Supermarket Sweep: Measuring inflation with over a billion scanner beeps
Miles and guests unpack how the ONS is collecting the prices from more than a billion supermarket checkout and online sales to measure UK in...
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Statistically Speaking
Statistically Speaking is the Office for National Statistics' regular monthly podcast, offering in-depth interviews on the latest hot topics in the world of data, taking a peek behind the sc...
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The road ahead for the ONS: a conversation with Darren Tierney
Late last summer, Darren Tierney stepped into the newly created role of Permanent Secretary at a pivotal moment for the organisation. In a n...
Crime data: Numbers, narratives and nuance
In "Crime: Numbers, Narratives and Nuance" our host Miles Fletcher speaks with Nick Stripe , Joint Head of Crime Statistics at the ONS and J...
Migration: The needle in the data haystack
With migration continuing to make headlines in the media, we unpack what actually defines a "migrant ", and how the UK's largest producer of...
Green Data: Measuring the Environment
In this episode we explore how the ONS measures our natural environment and the green economy . Relevant datasets: ONS Environmental Account...
AI: The Future of Data
With the public release of large language models like Chat GPT putting Artificial Intelligence (AI) firmly on our radar, this episode explor...
Communicating Uncertainty: How to better understand an estimate.
The ONS podcast return s, this time looking at the importance of communicating uncertainty in statistics . Joining host Miles Fletcher to di...
ONS: Year in Review 2023
In this episode Miles is joined by t he National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, to reflect on what has been a busy and transformative year a...
Health: Preparing for the next global pandemic
The ONS led the way informing the UK response to the Coronavirus pandemic. But what lessons can be learned and how can we best prepare not o...
Communicating Statistics: Crossing the minefields of misinformation.
In this episode we talk about the growth of data use in the media and the potential impact of misinformation on the public's trust in offici...
International Development: Growing a Global Statistical System
In this episode, w e explore ONS's work with other countries to raise the world's statistical capabilities. Transcript MILES FLETCHER Hello...
In The Field: Surveying the nation
In this episode we chat to members of the ONS Social Survey Collection Division about the importance, and challenges, of getting the general...
New Data: Transforming how we count the population
In this episode we discuss how the ONS has been working to transform the way we count the population, using new datasets to give more accura...
Local data: How new data sources are helping to calibrate communities
In this episode of Statistically Speaking we shine the spotlight on local data and look at how good statistics for small areas make for bett...
Disability: When the numbers alone are simply not enough.
In this episode, we focus on a powerful example of when the numbers alone are simply not enough. The most recent Census has told us how many...
The R Word: Decoding 'recession' and looking beyond GDP.
With news headlines proclaiming the UK has ' narrowly avoided a recession ' , we decode the 'r' word and explain why this sometimes misleadi...
Integrating Data: Boosting the capabilities of researchers to inform policymaking.
Miles explores how data linking can help tackle cross-cutting issues in an increasingly uncertain world, and how the ONS' new Integrated Dat...
ONS: The Year in Review
National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, joins Miles in a slightly festive episode of Statistically Speaking , to look back on some of the hi...
Health: The role of public data in taking the pulse of a nation.
Miles is joined by colleagues from the Health and Life Events team to explore how data is good for our health. Within the diagnosis: the Hea...
Crime: Understanding its impact on society through data.
In this episode of Statistically Speaking Miles is helped with his enquiries by Meghan Elkin and Billy Gazard from the Office for National S...