In our fifth podcast we hear from Registers of Scotland’s Clare Barnett, User Experience Lead, Hilary Brownlie, Head of Service Design and Innovation and the Service Design Lead at the [Scottish Government](https://www.gov.scot/), Anna Henderson on how to design services for the public sector.

Did you know that there’s evidence of service design in our Land Registers as far back as 1807? Thomas Thomson wanted to improve what was at that time a rather busy and hard to decipher Register; pages and pages of tightly covered entries in small cramped writing with no space between them. Enter Thomas who introduced limited number of words per page, added margins and search aids. This meant searching became more efficient and it reduced time and cost for Registers of Scotland.

So basically he was improving the search for data, and making it easier to digest by being a content producer, creating style guideline version 1 for Registers of Scotland and creating a single source of truth. Sound familiar?

Listen to the full podcast for insights into how Registers of Scotland and [Scottish Government](https://www.gov.scot/) design services for the citizens and for information on the Public Sector Design Community.

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In our fourth podcast our Keeper, Jennifer Henderson, and the President of [The Law Society of Scotland](https://www.lawscot.org.uk/), the professional body for 11,000 solicitors in Scotland, Alison Atack, discuss the hot topic of equality and diversity.

Registers of Scotland is committed to create an [equal workforce, eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity](https://www.ros.gov.uk/about/publications/policy-and-guidelines/2017/diversity-and-equality). And in 2018 we also introduced a new policy for our customers relating to changes of name on title sheet for the trans community. For more information on this visit our [website](https://kb.ros.gov.uk/land-and-property-registration/inaccuracies-and-compensation/inaccuracy-and-rectification#change-of-name).

Throughout her presidency at the Law Society of Scotland Alison has championed the Society’s [equality and diversity work](https://www.lawscot.org.uk/research-and-policy/equality-and-diversity/research/profile-of-the-profession/) and in particular the 2018 [Profile of the Profession research](https://www.lawscot.org.uk/research-and-policy/equality-and-diversity/research/profile-of-the-profession/), which generated over 2,700 full responses from solicitors, trainee solicitors and accredited paralegals, making it the biggest survey to date carried out by the Society on equality and diversity. Alison takes us through the results from the survey and its impact.

This year the Society is also celebrating its 70th Anniversary, an important stepping stone in its history – [check out the website](https://www.lawscot.org.uk/news-and-events/platinum-anniversary/) for details of how to get involved with the Society’s celebrations.

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In our third podcast we’re heading to the sunny shores of Dundee to talk to Allan Watt, Project Director of Dundee Waterfront, the most active and exciting re-generation project currently undertaken in the UK.

Did you know that the grid layout re-connecting the city centre with the waterfront was simply sketched by hand one Saturday morning on a kitchen table? Today that plan features attractions such as the new V&A Design Museum Dundee, the first ever design museum built in the UK outside London.

Allan takes us through the history and influences on the project, sharing details such as the inspiration they took fromBilbao and their Guggenheim Museum as well as the involvement of local school children in the public consultation forming part of the 30 year-long project.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the Dundee Waterfront project visit their [website](https://www.dundeewaterfront.com/) or follow them on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/DDWaterfront?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ADDwaterfront&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dundeewaterfront.com%2F).

We’ll be bringing you more episodes like this, where we delve deeper into Registers of Scotland, the work we do and the customers and organisations we work with.

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How do chickens, a mushroom farm and manure end up in a conversation about data? In our latest podcast, our host Stef talks all things data with Registers of Scotland’s very own Data Architect, Alan Howie.

If you have questions like, ‘why are house prices going up?’, ‘how do I find out the value of my house?’ and ‘where does this information come from?’, then look no further! In this podcast you’ll find out how this information is extracted from Scotland’s land register, and how Registers of Scotland collects this data to begin with. Plus many more things about data and why it underpins everything we do.

In the coming months we’ll be bringing you more episodes like this, where we'll delve deeper into Registers of Scotland, the work we do and the customers and organisations we work with.

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In this first episode of our brand-new podcast we speak to our chief executive Jennifer Henderson, who joined us in April 2018 as Keeper of the Registers of Scotland.

From her beginnings studying nuclear physics to working with the Ministry of Defence, Jennifer brings a wealth of fascinating experience to her new role of overseeing land registration and information in Scotland. Our host Lucy speaks to Jennifer about her career progression, equality in the public sector, and what she's found fascinating about her first few months as Keeper… Plus a few quick-fire questions to round off our first episode!

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