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NERC Digital Solutions Hub
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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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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · 14h
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
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · 12d
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.
"NERC Digital Gathering 2025" featuring a purple background with a stylized map design. Center text reads "DSH Digital Solutions Hub will be at the NERC Digital Gathering 2025." Top left corner displays The University of Manchester logo and "Manchester 1824." Top right corner shows the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council logo. Bottom left corner includes a white block with the event dates "7–9 October."
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · 13d
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...
The University of Manchester logo is in the top left. The Digital Solutions Hub logo is in the top right. In the centre there is a search bar that has text in it. The text reads 'How will the DSH help to inform planning?'. The background is a housing development in the UK.
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · 22d
There are multiple benefits to using the NERC Digital Solutions Hub in your data journey:
✅ AI chat bots to help discover datasets.
✅ Accessible to all, no matter the experience level.
✅ One hub that makes data search, visualisation and analysis easy and efficient.

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Why should people use the NERC Digital Solutions Hub? | NERC Digital Solutions Hub
There are multiple benefits to using the NERC Digital Solutions Hub in your data journey. Our team have highlighted some of their favourites: ✅ AI chat bots to help discover datasets. ✅ Easy to use a...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · 28d
Be one of the first to try out the Hub in user testing by signing up to our mailing list: www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/si...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Sep 4
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...
This image has the Digital Solutions Hub logo in large at the top. Underneath the logo is a search bar that reads 'Is the Digital Solutions Hub useful to me?'. The background is a faint simple map in purple. At the bottom of the image is text that reads 'Search, Visualise, Analyse' - with 'analyse' in larger font for emphasis.
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Sep 1
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...
The text on this graphic reads 'Analyse data from trusted sources, as well as your own integrated data, easily in the Hub.'
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Aug 27
How will the @nercdsh.bsky.social allow users to visualise data to enhance place-based decision making by using trustworthy AI-powered search?👇

Start your data journey with the DSH 🚀

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Visualising local-scale data in the NERC Digital Solutions Hub with trusted AI search capabilities | NERC Digital Solutions Hub
How will the NERC Digital Solutions Hub allow users to visualise data to enhance place-based decision making by using trustworthy AI-powered search?👇 The NERC Digital Solutions Hub enables users to:...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Aug 19
TRUST. AI POWERED-SEARCH. Two key themes that came up during our user research and this AI Chat Bot feature ticks both ✅

Learn from our AI Engineer as he explains the AI Chat Bot feature on the DSH: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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TRUST. AI POWERED-SEARCH. Two key themes that came up during our user research and this AI Chat Bot feature ticks both ✅ Learn from our AI Engineer, Morteza Hosseini, as he explains how to the AI Ch...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Aug 15
If this sounds like a toolkit that may be of use to your in your work, sign up to our mailing list to join our user testing later this year and be one of the first to try out the NERC Digital Solutions Hub - www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/si... 📩
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Sign up to our newsletter to receive regular emails with information about our recent programme updates, articles, and events. To sign up, please complete the form below. By submitting your details yo...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Aug 15
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.
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Aug 11
The key to the DSH is that you can visualise, map and overlay a wide variety of data sets all within the toolkit, ready to conduct your analysis 🔑

🏘️ Learn more about how the DSH can support the building of 1.5 million homes: www.linkedin.com/posts/nerc-d...
The key to the DSH is that you can visualise, map and overlay a wide variety of data sets all within the toolkit, ready to conduct your analysis 🔑 | NERC Digital Solutions Hub
The key to the DSH is that you can visualise, map and overlay a wide variety of data sets all within the toolkit, ready to conduct your analysis 🔑 The Climate Ready Nation use case is one of two use...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Aug 1
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.

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A yellow background image with a faint map pattern. Top left features The University of Manchester logo with the text 'MANCHESTER 1824 The University of Manchester.' Top right displays the DSH Digital Solutions Hub logo. Centered large white text reads 'Visualise' with smaller text underneath: 'and map data relevant to your policy area, question or area of interest.' Bottom center includes logos for UKRI and the Natural Environment Research Council.
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jul 28
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...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jul 22
How are we creating a digital hub that is actually useful for environmental data users? 🤷

AI and large language models will allow users of the Digital Solutions Hub to easily search and discover over 40 petabytes of environmental data.

Watch the video here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nerc-d...
How are we creating a digital hub that is actually useful for environmental data users? | NERC Digital Solutions Hub
How are we creating a digital hub that is actually useful for environmental data users? 🤷 We asked what they wanted, we listened and now we're making it happen. Through our 2+ years of user res...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jul 16
How is the NERC Digital Solutions Hub using AI and large language models to aid easy search and discovery of environmental data? 🤖

Find out by listening to Professor Richard Kingston's full talk from the GEO Business 2025 Conference last month: youtu.be/FBvSzpnQcQI
GeoAI – overcoming the hype and avoiding hallucinations | Professor Richard Kingston at GEOBusiness
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jul 10
What data will be available to search for and discover on the DSH?

We asked some of our team what data they are most looking forward to seeing on the DSH... what would your answer be? 🤔- www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
What data will be available to search for and discover on the DSH? | NERC Digital Solutions Hub
What data will be available to search for and discover on the DSH? We asked some of our team what data they are most looking forward to seeing on the DSH... what would your answer be? 🤔 👉 Sign up fo...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jul 7
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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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jul 2
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
This graphic has The University of Manchester logo in the top left corner. It has the Digital Solutions Hub logo in the top right corner. In the bottom middle is the Natural Environment Research Council logo. The main feature of the image is the text in the middle that reads 'Search' in large font, with 'and discover over 40 petabytes of environmental, social, economic and health data.' in smaller font underneath.
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jun 24
We asked some of our team what three words come to mind when thinking about the NERC Digital Solutions Hub, let's see what they said👇

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We asked some of our team what three words come to mind when thinking about the NERC Digital Solutions Hub, let's see what they said👇 | NERC Digital Solutions Hub
We asked some of our team what three words come to mind when thinking about the NERC Digital Solutions Hub, let's see what they said👇 Meet our team: 📝 Seni Osunkoya, MBCS, Business Analyst and U...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jun 18
🔍 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...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · Jun 16
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...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · May 23
This week we joined the Better Data Team in The Scottish Government to present 2 years of user needs research as part of their 'Responsible and Inclusive Data Practices' series 📊

👉Read our user needs research report: www.digital-solutions.uk/index.php/th...
The Second User Research Report for the DSH is released - NERC Digital Solutions Programme
Marking two years of successful user engagement activities in the UK’s environmental data space, the Digital Solutions Programme team at The University of Manchester published its second user research...
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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · May 16
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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NERC Digital Solutions Hub @nercdsh.bsky.social · May 15
🚨 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...
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