The RSS regularly contributes to the media on a number of topics relating to statistics and data science. We are committed to ensuring the correct use of statistics in the media and our statistical ambassadors regularly provide background statistical expertise to journalists.
If you are a journalist with a media enquiry, please contact:
Mags Wiley (RSS Media & External Relations Manager), m.wiley@rss.org.uk, 020 7614 3937
Out of hours: 07709640476 (please Whatsapp or text, if possible) Recent press releases
27 August 2021 Professor David Firth confirmed as President-Elect of the Royal Statistical Society
12 August 2021 The Royal Statistical Society announces its Sports Statistic of the Year for 2021
10 August 2021 The Royal Statistical Society comments on A-level results
23 July 2021 Alliance formed to create new professional standards for data science
15 July 2021 The Royal Statistical Society announces its journalism award winners for 2021
9 June 2021 The Royal Statistical Society calls for new standards for diagnostic tests to address testing problems during the pandemic
27 April 2021 Letter from Sylvia Richardson and Jon Deeks to the Guardian on the need for more evidence on lateral flow tests 9 March 2021 The RSS calls for a full review of health statistics as it sets out the lessons that must be learnt from Covid-19 25 February 2021 The RSS comments on the plans for the 2021 school exams 6 January 2021 Letter from Stian Westlake to the Times on why the government needs to re-evaluate its schools coronavirus testing strategy
18 December 2020 The Royal Statistical Society announces its Statistics of the Year for 2020 25 November 2020 RSS comments on Chancellor’s announcement regarding the Retail Price Index 21 October 2020 New partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and Royal Statistical Society to support Joint Biosecurity Centre COVID-19 response 24 September 2020 Royal Statistical Society to review lack of statistical evidence around diagnostic tests. 11 September 2020 Letter from the RSS Covid-19 Task Force to the Times regarding concerns over the government’s ‘moonshot’ testing plans. 18 August 2020 RSS comments on announcement of OSR review into exam statistical models.
14 August 2020 RSS letter to the Ed Humpherson - request for a review of the models and processes used by qualifications regulators
7 August 2020 Letter from the RSS Covid-19 Task Force to the Guardian regarding data transparency
23 July 2020 Professional standards to be set for data science The RSS along with other learned societies is establishing industry-wide professional standards for data science
28 April 2020 The Royal Statistical Society appoints new Chief Executive Announcement of the appointment of Stian Westlake as the new RSS Chief Executive
23 December 2019 The Royal Statistical Society announces its Statistics of the Decade
19 December 2019 The Royal Statistical Society announces its Statistics of the Year for 2019
6 August 2019 The Royal Statistical Society comments on the appointment of the new National Statistician Hetan Shah comments on the appointment of the new National Statistician
11 July 2019 Winners announced at the 2019 RSS Statistical Excellence Awards The RSS celebrated the fantastic work that had been done with statistics and data in 2018. Watch the awards ceremony here.
11 April 2019 Gender pay gap reporting is great in principle but ‘flawed in practice’ says Royal Statistical Society, as it unveils its 10 key recommendations The RSS’s recommendations to improve gender pay gap reporting
6 March 2019 RSS response to dame Shirley Pearce teaching excellence framework review (PDF) Royal Statistical Society: “Thousands of students are being misled by statistically unreliable and untrustworthy university rankings system”.
17 January 2019 RPI Response (PDF) The RSS responds to the House of Lords report on ‘Measuring Inflation’.
10 January 2019 Launch Of Journalism And Official Statistics Awards (PDF) Nominations for 2019 are open.