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UK Data Service Data Impact Fellows 2019: Christian Reynolds
We are delighted that Christian Reynolds is one of our #DataImpactFellows for 2019. Christian Reynolds is a an early career researcher working in roles at the University of Sheffield and for the...
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‘A day in the life’ – Bozena Wielgoszewska
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. Here, Bozena Wielgoszewska talks us through a day she will never forget: the day of her PhD viva. “Beep, beep, beep” goes the alarm...
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A few months ago, we had the great pleasure of spending a day with our new #DataImpactFellows at Chetham’s Library in Manchester – one of the oldest public libraries in the world. During the day we...
View ArticleWhat does impact mean to the Data Impact Fellows?
A few months ago, we had the great pleasure of spending a day with our new #DataImpactFellows at Chetham’s Library in Manchester – the oldest public libraries in the English-speaking world. During the...
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Looking back on my time as a Data Impact Fellow – Esmeralda Bon
You never know where a journey might take you when you take the first steps. Esmeralda Bon, one of our #DataImpactFellows, takes a look back at what she feels she has gained from her time as a Fellow....
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“A day in the life” – Anne Alarilla
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. Here Anne Alarilla shares what a typical day for her is like. I work as a data and research analyst in the Cancer Intelligence Team...
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‘A day in the life’ – Ben Brindle
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. Over the past few months, Ben Brindle has been spending around half of each week working as a research assistant for the labour market...
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A day in the life: Giving evidence to the House of Lords
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. David Kingman talks us through a memorable day in his career as a researcher: when he got to go and give oral evidence about his...
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‘A day in the life: first conference
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. Stuart Campbell shares about the first time he presented at a conference. The first conference I went to was early on in my PhD. It...
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‘A day in the life’: presenting to the Low Pay Commission
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. James Cockett recalls presenting his research to the Low Pay Commission. The date is 1 April 2019. Today is an important day for me....
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Fast and slow thinking in trying to make a difference
Janet Bowstead, one of our #DataImpactFellows for 2019, explores how fast and slow thinking could make a difference in creating impact. ‘Impact’ is about trying to make a difference: to generate and...
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Publons: The Paradox of Measuring Impact Based on Goodwill
Esmeralda Bon, one of our #DataImpactFellows, considers the benefits and pitfalls for academics of measuring goodwill. Since starting my journey as an academic, I’ve learned that academia revolves...
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Becoming a safe researcher
Ben Brindle, a PhD student at the University of Brighton and one of our #DataImpactFellows, discusses what he learnt on the UK Data Service’s Safe Researcher training course recently. The UK Data...
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‘A day in the life’: seeing data impact happen
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to share a day in their life. Christian Reynolds currently splits his time between two jobs. In this post he tells us about seeing data impact in action during a day...
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#DataImpactFellows – All Change!
Several of our #DataImpactFellows are taking on new roles and joining different projects. Here’s an update on some of their movements. Our Data Impact Fellows are all early career researchers in either...
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What I have gained from being a Data Impact Fellow: Sarah Knight
We asked Sarah Knight, one of our original #DataImpactFellows, to share her thoughts on what being a Fellow meant for her. I was a Data Impact Fellow in the 2016-2018 cohort, but I am still a Data...
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A researcher’s guide to making the world a better place
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Here, Bozena Wielgoszewska shares her guide to making the world a better place. Creating social change is not easy. It...
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Change… a word more relevant now than ever
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Anne Alarilla shares an open and personal reflection of change in a time of pandemic. At the end of last year, I left my...
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Changing how we think about administrative data
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Janet Bowstead explores how administrative data can support research and how a new approach to them may be needed. There is...
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Change… to new ways of working
We’ve asked our #DataImpactFellows to write a post on the theme of ‘change’. Stuart Campbell reflects on the challenges and opportunities that the current crisis presents for the ways we work. I...
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