New blog: 'Children of the 90s cohort members provide invaluable input into the development of digital footprint linkage frameworks'. andy boyd (UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration) and Kate Shiells (MRC IEU) explore the conditions required for our online interactions to enhance studies. tinyurl.com/2jtz7z93

Interested to learn what linked NHS COVID-19 data the UK LLC currently has to offer? See below for more details or visit our website: ukllc.ac.uk/datasets/

We are super excited for the launch of Crowd - a global platform for the Population Data Science community. See you there! x.com/IJPDS/status/1…

Joint University of Bristol and Bristol UCU statement on #USS uob.sharepoint.com/sites/news/Sit… "A key objective of the valuation would be to pass any benefit that arises from the valuation back to staff in the form of improved benefits as quickly as possible"

Really pleased to see my Economic and Social Research Council report 'Population Data for Inclusive Research' published bit.ly/3JPeUUD. Longitudinal research needs to do more to ensure our data and research is inclusive of harder-to-reach groups #DiversityInData

The UK LLC currently have >20 longitudinal studies on board. See our website for more details: ukllc.ac.uk/partner-studie…

Great opportunity to work in Oslo at the fab #MoBa cohort with @laurie_jh on a #LongitudinalResearch study using cohort data with linked health records

Our new paper is out now 👇

Read our frequently asked questions which aim to provide you with the information you need to know about how to access data held within the UK LLC TRE. buff.ly/39bQXJr

Check out this new blog from Rosie Cornish which details 2 new reports on the quality and suitability of #data which will be used to link between childhood adversity & later perpetration of #violence - and why this #research is important 👇 bit.ly/3PVDDsV

Don't forget to catch us at the IPDLN conference this week! We’ll cover our aims and objectives, challenges of building a new research resource, our application process and legal framework, and how public and participant involvement has shaped our work: ipdln.org/2022-conference

Wonderful to be back ⁦IPDLN⁩, to see so many old friends again and to hear about all the progress in population data science over the pandemic.

Fascinating report from ADR UK where public contributors help shape our understanding of #PublicGood in research - I look forward to discussing this with UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration public contributors who review #PublicBenefit potential in all our user applications

A great blog from #DAREUK on the importance of transparency, public involvement and engagement and public benefit when it comes to use of data: dareuk.org.uk/trustworthines… We agree, and work with public contributors to make sure UK LLC enables public benefit research.

Demonstrating trustworthiness is a major motivator behind this - UK Statistics Authority are rigorous and the standard is specific to TREs so is meaningful and covers all aspects of what we do. A true and rigorous independent audit - not for the fainthearted, but crucial to building trust.

Many thanks to the SAILDatabank governance team for all their advice!