Events

Government Data Science Community of Interest

The Government Data Science Community of Interest is a meet up event, which brings together data science practitioners from across the public sector. It’s an opportunity to showcase projects, discuss topical issues and connect. Across the public sector, data science practitioners are applying the data science toolkit to provide insights on coronavirus (COVID-19) and Brexit. […]

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Date: 19th November 2020 10:10 am to 1:00 pm
Venue: Online

RSS Social Statistics Section: data linkage methods and quality

The review Joined up data in government: the future of data linking methods, set out to engage with the data linkage community across government, academia, the third sector and internationally. This was to understand data linkage challenges faced and identify state-of-the-art data linking methods. A set of recommendations for government were formulated as part of […]

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Date: 3rd November 2020 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Venue: Online

Research and development in the transformation of UK consumer price statistics

This is a sharing webinar on research and development in the transformation of UK consumer price statistics, hosted by the Best Practice and Impact Division. Presentations from colleagues in the Office for National Statistics will cover their broad plans for introducing new data and methods into UK consumer price statistics. It will also cover how […]

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Date: 27th October 2020 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Venue: Online

Government Data Science Festival Week 2020

The Government Data Science Festival is a fully digital event, which aims to bring together the data science community in the UK public sector. The festival is delivered by the Government Data Science Partnership (GDSP) working together with members of the data science community across government and public sector in the UK. The theme of […]

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Date: From 28th September 2020 9:00 am to 2nd October 2020 6:00 pm
Venue: Online

Royal Statistical Society 2020 International Conference

The RSS International Conference regularly attracts more than 600 attendees from over 40 countries, providing one of the best opportunities for anyone interested in statistics and data science to come together to share knowledge and network. This year’s conference will once again feature top keynote speakers and invited talk sessions but will be slightly different. […]

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Date: From 7th September 2020 5:30 pm to 10th September 2020 6:00 pm
Venue: Online
Rates: Non-fellows £150
Concessionary fellows £75
CStats/GradStats £112
Fellows £120

Seminar: The state of the UK’s statistical system

At their best, statistics and data produced by government are insightful, coherent, and timely. They are of high policy relevance and public interest. However, the statistical system does not consistently perform at this level across all its work. This event is a chance for GSS statistical producers to hear from and speak with staff at […]

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Date: 22nd July 2020 10:00 am to 11:00 am

Royal Statistical Society open meeting on the Retail Prices Index (RPI)

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is pleased to be hosting an online open meeting on the Retail Prices Index (RPI) at 5.30pm on Tuesday 21 July. This discussion will help determine RSS’s contribution to the consultation that the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) and HM Treasury (HMT) are currently undertaking on this important subject. The UKSA-HMT […]

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Date: 21st July 2020 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

GSS sharing webinar: Communicating uncertainty in statistics and analysis

On Wednesday 24 June, the Best Practice and Impact (BPI) division will be hosting a webinar on communicating uncertainty in statistics and analysis. There will be presentations from colleagues from the Department for Education (DfE), Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra), Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication and from BPI themselves. Please register […]

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Date: 24th June 2020 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Venue: Online

The 2020 symposium for the MSc in Data Analytics for Government

The MDataGov symposium is an annual event which gives former, current and prospective MDataGov students the opportunity to showcase data science research and projects conducted within government, and to share experiences. MDataGov students engage in a wide variety of data science and analytics projects using tools like distributed computing platforms, natural language processing, machine learning […]

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Date: From 25th March 2020 1:00 pm to 26th March 2020 5:00 pm
Venue: thestudio, 7 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP

Workshop to review and improve a statistical publication (March 2020)

In these workshops, participants review a statistical publication and suggest improvements. There are usually around six to eight participants from across the Government Statistical Service (GSS). Why should you take part in a peer review meeting? Taking part in one of these workshops gives you the chance to: work with colleagues from the wider GSS […]

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Date: 18th March 2020 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Venue: Department for Work and Pensions Benton Park, Longbenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1YX

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