Goodbye 2023, hello 2024.
I’m not a fan of heralding in the New Year, nor committing to new resolutions! However, I do use the occasion as an opportunity to reflect on what we have delivered over the year and start planning key activities for …
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Data Talks: Save the dates
4 to 6 March 2024 – Save the dates! Data Talks is a new virtual conference for the public sector, bringing together a diverse array of expertise all with a shared passion for turning data into insight to achieve real …
What am I missing through my straw?!
Until recently my understanding of separated migrant children was largely shaped by ongoing media coverage, which has powerfully portrayed the treacherous and traumatic journeys that many children experience to reach the UK. Having now worked alongside childrens services commissioners and …
Showing top-level commitment to building an analytics culture in Essex
Encouraging organisational leaders to “do” data At ecda, we often talk about data analytics being a team activity. As well as analysts, we need experts in information governance, data processing, communications and project management. But we haven’t talked much about the people who …
Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together
The next in our series of data networking events takes place on Thursday 23rd September. Find out what we’ll be focusing on and why we think we're better together...
What are we scared of?
We have been discovering what residents living in Essex really think about our work to join data between public services in Essex.
How one thing leads to another…
We recently combined health and adult social care data held by Essex Partnership University Trust and Essex County Council to look at mental health crisis, here's what we learned and how we're using it to transform services in Essex.
Building trust to create the data ecosystem we all want for Essex
From its inception ecda has put ethical practices at the core of its work, subscribing to ethical principles that safeguard the people of Essex, ensuring we are transparent about how we’re using the data we hold only where there are clear benefits to delivering services that improve their lives.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is world-leading data analytics
We're bringing data colleagues together to unite Essex. Find out how to be part of the equation, and what's in it for you.
If you want to go far, go together
Welcome to the new Essex Centre for Data Analytics blog!
We're starting with a celebration as ecda turns two! Find out about our year of collaboration, and what our new blog has in store!