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Current projects

Explore our active projects with a wide range of partners.

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What we're working on

Our projects range from working with our partners on various data projects and steering groups to developing our own Researcher Access Service, which will significantly improve the ways researchers from approved organisations gain secure access to public sector data.

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ADR Scotland partnership

Find out how we're working with ADR Scotland to simplify and speed up access to secure data.

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Data projects

Learn about our Equalities Protected Characteristics Dataset project and the Scottish Medical Imaging (SMI) service.

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Researcher Access Service

Discover how our upcoming service will make it faster and simpler to access secure data for research in the public good.

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Scottish Data for Research Alliance

The alliance aims to steer the data system to deliver better population outcomes and continuous improvement

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Scottish Safe Havens Steering Group

Find out how the group is working together to enhance regional safe haven infrastructure in Scotland.

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Synthetic Data

Synthetic datasets allow researchers to test approaches while awaiting the necessary permissions to use actual data.

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Data explainers

Confused about data? Our handy data explainers shed light on what public sector data is, how it's kept safe and how it’s used in research.

Shaping our services

Curious about how we're engaging stakeholders and the public? Sign up for our engagement contact list to add your voice and learn more about how we're working with the public to raise the profile of data for research.

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