Writing about statistics: why is shorter, better?
Here at ONS, we’re doing a lot of work on our statistical bulletins – the pages we publish alongside new…
Read moreInternational Design in Government Conference: Day One
A round-up of day one at the International Design in Government Conference, by Matt Weeks. This July I attended the…
Read moreRedesigning bulletins (my first, and Benjy’s second, Design Sprint)
As you may have seen from Darren’s blog post, we are focussing on redesigning our statistical bulletins. To kick-start this work,…
Read moreWhat’s French for data visualisation?
Conferences are a great way to learn and view the wider field of your profession. Often in data visualisation, you…
Read moreBulletin development – making pages ‘easier to read’
What does this image look like to you? It’s actually the quarterly Crime bulletin from January this year. As part…
Read moreUsing the new Beta ONS API
This is a companion post to the one Andy has published outlining ‘why’ we have built the API, and a…
Read moreMaking better bulletins – let’s start with what we know
Statistical bulletins are a critical part of what we do at the ONS. They are read by more people than…
Read moreHow we’re using data dashboards for content design at ONS
This is the final post in our short series on using data for content design at ONS. My first blog…
Read moreAccessibility is user experience
I’m Sarah and I work in the Electronic Questionnaire (eQ) team within Survey Data Collection, at Office for National Statistics….
Read moreThe data we use for content design at ONS
In my last post, I wrote about why data is important to the way we create and present content at…
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