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 been wonderful to welcome new members to the Panel, introduce new processes to make the accreditation journey quicker and more efficient for the research community […]
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 and providing training and support to the wider research and statistical community. Over the past 12 months, the Centre has: Published 5 pieces of guidance […]
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 in the last two months. Guidance In October, we released our latest ethics guidance focused on ethical considerations in the use of machine learning for […]
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 (via Zoom) Note: this is the speech as drafted and may differ from the delivered version. A recording of the speech is available from the […]
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 by a sound evidence base, while also developing the role of official statistics in democratic debate. Vicky Cummings has been on secondment from the ONS […]
The UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has today released its new ethics guidance focused on the use of machine learning for research and official statistics. Tom Smith, Managing Director at the Data Science Campus and member of the Centre for Applied Data Ethics independent Advisory Committee, considers why this guidance is important […]
Since our last update at the end of July, the Centre team have been working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of some of our key activities in the last two months and what we are hoping to do next. Guidance We have recently released our latest ethics guidance on considering public […]
The UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has today released its new draft ethics guidance on considering public views and engagement in research and statistics projects. Reema Patel, Associate Director (Engagement) at the Ada Lovelace Institute, lead author of the Institute’s report on participatory data stewardship, and member of the Centre for Applied […]
Since its launch in February 2021, the UK Statistics Authority’s Centre for Applied Data Ethics has been making great strides in its work within the wider international data ethics community. Collaborating and engaging with international data ethics organisations is one of the key aims of the Centre, and by sharing our experiences, and learning from […]
Since our last update at the end of May, the Centre team have been working on a range of outputs. Here is a summary of some of our key activities in the last two months and what we are hoping to do next. Guidance We have been working on a new piece of guidance focused […]