NILS-RSU: Continuation 2012-2017

北爱尔兰纵向研究(NILS)成立于2006年，由于其高抽样率、与战略性非标准健康数据相联系的能力以及其配套的死亡率研究，是英国独一无二的资源。它的初步开发由北爱尔兰统计和研究局(NISRA)和公共卫生局的卫生和社会关怀研究和发展司(HSC R&D司)提供资金。它目前被用来检查移民、生育率和健康等问题。然而，随着即将到来的2001-2011年人口普查联系，它的力量将会增加，这将使人们能够在2013年发布数据时分析社会经济和人口结构的转变。自2009年以来，国家土地系统研究支助股(RSU)一直由ESRC提供资金，一名工作人员由第一和副首席部长办公室(OFMDFM)提供资金，专门开发更直接地纳入政策关切的用途。RSU的核心任务是维持一个安全的环境，支持用户从项目设计到申请和批准，再到数据提取、分析和最终输出，并促进NILS的研究和政策使用。NILS的开发由一个指导小组监督，该小组包括资助者、数据供应商和用户。项目审批由研究审批小组(RAG)监督，该小组包括数据供应商和资助者。这项RSU供资提案(2012-2017)进一步发展了这一核心职权范围。在可预见的将来，通常的用户访问方法(包括支持的“远程”访问)将利用安全设置，因此核心支助提供(上文提到的)仍将是由该办公室管理的主要职能，提供工作文件、元数据和其他指导也是如此。我们会继续就服务标准和简化申请程序向用户进行谘询，并会继续致力透过网上预约提高服务效率。预计当相关数据可用时，用户需求将会增加，目前正在规划以获得更好的设施、设备和更多的支助干事来满足这一需求。在截至2015年的中期申办工作中，透过2001年至2011年的联系，透过政策界别参与的研究计划，推广新机场系统的工作，意义重大，并计划推进和扩大新机场系统的政策重点。该建议充分认识到有必要超越核心业务，发展西北铁路，并对快速变化的外部环境作出反应。它通过几种方式做到这一点，包括将该股带到2017年的长期计划。其中一些是有抱负的，有些已经在训练中了。它寻求为拟议的英国物流服务中心做出贡献，并与其他物流服务支持单位(LS SU)以及ESRC的其他投资一起，在培训、推广、宣传和影响方面创造规模经济。协调访问、程序、宣传和网站是这一议程的一部分，同时也是LS SU之间汇集专业知识以处理用户查询的一部分。它还通过提出一个可远程共享和访问的合成NILS数据库来改善用户体验，并通过探索用于交叉LS分析的方法，如‘Datashield’技术，为数据共享议程做出了贡献。这些发展将使用户受益，也将探索如何使用户远程访问NILS，避免需要访问安全环境，从而使其安全和可接受。该提案还旨在通过使用NILS进行研究(例如评估地址信息的准确性)，通过与用户和数据供应商合作鼓励进一步的示范数据链接，以及通过评估建模如何可以“填补NILS中的空白”，来促进更广泛的议程，如“2011年以后”。考虑了不进行人口普查的未来的影响，同时也考虑了到2015年前NILS-RSU可能成为相关官方数据的访问点的愿望。

The Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) was established in 2006 and - because of its high sampling fraction, its ability to link with strategic non-standard health data, and its companion Mortality Study - is a resource unique in the UK. Its initial development was funded by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and the Health and Social Care Research and Development Division of the Public Health Agency (HSC R&D Division). It is currently used to examine issues such as migration, fertility and health. However, its power will increase with the imminent 2001-2011 Census link which will allow analysis of socio-economic and demographic transitions when the data is released in 2013. The NILS Research Support Unit (RSU) has been funded by the ESRC since 2009 with one staff member funded by the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM), specifically to develop usage more directly inclusive of policy concerns. The core RSU remit is to maintain a 'safe setting', to support users from project design through application and approval to data extraction, analysis and final output, and to promote the research and policy use of the NILS. The development of the NILS is overseen by a steering group that includes funders, data suppliers and users. Project approval is overseen by a Research Approvals Group (RAG) which includes data suppliers and funders. This RSU funding proposal (2012-2017) further develops this core remit. For the foreseeable future the usual user access methods (which includes supported 'remote' access) will utilise the safe setting so core support provision (noted above) will remain key functions managed from this office, as will the provision of working papers, metadata and other guidance. Existing consultation with users to agree service standards and streamlined application procedure will continue, and the aim of boosting service efficiency through online booking will be pursued. It is anticipated that user demand will grow when the linked data become available and planning is underway to get better facilities, equipment and more support officers to meet this. Promotion of the NILS via the 2001-2011 link through a research plan involving the policy community is significant in the bid in the medium term until 2015, and it is planned that the strong policy emphasis of the NILS will be taken forward and expanded. The proposal acknowledges fully the need to move beyond core business both to develop the NILS and to respond to a fast-changing external environment. It does this in several ways, including longer term plans taking the Unit to 2017. Some of these are aspirational and some are already in train. It seeks to contribute to the proposed UK LS Hub, and together with other LS support units (LS SUs), and other ESRC investments, to create economies of scale in training, promotion, advocacy and impact. The harmonisation of access, procedures, publicity and websites is part of this agenda as is the pooling of expertise between the LS SUs to deal with user queries. It also contributes to data sharing agendas by proposing a synthetic NILS database which can be shared and accessed remotely to improve the user experience and by exploring methodologies such as 'Datashield' technology for cross-LS analysis. These developments will benefit users, as will an exploration aimed at how remote user access to the NILS, avoiding the need to visit the safe setting, can be made safe and acceptable. The proposal also aims to contribute to wider agendas such as 'Beyond 2011' through research using the NILS (for example assessing the accuracy of address information); through working with users and data suppliers to encourage further exemplar data linkage; and by assessing how modelling might 'fill the gaps' in the NILS. The implications of a non-census future are considered along with the aspiration that the NILS-RSU could become the access point for linked official data by 2015.