On Thursday 25 June 15 Defra’s Secretary of State, Liz Truss, gave her first major speech of this new government at Unruly in the heart of London’s vibrant Tech City. It’s probably not where you would expect to find the …
Last year we launched the Data Science Accelerator Programme, believing that “time, training and technology” could help government analysts learn data science skills. Participants in the programme dedicate time away from their main job, work with a mentor (training) and …
Data Science combines statistics, programming, machine learning, automatic processing of unstructured data (including text mining) and visualisation. This can seem bewildering - many people are asking where to get started if they want to learn. This blog gives free resources that …
Almost a year ago, I blogged "Every Forward Step is Progress" just prior to the launch of the Local Authority (LA) Incentive Scheme. The scheme was allocated funding (£721,360) from the Cabinet Office’s Release of Data Fund (RoDF) to support the first …
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