OCSI in the press
OCSI projects and team regularly feature in the press. Here’s a selection of some recent articles:
Regeneration and Renewal
Haymarket
19th May 2006
Independence not an issue for poverty data: OCSI Director Tom Smith's response to Regeneration and Renewal editorial arguing that an independent Office for National Statistics should in future develop the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Access all Areas, Neighbourhood Statistics newsletter
Office for National Statistics
February 2006
The ONS newsletter for the Neighbourhood Statistics website featured the OCSI "Data for Neighbourhood Renewal" project, which identifies and signposts datasets and resources to help local partnerships with targeting, monitoring, priority setting and performance management at a neighbourhood level.
LARIA News
Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association
February 2006
Laria News featured an article on OCSI's "Deprivation in Rotherham" project. It focused on how detailed analysis can make the difference in identifying inequalities at a local level.
New Start Regeneration Index 6
New Start journal
November 2005
OCSI Director Tom Smith comments in Graham Redfearn's article about responsible consultancy.
New Start Regeneration Index 5
New Start journal
May 2005
OCSI Director Tom Smith is nominated in New Start's Consultants' honours list for OCSI's deprivation analysis work with Oxfordshire County Council
LARIA News
Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association
February 2005
Article on the Health Poverty Index (HPI) project, a Department of Health sponsored collaboration between the Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, the South East Public Health Observatory, the University of Oxford, and OCSI.
E-Government Bulletin
Headstar
29th October 2004
Focus on Local Statistics: Inform and Engage. An article by OCSI Director Tom Smith on the power of local Data Observatories to inform and engage public and local community groups.
Oxford University Isis News
ISIS
Autumn 2003
Feature in ISIS news on OCSI's formation
