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Building a digital ‘Hub’ as a gateway to a broad set of toolkits to facilitate improved access and better use of NERC’s data.
https://www.digital-solutions.uk/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nerc-digital-solutions-hub/
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Join us on 26 Nov at @manchester.ac.uk for an event to discuss digital solutions to sustainable housing expansion with a panel of experts, and try out the DSH.

To register, please email digital-solutions@manchester.ac.uk with your name, role, organisation, and any dietary/access requirements.
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Do you work in planning, a housing association or housing policy in local or national government? 🏘️

Join us for this event on 26 Nov by emailing digital-solutions@manchester.ac.uk with your name, role, organisation and any dietary/access requirements.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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This morning we ran our user-testing workshop for delegates at the NERC Digital Gathering 2025 at Cranfield University 👏

Sign up to be the first to find out about our upcoming user-testing workshops taking place over the winter: lnkd.in/euuxYhgH
October 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The DSH team has been getting stuck into the NERC Digital Gathering 2025! Take a look at what we've been up to so far👇

Come and join us for our user testing workshop tomorrow morning at 9am to try out the NERC DSH in Lecture Room 6👋

Learn more: linktr.ee/nercdsh
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Are you heading along to the NERC Digital Gathering at Cranfield University in October? We'll see you there 👋

Come along to our workshop on Thursday 9th October, 9:00 - 10:20am, led by Prof. Richard Kingston, to try out the Hub as part of our user testing.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Policymakers and planners will be able to use the data on the NERC Digital Solutions Hub to inform their decisions on where, how and when to build new housing, data centres, schools etc.

Read more: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2024/1...
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September 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Users are enabled to tell stories with their data to create impact and add value to their decision making through trusted evidence.

👉Read more about the value of the DSH and who it is designed for: digital-solutions.uk/index.php/hu...
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September 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Analyse and tell stories with 40+ petabytes of environmental data on the NERC Digital Solutions Hub 📝

📩 Sign up to our mailing list to be one of the first to test the Hub and see for yourself how incremental the DSH is in transforming geospatial: digital-solutions.uk/index.php/si...
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September 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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The NERC Digital Solutions Hub will:
✅ Allow non-experts to search for, map and visualise data in an easy to navigate Hub.
✅ Facilitate faster and informed decision-making for policy and planning.
✅ Enable users to export PDF reports on the relevant datasets in their area of focus for easy analysis.
August 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Did you know that the NERC DSH will allow users to easily map and visualise data within the online Hub, without the need for specific software?

Don't forget to sign up to our newsletter for early access to the Hub later this year.

📩 digital-solutions.uk/index.php/si...
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August 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Read our latest update from our Director on how we are:
✅ Using AI in the Hub
✅ Producing a tool that users want and can trust
✅ Applying a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approach

Find out where we are up to, and what we are working on next: www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/ge...
July 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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40 petabytes of data is equivalent to 15 billion ebooks or 3512 years scrolling through TikTok📱

This is the amount of environmental, health, economic and social data, that will be available to access on the NERC Digital Solutions Hub.

👉 Find out more: digital-solutions.uk/index.php/da...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Search over 40 petabytes of environmental, social, economic and health data on the DSH🔍

Follow along to discover how we are using #AI and #LLMs to facilitate easy search and discovery of data sets.

👉Find out more about the NERC Digital Solutions Hub: digital-solutions.uk
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July 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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🔍 Search 🗺️ Visualise 📈 Analyse

Learning from 2 years of user experience research with environmental data users, the NERC Digital Solutions Hub will deliver in ways that other tools fall short.

👉 Read more about our user experience research findings: www.digital-solutions.uk/wp-content/u...
June 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Can't wait to get your hands on 40+ petabytes of environmental data in one easy to use Hub? Join our user testing in the Autumn for early access to the Digital Solutions Hub🍁

Register for our mailing list to gain access to our Autumn user testing: www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/si...
June 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Just over 2 weeks until the NERC Digital Solutions Hub takes on the #GEOBusiness Conference - the UK’s largest geospatial event for everyone involved in the capture, analysis and use of geospatial data 🗺️

Make sure to say 'hello'👋

Read about the DSH: www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/bl...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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🚨 Limited time left to register 🚨

Join us for a webinar on 20 May to learn about the findings from two years of user research focusing on the needs and wants of environmental data users.

👉 Find out more and register for free here: www.tickettailor.com/events/bette...
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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👋 Join us on 4 and 5 June at GEOBusiness to learn about what the DSH is, who it is for and why they should use it.

Come and say 'hey' at our stand, or see our Director, Professor Richard Kingston's talk on the main stage.

Learn more about the conference 👉 geobusinessshow.com
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May 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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In recent years, 77% of neighbourhoods have typically experienced weather hot enough to lead to excess heat-related mortality. However, not all people are affected equally.

Read more about Climate Just, which will make up part of the DSH toolkit: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2024/0...
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May 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🌍 Just 4 weeks to go until our free online webinar where you can join us to hear about the findings of 2 years of user research exploring the needs of environmental data users.

Find out more and register: tickettailor.com/events/bette...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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New Hubdate blog published 🚨

If you work with environmental, social, health or economic data, read about how the DSH can help you to search for and discover data.

👉 Learn more: www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/hu...
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April 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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What is the DSH? 🤔

An online toolkit opening up access 40+ petabytes of data that is easily searchable, can be mapped and analysed all within the Hub.

Receive the latest updates and information about early access to the DSH in your inbox 👉 lnkd.in/euuxYhgH
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April 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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In June the DSH team will be at the GEO Business Conference in London.

Will you be there too? Come and say 'hello' at our stand to learn more about the DSH, and how it may benefit you and your work 👋

👉 Learn more about the #GEOBusiness conference here: geobusinessshow.com
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April 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Come and join us on 20 May to learn about the findings of 2 years of user research exploring the needs of environmental data users across the UK's four nations.

Discover how this user research is being used to inform the DSH.

👉 Find out more and register here: tickettailor.com/events/bette...?
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March 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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Next week, our Director Richard Kingston will present the DSH at the Civil Service Climate + Environment Conference 🌍

Richard will showcase some of the features of the DSH, and its value to civil servants.

👋 See you there.

#PioneeringGreenInnovation #GIS #planning #sustainability #civilservice
March 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM