Remember the NCSC UK #cybersecurity advice to use Three Random Words for your passwords? It makes them easy to remember long enough to enter on a PC or phone even if you use a password manager. Here's a simple utility to create them when you're feeling lazy: securityessentials.github.io/ThreeRandomWor…

👀 Have you had chance to wander around our Communities of Interest yet? Each CoI provides a collaborative space to share knowledge, set research agendas, and translate evidence into practice - bridging gaps between research, policy, and operational work. crestresearch.ac.uk/iapss/coi/

Looking forward to the workshop I'm running on Thursday at Lean Agile Scotland in Edinburgh

ADR UK and ADR Scotland recently led sessions at the Royal Statistical Society conference, highlighting the value of administrative data for research to the international statistics community. Read some reflections on the event⬇️ adruk.org/news-publicati…

👀 FUNDING STREAM OPEN: Funding for Doctoral Prize Fellowships for up to one year for finishing PhD students to work in probabilistic AI research 👉probai.ac.uk/funding/

🎉 We are delighted to share that Craig Finlay, based at University of Oxford, has become the first SafePod Coordinator in the UK to achieve Platinum status. Craig has coordinated 200 bookings, ensuring researchers have secure access to sensitive data for public good research.

A huge flood triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet occurred with such force that it fractured the ice above and burst out across its surface.

Happy Birthday Crest 🥳

📢 New opportunity: NHS England Data Science PhD Internships... These short-term placements offer the chance to work on live NHS projects and gain experience using NHS data. Closing date: 31st October 2025 Find out more and apply now 👇 adruk.org/news-publicati…

📣One week to go! 📣 Our researcher symposium will showcase research using administrative data to explore vital questions around climate and sustainability. Join us online on Tuesday 21 October at 14:00. Register now ⬇️ eventbrite.com/e/adr-uk-resea…

We're wishing all in our community who celebrate this occasion a very happy and prosperous Diwali 🕯️

ICYMI: FREE NABS+ Half Day Creative Workshop, 'Drawing From Your Research'. Use playful storyboarding and analogies to help you communicate your research in fresh, engaging ways. Tues 25 November, 10:30 - 15:00, London. Register now! crestresearch.ac.uk/nabs/opportuni…

Excited to be at our Probabilistic AI for Environmental Science event at the Isaac Newton Institute this morning, with some exciting speakers over the next two days!

Steve Hodges, Distinguished Professor in Computing and Digital Systems, was awarded one of the Institution of Engineering and Technology's most significant awards – the Mountbatten Medal.

We know many codebreakers knitted in their spare time, but in some sections, they found a use for their knitting needles on the job! In the Hollerith Section in Block C, millions of punched cards were processed each week to help break ciphers (contrary to myth, they were not

“Paradoxically, a focus on the process by which people move towards violent extremism has privileged the endpoint in determining what we understand as radicalisation.” Read the full #CSR21 article by Hilary Pilkington crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/why-st…

“Decentralisation comes with trade-offs: while it may reduce vulnerability to attack, it can also slow communication and hinder coordination, introducing different kinds of weaknesses.” Read the full #CSR21 article by Nick Crossley crestresearch.ac.uk/comment/social…

Delighted that EuroUSec, the usable #cybersecurity and #cyberprivacy workshop, went well 😀. If you missed it, here's a write-up: securedevelopment.org/eurousec25/

MARS is a UK Centre for research and teaching in mathematics underpinning applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to real-world systems. Why not join us?

Professor of Literature and Culture Catherine Spooner is one of seven experts sharing their favourite artwork with the Conversation theconversation.com/the-painting-t…