Data Science and Data Visualisation Accelerator
Applications for the Data Science and Data Visualisation Accelerator mentoring programmes are now open until 7 July 2022.
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International Data Science Accelerator Programme
We now offer International Data Science Mentor Clinics to inform potential mentors how mentoring internationally works. Our next clinic is on Thursday 23 June 2022.
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Technical Report: Project Mertz—novel use of historical RAF flight safety records
Part of our mission at the Data Science Campus (DSC) is to build data science capability across the public sector. In this project, which grew out of our Data Science Accelerator programme, we worked with the Royal Air Force (RAF) to help upskill their staff in the Python programming language and natural language processing (NLP) methods.
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Mentoring without borders – growing data science skills internationally
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.
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Visualising in pairs – growing data visualisation skills through mentoring
Applications for the Data Visualisation Accelerator are open until 11 February 2022. We hear how a mentor and mentee from the first cohort of the programme and how they, and their organisations benefitted.
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How effective mentoring relationships are growing data science skills and capacity
The relationship between the mentor and mentee is vital to successful outcomes on the Data Science Accelerator programme. Daniel O’Callaghan (Forestry Commission) and Sam Taylor (DWP) talk about their relationship that helped to deliver a successful project.
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Boost your data science and visualisation skills in 2022!
The Data Science and Data Visualisation Accelerator mentoring programmes will open for applications in January 2022.
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500 not out – building data science capacity for the future
The Campus has exceeded a target to train 500 public sector analysts in data science by 2021. The target was originally set in 2018, and recently confirmed in the National Data Strategy.
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Mapping beaches with the Data Science Accelerator Programme
Data Science Accelerator mentee Ciaran Evans from the UK Hydrographic Office attempts to answer the question “What is the beach made of?”
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Data Science Accelerator Programme
Across the public sector, analysts can benefit from the Data Science Accelerator, which opened for a new cohort of applications this week.
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