Data Bites #22: Getting things done with data in government
Please note that at 25:24 minutes into the recording, the speaker intended to say "when we went to ADR UK" instead of "when we went to HDR UK".\n\nWe were excited to announce another online-only Data Bites event.\xa0\n\nWe took questions virtually during the event via the integrated event chat.\n\nBetter use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don\u2019t get the attention they deserve.\n\nAt this month's event, the 22nd in our series, the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had\xa0eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.\n\nThis month's speakers were:\n\nRuth Gilbert, Epidemiologist, University College London and Co-Director of the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit, on the potential for the ECHILD Database to inform policy in health, education and social care\nGary Connell, Head of Data Ownership and Data Sharing at the\xa0Department for Education, on widening access to, and maximising the benefit of, Longitudinal Educational Outcomes data for England\nMorag Treanor, Professor of Child and Family Inequalities at Heriot-Watt University, on linking data to better understand children\u2019s lives and outcomes\nRobert French, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, Cardiff University, on data linkage and Type 1 diabetes data for children\nThe event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate\xa0at the Institute for Government.