“Am I really a Philomath*?”
Elizabeth Wiley shares her experience of participating in the Data Science Accelerator Programme
Reaping the rewards of learning as we go
Through research with employees we found that there are many working parents within ECC who are feeling the pressures of juggling work and home life, and would benefit from some extra support. Our insights informed the development of a group coaching pilot. Evaluating well was key, and we were keen to learn as we go.
Choose Your Own Adventure, ASC Edition
Our new demand and resource scenario planning tool is a similar idea to a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' for Adult Social Care!
Exploring citizens’ attitudes to data sharing - Part 1
We talk A LOT about the potential for data within our world, whether that’s with our data colleagues, across the services in our organisations, together with other public sector partners locally or nationally with our data peers. What we don’t …
Short breaks for children with disabilities: a family friendly approach to research
In September 2020 we started on our journey to explore families' views of the current Short Breaks service. Our brief was to see how current services were meeting the needs of children with disabilities, and what services might look like in the future.
Mental Health Awareness
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week, I wanted to write a blog to shine a light on some of the work we’ve been doing at the Essex Centre for Data Analytics and at Essex County Council. Mental health …
How can we tackle unconscious bias?
When I heard that the government had pulled the plug on unconscious bias training, I remember thinking that it felt like a backwards step. But a review found limited evidence that it creates behaviour change, and could even lead to "unintended negative consequences.” So, what was going on there that meant not only was it not very effective, but could actually be making things worse?
Reigniting the sharing of Fire Data
If you were to ask me when I was young what would be the greatest thing I wanted to achieve, I would have told you I wanted to be an astronaut. Fortunately for everyone, including me, outer space does not …
A Year in Open Data
This year has been shall we say - very different to what we are all used to, however we would like to share a bit of positivity around some great work that the Open Data team have delivered in this …
A Bee, See
Our Data & Analytics team is an absolute rag-tag ensemble. The kind of motley crew usually seen in family films such as Mighty Ducks, Monsters University, Stand By Me, etc.