Some time ago before the “you know what” happened, the Research and Citizen Insight team were asked to take part and present at the Delib user group at Transport for London’s headquarters in Stratford, just a stone’s throw away from Queen Elizabeth Olympic park.
Trying to write a blog post about domestic abuse is not an easy task (thankfully not as hard as it must be for those who are experiencing it in their home lives, or those who spend their working day supporting …
Ever bought a piece of flatpack furniture and put it together without incident? Then you get that nagging doubt that it was too easy? Then two weeks later it collapses?
You’ve just learned what not to do!!! (and that can often be the first step towards understanding what you need to do differently next time)
Anyone who has spoken to me over the last few months has probably learnt two things, I have been working on the Early Years Forecasting Tool refresh and my co-worker is a Tinkerbell obsessed two-year-old. Although I could probably write …
I know many of us might be experiencing ‘webinar fatigue’ right now with flurries of invites to attend some webinar/show and tell/budget TedTalk or the like, and we think “am I really interested enough to give up my time for this?” But I wanted to share a bit about how our experience of co-hosting a webinar really paid off!
When people ask me “Rebecca, what would you like to write a blog about?” I always tell them that I want to write a blog about the Kardashians. Apparently, this isn’t an acceptable use of my time, so I’m here …
When I first started the Data Science Fellowship project, I wasn’t sure whether my own expectations would align with the COVID-19 distorted reality. I was joining the ECC as a ‘Data Science Fellow’, with all the impostor syndrome that accompanies such …
When the coronavirus epidemic began to take hold in the UK, things started escalating pretty quickly. Once life as we know it started changing around us, we realised we were going to have to sort out our priorities, and fast.
Sharing insight and intelligence that helps our county to plan, prioritise and shape our understanding of community needs has always been important to us. As part of our collaborative data efforts we have launched a new Open Data COVID-19 risk …
Happy International Open Data Day (Saturday 7th March)!! To celebrate all things open data I’m going to bring you up to speed on what we’ve been doing here at Essex County Council. We have a great Open Data team at …