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Measuring trade – why does the world seem to import more than it exports?
With complex international trade negotiations in prospect for the UK, Jonathan Athow explains how ONS is addressing the asymmetries in global trade statistics. “According to the World Trade...
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Apprenticeships at ONS – Taking data science opportunities to the next level
Alison Adams explains how ONS is leading the way in developing a degree level apprenticeship – based data science qualification. With the number of apprenticeship opportunities rapidly expanding,...
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Civil Servants get lessons in better use of data
With Civil Service Live over for another year, Owen Abbott, Head of ONS’s Big Data Team explains how the team’s attendance sparked a curiosity around data science. “To be a truly effective modern Civil...
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Our digital journey: moving to electronic questionnaires
Earlier this year we shared news about the Retail Sales Inquiry (RSI) – the monthly national survey of shops and shopping – moving to digital data collection. ONS is transforming the way it collects...
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Why is measuring self-employed income so hard?
Jonathan Athow explains how ONS measures earnings and how there is no easy solution to calculating self-employed income just yet. In recent years more and more people have become self-employed. That...
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Moving to online data collection
Rhian Murphy explains how the move online for the Retail Sales Inquiry (RSI) survey has already brought early benefits. The Retail Sales Inquiry (RSI) is a monthly survey that collects turnover data...
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Data driven social change?
In this guest blog, Karl Wilding, Director of Public Policy and Volunteering at The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) explains how ONS has a key role to play in helping civil society...
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Listening to what you think
Danny Langley reflects on results from this year’s ONS customer satisfaction survey and how it is evolving. Every year ONS used to run the same Customer Satisfaction Survey, asking our users what they...
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The Age of Data
Thanks, in the main, to decades of improved healthcare and technological progress, more of us are getting old and living longer. Global life expectancy is expected to increase, and on current...
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Understanding financial crises – What we know and what we’re doing
On 14 September 2007, Northern Rock became the first UK bank in 150 years to suffer a bank run. This is typically seen as the first sign of the Global Financial Crisis beginning to unfold in the UK. As...
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