Covid and the Use and Abuse of Statistics

  5 November 2021 — Blog, Event —

    Covid and the Use and Abuse of Statistics: Sir David Norgrove part of the Policy and Practice series delivered by the UCL Department of Political Science 28 October 2021…

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  Vicky Cummings discusses her secondment to a Select Committee to celebrate UK Parliament week

  5 November 2021 — Blog —

  A key responsibility of our Parliamentary Unit is the submission of evidence to relevant select committee inquiries. This work ensures that policy makers across the UK are making decisions informed…