Celebrating Keith Cole’s career
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:30 am
Keith Cole has had a long and interesting career with the UK Data Service and its predecessors. He retires this month and we wanted to find out about that career and the contributions he’s made in the field.
Keith Cole’s peers
Firstly, we asked colleagues from the UK Data Service about how they saw him:
Keith has had an exceptional singapore rcs data career in what we now call data services or data infrastructure. He always brought the perspective of a data user to our joint endeavours and was an early proponent of opening access to data to the widest communities. In the Economic and Social Data Service, he fought strongly for the promotion of both Census and International macrodata, complementing the energy elsewhere in the Services dealing with survey and qualitative data. Everybody learned from Keith, and I’m especially grateful for all his efforts in motivating staff across the Service, and in motivating users to access the Service. His departure from the Service has left an unfillable gap.
Professor Matthew Woollard, Director, UK Data Service
Keith’s expertise has been instrumental in supporting the open data revolution in the UK. Hundreds of thousands of users have accessed internationally important data via platforms, licenses and policies Keith has developed. His focus on engaging with data users, data owners and researchers in policy and academia has guided the transition to open practice across and between sectors. His contribution has supported the foundations of open research and it has been a privilege to learn from him.
Keith Cole’s peers
Firstly, we asked colleagues from the UK Data Service about how they saw him:
Keith has had an exceptional singapore rcs data career in what we now call data services or data infrastructure. He always brought the perspective of a data user to our joint endeavours and was an early proponent of opening access to data to the widest communities. In the Economic and Social Data Service, he fought strongly for the promotion of both Census and International macrodata, complementing the energy elsewhere in the Services dealing with survey and qualitative data. Everybody learned from Keith, and I’m especially grateful for all his efforts in motivating staff across the Service, and in motivating users to access the Service. His departure from the Service has left an unfillable gap.
Professor Matthew Woollard, Director, UK Data Service
Keith’s expertise has been instrumental in supporting the open data revolution in the UK. Hundreds of thousands of users have accessed internationally important data via platforms, licenses and policies Keith has developed. His focus on engaging with data users, data owners and researchers in policy and academia has guided the transition to open practice across and between sectors. His contribution has supported the foundations of open research and it has been a privilege to learn from him.