Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021
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Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021The Fast Stream and Emerging Talent (FSET) Team in the Cabinet Office are looking for facilitators to lead Action Learning Sets for new Fast Streamers.
Learn more on Facilitators needed to support Fast Stream Action Learning SetsAs part of our commitment to building a more diverse and inclusive Government Statistician Group (GSG) we’ve launched a reverse mentoring scheme where Senior Civil Servants (SCS) take on the unfamiliar role of being mentored by less senior colleagues from diverse backgrounds. This type of mentoring has been done elsewhere in Whitehall – including by […]
Learn more on Reverse mentoring schemeDanielle Cornish blogs about her experience on secondment at the BBC.
Learn more on My secondment at BBC News: How to pitch stats and influence peopleOliver Fox-Tatum blogs about a recent review of statistical leadership in government.
Learn more on Statistical leadership: make your analytical insights countLoops, control flow and the ability to write your own functions are valuable programming tools. This short course covers and introduction to these topics and demonstrates areas for additional learning.
Learn more on R control flow loops and functionsEvery month we send you a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates from across the government statistics and analytical community.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service newsletter – August 2021Every month we send you a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates from across the government statistics and analytical community.
Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – July 2021This blog looks at the available sources of data about smoking in more detail. It also looks at what the data tell us about smoking trends.
Learn more on Tobacco trends: how changes to surveys during the pandemic affected smoking estimatesDescription The Managing Data pathway covers the foundations and best practices of managing data, including dealing with missing data, the importance of data security (ethics and disclosure). It is suitable for non-analysts or those new to handling data. Learning objectives Understand how to prepare data for analysis. Know the importance of ensuring data protection is […]
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