It’s the Census… but not as we know it
With the next census coming in 2021, Becky Tinsley looks at what the future holds for the nation’s longest-running and largest survey.
Read more Migration: the ins and outs of the outs and ins.
There are few topics more debated and discussed than migration. Emma Rourke explains how ONS is addressing some big questions about a big issue.
Read moreOfficial statistics in a “post truth” era
If this is a ‘post-truth’ era, when was the ‘truth’ era? That was one of the questions posed at a recent panel discussion hosted by the Royal Statistical Society to consider whether we really are in a post-truth world of ‘alternative facts’, and if so what we can do about it.
Read moreGuardian profile shines light on inflation foot soldiers
This week the Guardian carried an interesting report on the process of compiling all the prices needed to calculate inflation. Economics Correspondent Katie Allen followed one of 300 price collectors, Brenda Cleaver, who gathers many of the 180,000 prices of 700 items on behalf of ONS.
Read moreStarting a fascinating data career in the 21st Century
If you have missed the government drive to increase apprentices across all sectors and industries then you may have missed the slogan “get in, go far”. Gareth Clancy explains how you can get in and go far as an apprentice at the Office for National Statistics.
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