We welcomed guests from 26 national and international organisations at our offices in Newport, including partners from Rwanda, Brazil, Thailand, Lebanon, Jordan and Canada.
Read more on Bringing the world to ONS: Working together on data science and big data
In this blog our Programme Officer managing the Graduate Programme, Laura Clarke, gives an update on our sought after Graduate Programme.
Read more on The data science graduate programme : past, present and future
At the World Expo in Dubai, we supported other National Statistics Organisations to develop their data science capability by delivering a series of workshops, training sessions and discussions.
Read more on UK data science on a global stage
The UK’s exit from the European Union created uncertainty about workers across a range of sectors, exacerbated by concerns over workers leaving the country and the impact on labour supply. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic created additional and sudden changes, with sectors being affected heterogeneously and demand switching from services to goods.
Read more on Worker shortages: A window on labour demand during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
We are delighted to launch the Public Sector Data Science Graduate Programme for 2022 to 2024, with applications open until 24 March 2022.
Read more on Launching the Public Sector Data Science Graduate Programme 2022 to 2024
The International Data Science Accelerator Programme opened for its’ first applicants on 31 January. We spoke to Fatima Al Taharhwa (Department of Statistics, Jordan) and her mentor Hatem El Sherif (Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre, United Arab Emirates), who took part in the pilot programme.
Read more on Mentoring without borders – growing data science skills internationally
Our data science apprentices have gone from strength to strength over the past three years, and are using their passion and experiences to inspire young people and be role models for the next generation of data scientists.
Read more on Building data science futures one bite at a time In 2021, the ONS-UNECE machine learning group demonstrated the benefits of international cooperation for advancing machine learning in official statistics.
Read more on How international collaboration is advancing machine learning in official statistics
Our FCDO hub’s mentorship model has helped countries, including Rwanda and Vanuatu, deliver in-house data science projects with significant impact, while also creating a flourishing sustainable ecosystem of data scientists.
Read more on Making an international impact with data science mentoring
We worked with Statistics Canada to help build data science skills in the Caribbean community, delivering virtual Reproducible Analytical Pipelines training to 12 nations over 5 time zones.
Read more on Taking Reproducible Analytical Pipelines on a virtual tour: first stop the Caribbean
Many countries in the developing world lack regular estimates of road traffic activity. To address this, we applied machine learning techniques to open-source satellite data to generate estimates of traffic volume in Kenya, East Africa.
Read more on Detecting Trucks in East Africa
We have been exploring if machine learning methods and publicly available spatial datasets can be used to map and understand HIV risk in Cote d’Ivoire, West Africa.
Read more on Mapping HIV risk in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa
How the Data Science Campus and UNECE are continuing to lead international collaboration on Machine Learning for Official Statistics through the ML 2021 group.
Read more on Leading international collaboration in machine learning for official statistics
The Campus is partnering with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to to develop research, build skills and share resources on Machine Learning developments and applications for official statistics across the global statistical community.
Read more on ONS-UNECE Machine Learning 2021 Group
The Campus will develop and deliver the 2021 programme in partnership with several Office for National Statistics (ONS) teams and other government departments.
Read more on 2021 Commonwealth Professional Fellowship programme
The University of Glasgow will offer the MDataGov online in the 2020 to 2021 academic year and will also offer individual modules from the programme this summer.
Read more on Bringing MDataGov online with the University of Glasgow
We are pleased to announce Cardiff University as the latest provider to join the MDataGov Framework from October 2020.
Read more on Cardiff University joins the MDataGov Framework
Our new Schools Engagement Strategy in partnership with Techniquest, aims to build science capital in primary aged children.
Read more on Science outreach in the community
The Campus is supporting colleagues in statistical organisations across the world to take advantage of new data and techniques in their work.
Read more on Data science capability for Africa
In the last quarter of 2018 the Campus welcomed delegates from Statistics Indonesia to exchange experience in growing data science skills across government, as they prepare to launch their own Masters programme and Centre for Big Data Statistics.
Read more on Welcoming Statistics Indonesia
These guys are actually from the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were sitting in the sun, outside a shop in…
Read more on Join the data revolution in Rwanda!
One of the Data Science Campus’s (DSC) important aims is to facilitate the exchange of data science knowledge between government,…
Read more on Data Science Campus hosts Barclaycard for a knowledge sharing day
Ceri Regan, Academic Manager at the campus, talks about the recent ONS visit to the National Institute of Statistics in…
Read more on Data Science Campus visits Rwanda
The Data Science Campus at ONS in Newport had barely celebrated its first 100 days when a few of the…
Read more on Data Science Campus hits the world stageThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) Data Science Campus is keen to collaborate with partner organisations both in the UK…
Read more on Collaborating with Statistics Netherlands towards a data driven society
On 5 December 2016, the Office for National Statistics and The Alan Turing Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding signalling their shared…
Read more on When the team met Turing
