Blog Data in government

Organisations:: Civil Service

People and Skills

Fostering a data science innovation culture

Nicky Zachariou - Head of Data Science (Prisons and Probation), MoJ, 6 November 2019 - Data science, People and Skills

Data science is a complex, rapidly changing discipline and has an increasingly diverse range of applications. read how Nicky formalised the process of continuous learning and innovation by encouraging people to spend up to 20% of their time exploring new and innovative data science tools and techniques

Going from mentee to mentor with the Data Science Accelerator

Manisha Matharu, 13 May 2019 - Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills

Applications for the Data Science Accelerator are now open and close on 3 June 2019.

Mixing methods: a recipe for research success

Haur Kang - Performance Analyst at GOV.UK and Louise Petre - Senior User Researcher at GOV.UK, 1 May 2019 - Data insights, People and Skills, Performance Analysis

Mixing methods is an approach to research which combines quantitative and qualitative data. Haur and Louise describe how they have used this approach working in the EU Exit Citizen Readiness team at GOV.UK. As a performance analyst, I (Haur) predominantly …

Boosting data science skills with the Data Science Accelerator

Bharath Vadhoola - Senior predictive modeller - HMRC, 21 January 2019 - Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills

HMRC's Bharath Vadhoola shares how the programme has helped him get a coveted job as a principal data scientist. Find out how you can get on the programme and boost your career prospects.

Help us start a data revolution for government

Kit Collingwood - Deputy director, DWP Digital and Robin Linacre - Data scientist, Ministry of Justice, 15 January 2019 - Data insights, Data literacy, Open data, People and Skills

We want to start a data revolution focusing on service delivery and improving human experience. Find out what we think government needs to do and how you can help.

What we've been up to in performance analysis and opportunities ahead

Peter Jordan - Head of Performance and Data Analysis, GDS, 14 November 2018 - Data insights, People and Skills, Performance Analysis

Four years ago we redefined our role in GDS. Since then we've built an active community of practice across government and worked to build a 'data culture' within product teams. Find out what we've done and our plans for the next year.

How we used deep learning to structure GOV.UK’s content

Nicky Zachariou - Head of Data Science (Prisons and Probation), MoJ, Ellie King - Data Scientist, GDS and Felisia Loukou - Data Scientist, GDS, 19 October 2018 - Data insights, Data science, Machine learning, People and Skills

We're using supervised machine learning to organise all the content on GOV.UK, which means we can do things like create step by step journeys and consider voice activation. Here's what the data science team did.

Data science is a team sport

GDS Data Science team, 8 October 2018 - Data science, Machine learning, People and Skills

One of the questions the data science team at the Government Digital Service (GDS) often gets asked is ‘how does your team work on data science projects?’ We thought we’d blog about how we have evolved our approach to data …

Join the Data Science Accelerator: applications now open

Manisha Matharu, 24 September 2018 - Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills

Apply to the Data Science Accelerator programme by 15 October, and you could begin developing your data science skills before the end of 2018.

Data Science Accelerator graduates share their success stories

Manisha Matharu and Nila Patel, 7 June 2018 - Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills

There’s not much time left to apply for the Data Science Accelerator programme if you’re interested in developing your data science skills. Take a look at some of the successful projects our previous graduates have worked on.

Categories