In this guest blog, Helen Lankester, offers insights into her participation in the Accelerator programme, highlighting the impact and career growth she had through her involvement in the programme.
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Calling all UK public sector analysts interested in developing data science and data visualisation skills. The Autumn 2023 cohort of the Accelerator is now open for applications!
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The Data Science Campus has designed the International Data Science Accelerator mentoring programme in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Big Data Task Team
Read more on International Data Science Accelerator ProgrammePublished on 1 July 2022 The Data Science Accelerator is a capability-building programme which gives analysts from across the public…
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Here are some examples of projects from the first cohort of the International Data Science Accelerator programme, including testimonials from mentors and mentees.
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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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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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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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The Data Science and Data Visualisation Accelerator mentoring programmes will open for applications in January 2022.
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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.
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Tuli Amutenya is a Graduate Data Scientist from the Namibia Statistics Agency who has spent the last 6 months at ONS. Here, Tuli shares her experiences and the learning she will be taking home.
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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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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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