We are exploring new data sources such as Google’s Community Mobility Reports to strengthen the information that we have through surveys and other sources.
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Our new Schools Engagement Strategy in partnership with Techniquest, aims to build science capital in primary aged children.
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We are currently using open data sets to develop a better understanding of loneliness in England. Are there places in England where people are more likely to be lonely and why?
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Social media is such a key part of everyday life and with the data readily available online, it has the potential to change the way we collect information to understand society. However, it is paramount that data sources used in the production of official statistics are accurate, relevant, unbiased, and most importantly, they must be used ethically.
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The Data Science Campus has begun a research project with Hafod, a social residential tenant organisation, to explore the flows…
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1. Executive Summary The Evaluating Calorie Intake for Population Statistical Estimates (ECLIPSE) project was carried out by the Data Science…
Read more on Evaluating Calorie IntakeUsing doubly labelled water to improve our understanding of the UK’s calorie intake. The problem We’re not very good at…
Read more on How much is the UK eating?Can we improve self-reported estimates of energy (calorie) consumption? Background The 2016 ‘Counting Calories’ report highlighted a disparity between self-reported…
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Can a national urban vegetation dataset be generated using computer vision and machine learning techniques? Background The value of urban…
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