Back to School
“I can’t wait to be a student for a week!” Sophie and I said to each other as we signed up for the Institute for Analytics and Data Science (IADS) Summer School at the University of Essex in July. You …
About the teams
Considering a career in Data and Analytics? You’ve come to the right place!
If you had asked me 10 years ago whether I would have consider pursuing a career in data and analytics I would have said no way! Actually, if I’m being entirely honest, I wouldn’t have even acknowledged your question, I …
Excellence in Government Analytics Awards
I’ve written a lot of blogs here, but I’m particularly honoured to write this one to celebrate winning the Sir Ian Diamond Award for Excellence in Government Analytics only yesterday. Sir Ian Diamond is the National Statistician for the UK …
“Am I really a Philomath*?”
Elizabeth Wiley shares her experience of participating in the Data Science Accelerator Programme
The 'Terrible Twos' - a warm up for Project Management
5 Top Tips for successfully navigating 'the terrible twos'... and partnership working!
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.
First professional job during the Covid-19 Pandemic
I would have been studying hard for upcoming deadlines at The University of Essex, revising for modules like Econometrics and Mathematical Methods. However, I decided early on in my degree that I needed to gain experience, and the best way was through an industrial placement.
Yes, it’s been a tough year, but we have also discovered we are stronger together…..
This year has been undeniably tough! However, we have found silver linings wherever possible; gone above and beyond to support each other; and worked tremendously hard to enable others to make difficult decisions. Last year Data and Analytics set five …
How quiet voices become superpowers
This post is a bit of a departure from our usual content, but I hope you’ll allow me some shameless plugging. I was recently shortlisted for a ‘women in government’ writing competition with Apolitical which means I have now been published on their website. I write about how what feels like our biggest disadvantage as women, being talked over, interrupted and underestimated, can be transformed into our biggest power.