Scottish Longitudinal Study - Development & Support Unit

Congratulations to SLS Tech Team member, Cassia Smith, for winning First Place at the Best Poster Award presentation during the 20th International Digital Curation Conference 2026, with her poster entitled "Nailing Jelly to the Wall"! ⭐

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England and Wales Census 2031 Consultation 💭

Our partners Office for National Statistics are looking for your input to help build the next Census.

They want to hear about how you use census data and your requirements for topic data from Census 2031.
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Closes on 4 February 2026.

Scotland's Census 2031 - Topics - Scottish Government consultations - Citizen Space Find and participate in consultations run by The Scottish Government

💬 One week left to take part in the consultation for Scotland's Census 2031!
If you are a SLS researcher, or have used Scotland's Census data in the past, share your views on the benefits of these outputs for your work, and how they can be improved in the future.
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Making Data Work Together: Four Practical tips for Effective Harmonisation - Population Data Science We live in an increasingly digital world where the ability to discover, connect and share data is becoming ever more essential. Today, we have the potential for four-nation NHS analysis, cross-EU heal...

Last month, SLS Team member Joseph Barbour took part in an inspiring workshop about data harmonisation with @adruk2025.bsky.social

The group discussed the importance of harmonising datasets in an increasingly digital world, and the opportunities this creates: popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/making-data-...