Research Capability 2021
Our Research Capability 2021 event took place in London on Wednesday 13th October. This was the Secure Research Service’s (SRS) first in-person conference since 2019!
The day featured a keynote presentation with Sir David Spiegelhalter on communicating the results of complex modelling, and breakout sessions on topics such as The Levelling-Up Agenda, Pathways Through Education and the Experience of Children In Care, and Research Ideas to Evidence Impact.
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Following this, Alison Pritchard gave a keynote presentation on the exciting future developments taking place at Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Alison Pritchard, Deputy National
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Research Excellence Awards 2021
The day also featured the ONS Research Excellence Awards panel session and awards presentation with National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond.
The awards promote greater awareness and understanding of the data available and the public good achieved by statistical research.
 Dr Mark Green, Vasileios Antonopoulos, David Buil-Gil, Rachel Plachcinski, Alison Macfarlance, Nadia Bulter, Sir Ian Diamond
New datasets in the SRS
OFQUAL/GRADE (A-Level and GCSE Awarding Data)
Accredited researchers can apply to access the GRADE (Grading and Admissions Data for England) dataset. This comprises key data about centre assessment grades and calculated grades in 2020.
Visit the GOV.UK website for more information.
Family Magistrates dataset
A de-duplicated dataset relating to people involved in Family Court cases being processed by the Family Courts in England and Wales. This includes all areas of family justice including public and private law cases; matrimonial matters (e.g. divorces, annulments and separations); financial remedy (formerly known as ancillary relief); domestic violence remedy orders; forced marriage protection orders; female genital mutilation protection orders; adoption; The Mental Capacity Act and Probate.
For more information please contact us.
Funding opportunity: ADR UK Research Fellowships
 Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) are accepting applications for 12-month Research Fellowships to conduct analysis using newly available GRading and Admissions Data for England (GRADE), to understand the impacts of summer 2020 awarding approaches on students and schools.
The deadline to apply is 17:00 on 1 December 2021.
Economics Statistics User Survey by ESCoE
 Please complete this survey on your experience using and accessing ONS economic statistics. The survey is currently being undertaken by the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) which is an independent research centre sponsored by the Office for National Statistics.
There are 19 short questions which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey no later than 26 November 2021.
Thank you for your time, your feedback is important to us.
COVID-19 Question Bank
The Government Statistical Service (GSS) recently published the ONS COVID-19 Question Bank. It is a repository of questions asked by the ONS about the COVID-19 pandemic. The Question Bank can be found on the GSS COVID-19 harmonisation guidance webpage.
The aims of the Bank are:
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To provide a list of questions that can be used to improve harmonisation across surveys.
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To provide users with an understanding of what data the ONS holds in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bank has been updated three times since its launch and now hosts all questions asked by ONS owned household and travel surveys about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will continue to be updated regularly to include the latest questions and any further surveys, most recently the new International Arrivals Insights Survey was added, as well as questions asked about measures to help stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in schools.
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