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People and Skills
Accelerating public sector data science and visualisation
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Sophie Nelson - Programme Officer, Office for National Statistics, Posted on:
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Data science, Data Science Accelerator, Data Visualisation, People and Skills
The Data Science Accelerator mentoring programme is expanding to offer a new data visualisation branch. Applications for both open on 14 June.
What Makes a Good Data Science Project?
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Hillary Juma - Data Science Community Manager, ONS, Posted on:
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Data science, People and Skills
Our diverse range of speakers at the Data Science Community of Interest shared what they think makes a good data science project.
Presenting data: 5 tips for making your data understandable
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Catherine Hope - Statistician, Department for Work and Pensions, Posted on:
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Data Visualisation, People and Skills
DWP statistician Catherine Hope leads the cross-government ‘Presentation Champions’ who share best practice for designing the best ways to present government data. In this blog she shares some tips on the best ways to make your information understandable.
Data Science Accelerator Programme 2021: Applications now open
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Sophie Nelson - Programme Officer, Office for National Statistics, Posted on:
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Data science, Data Science Accelerator, People and Skills
The first 2021 cohort of the Data Science Accelerator programme launches on 18 January. Read three testimonials from recent programme graduates about their experiences.
My first 6 months as Head of Digital Performance Analytics
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Gemma Elsworth - Head of Digital Performance Analytics, DWP, Posted on:
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Google Analytics, People and Skills, Performance Analysis
Gemma Elsworth, Head of Digital Performance Analytics at DWP, looks back on the challenges and achievements of her first 6 months in the role.
Government Data Science community meetup, May 2020
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Hillary Juma - Data Science Community Manager, ONS and James Charlton - Data Science Community Manager, GDS, Posted on:
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Data insights, Data science, Events, Machine learning, People and Skills
We recently held our first completely remote Data Science Community of Interest event. Hillary and James talk in this post about the event and recap some of the presentations
Fostering a data science innovation culture
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Nicky Zachariou - Head of Data Science (Prisons and Probation), MoJ, Posted on:
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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
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Manisha Matharu, Posted on:
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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
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Haur Kang - Performance Analyst at GOV.UK and Louise Petre - Senior User Researcher at GOV.UK, Posted on:
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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 …