Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021
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Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021If you're searching for a two or three word term you need to put it in quotation marks e.g. "analysis function".
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Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021The 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 […]
Learn more on Royal Statistical Society open meeting on the Retail Prices Index (RPI)The 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 SetsAdult social care is devolved across the UK. England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland have their own legislative powers. Because of this, there are many different producers of data. This data is published across multiple platforms. The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) have published documents showing significant challenges in social care across the four nations […]
Learn more on Adult social care statisticsAs 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 functionsHelen Bray blogs about her experience on secondment at the BBC.
Learn more on My unexpected secondment at the BBCVondy Smith blogs about the benefits of taking on data science apprentices.
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