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Harnessing collective insight to tackle complexity

Posted by: Colin Seward, Posted on: 27 June 2022 - Categories: How we work

As the idiom purports the certainty of 'death and taxes', two others, it could be argued, follow on closely behind these days: digitalisation and complexity. It could also be said that our health, individually and collectively, impacts and is impacted …

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It’s fun to go to the J-S-N-A!

Posted by: Jevonharper, Posted on: 16 June 2022 - Categories: Open Data

Essex County Council, in collaboration with health partners, has a duty to undertake an assessment of the current and future health and wellbeing needs of the county’s communities on a regular basis. This process is referred to as the Joint …

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University Challenge comes to Essex County Council

Posted by: Katy Bennett, Posted on: 27 May 2022 - Categories: How we work

Every year, our Analytics and Data Science team joins up with the University of Essex for our annual University Challenge Project. Despite what the name infers, this isn’t a remake of the popular TV quiz show hosted by Jeremy Paxman, …

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Employment experiences for people with learning disabilities and autism

Posted by: Liz Roberts, Posted on: 17 May 2022 - Categories: Our projects

We commissioned Revealing Reality to conduct a research project during the summer of 2021 to explore the needs, motivations, and barriers to successful employment for people with learning disabilities and autism in Essex.

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A SHoKE to the system – How students are bringing different thinking to ECC

Posted by: Jevonharper, Posted on: 29 April 2022 - Categories: How we work

Collaborating with partners offers us fresh thinking and a new lens to reconsider and reframe the challenges we face, and the services we provide to support the citizens of Essex. Our recent partnership with Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has enabled …

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Facing up to fuel poverty

Posted by: Nick Philo and Dan Fitzgerald, Posted on: 21 April 2022 - Categories: How we work, Our projects

Volatile energy markets. Fuel poverty crisis. The headlines are grim: Global shortage of gas has forced an increase on the price cap on energy bills Households will see costs increase by an estimated 52% UK and European sanctions will ban …

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Considering a career in Data and Analytics? You’ve come to the right place!

Posted by: Sorin Bobeica, Posted on: 7 April 2022 - Categories: About the teams

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 …

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What are we talking about? The Golden Bloggies

Posted by: Stephen Simpkin, Posted on: 25 March 2022 - Categories: Uncategorized

"What are you talking about" is a question I often get asked. Well as this is the 100th post on our Insight blog I figured I would give a bit of an overview of exactly that, and also reflect back …

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When Deprivation Didn't Exist (feat. Complexity in Adult Social Care)

Posted by: Stephen Simpkin, Posted on: 17 March 2022 - Categories: Our projects

For those that remember the 90s they’ll remember it fondly. Footballs Coming Home, Things Can Only Get Better, I’ll Be There For You (cos you’re there for me too), Slam Your Body Down and Zig-a-Zig-Ah. This was also the last …

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Data is everyone's business

Posted by: Nicki Mallett, Posted on: 10 March 2022 - Categories: How we work

2022 promises to be exciting, because it’s all about our Data Strategy jumping off the page and into action

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