The ADR UK Learning Hub supports individuals across institutions, sectors, and disciplines to build confidence in using administrative data for research. It also serves as the central platform for…
In this section Working with administrative data can be complex and challenging. In this section, we address some of these challenges by providing explanations and insights to help you…
Administrative data is made up of information collected when people interact with public services. Inevitably, because this data is collected by different people in different ways, there are likely…
This page signposts to relevant resources and training. The resources in this section have been suggested to us by readers and people in our networks. They cover broader concepts of open…
This section contains content on coding skills, writing and sharing code, considering code quality, and good code citation. A fundamental cornerstone of statistical data analysis is…
At ADR UK, we define our public engagement as a purposeful set of activities designed to promote an ongoing dialogue with the public about administrative data research, driven by active listening…
In 2022, ADR UK partnered with the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) to undertake a UK-wide public dialogue to explore public perceptions of ‘public good’ use of data for research and…
Administrative data is undoubtedly a powerful research resource which can deliver rich insights into the UK population and our public services. Applying for research funding to use this data,…
We investigated similarities and differences in how ethnicity was recorded in the Police National Computer (PNC) and the National Pupil Database (NPD). In 2022, we consulted with an advisory group…
