Statistics

  • Working as a government statistician – Maike Waldmann

    8th March 2023 by

    This article has been produced as part of a blog series to spotlight the work of analysts and statisticians across government. In this blog, hear from Maike Waldmann about her work as part of the Poverty and Deprivation Statistics Team. The poverty and deprivation statistics team within the Scottish Government is a team of two,…

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  • Working as a government statistician – Giuliana Giuliani

    8th March 2023 by

    This article has been produced as part of a blog series to spotlight the work of analysts and statisticians across government. In this blog, hear from Giuliana Giuliani about her work on the Scottish Cancer Patient Experience survey. I am an Assistant Statistician in the Health and Social Care division. Since day one, I have…

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  • Working as a government statistician – Esther Roughsedge

    8th March 2023 by

    This article has been produced as part of a blog series to spotlight the work of analysts and statisticians across government. In this first blog, hear from Esther Roughsedge about her work in National Records of Scotland on the BBC Scotland Documentary ‘Who lives in Scotland?’ I head the Population and Migration Statistics team at…

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  • January spotlight on statistical work in Scotland

    1st February 2023 by

    Reading Time: 5 minutes In my first blog as Chief Statistician, I spoke about the vital role statistics play in enriching the evidence base. I am passionate about the role statisticians can make to develop better policies for the people of Scotland. In Autumn 2022, I followed up by setting out our mission across the…

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  • Becoming Leaders in Statistics

    30th July 2022 by

    We all need to become leaders in statistics. In this blog I look at how we can make that happen, the importance of sharing ideas and how your views are shaping our future planning. Reading Time: 6 minutes ‘Statistical Leadership In the Service of Scotland’ – Official Statistics Conference How can we make more of…

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  • Message from the Interim Chief Statistician – Ally McAlpine

    19th April 2022 by

    Supporting our statistics in policy making It will be an honour and a privilege to lead Scotland’s community of talented statisticians. We face many challenges in Government and our statistics plays a vital role in contributing to the response taken. I want to lead our group to get the best value from our statistics. Through…

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  • Future of COVID-19 Data Reporting

    5th April 2022 by

    Following the publication of Scotland’s Strategic Framework update in February 2022 we are now planning to move to a single main source of headline COVID-19 data. All headline COVID-19 data can now be sourced from Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) COVID-19 Daily Dashboard.   The Scottish Government (SG) will no longer provide updates to the Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for…

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  • Office of the Chief Statistician email service- ScotStat

    17th March 2022 by

    The Office of the Chief Statistician has now moved its ScotStat email notification service to a new platform. To stay up to date with the latest Scottish Government statistics make sure to sign-up to the new ScotStat. Official statistics provide the most accurate and up-to-date picture of our society. ScotStat is one of the best…

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  • Analytical exchange programme 2022

    31st January 2022 by

    by Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician   The Analytical Exchange programme matches analysts working in Scotland with voluntary sector organisations requesting help around data, analysis, statistics and research on very short, sharp projects. These can be anywhere between an afternoon to 10 working days. Individuals or small groups of statisticians, economists or researchers then act as…

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  • Scottish Government Assistant Statistician Recruitment

    25th January 2022 by

    Scottish Government recently launched a recruitment campaign for assistant statisticians at B1, B2 and B3 grades.  We are recruiting for a variety of roles across the stats group across all grades.  We have statisticians working in all parts of Government, from economy to education, from the Census to climate change, from housing to health.  The…

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