In May, Mel and Nick from the UX team attended two days of Power BI training with QA. The training covered the basics of using Power BI Desktop and, through a mix of instructor-led and independent exercises, gave us a chance to transform data and build visualisations. Mel’s reflections Before the training, I’d only ever […]
Read moreHi, I’m Hera, the Data Visualization Intern working on the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Data Dashboards. Before getting into this internship, data had already been a fundamental part of my life. As an undergraduate student studying Psychology and Linguistics, statistics is part of the core of what we do. We’ve been taught how […]
Read moreBackground There has been a shift in priorities relating to data and storage of end user data over the last decade particularly in relation to services hosted by DLAM, one of the constants has always been around security, as we move forward there is an increasing expectation that we should retain the minimum required […]
Read moreI asked my excellent Data and Equality Officer to look at our demographics again. I wanted to know if my attempts to diversify the LTW workforce by sex, ethnicity and age were having an impact. She looked at data since 2015. Proportions of staff in different groups (age, contract type, disability, ethnicity, sex, and nationality) …
Read moreThanks to a request from staff in SPS the Library currently has short-term trial access to both Roper iPoll and …Continue reading →
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This resource is a quiz-style lesson focussed on the impacts of machine learning social media algorithms on society and individuals. […]
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How come Twitter shows you the cutest cat video EVER each time you log in? How much does Facebook make […]
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This resource is made up of informational power points focussing on earth observation technology, and activity packs which guide students […]
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I was very pleased to be able to deliver this conference workshop with Lilinaz as a pre-conference workshop for UCISA’s Women in Tech Group Conference in October. It is another of the UCISA CPD sessions and builds on data we collected last year about demographic differences in lockdown At the University of Edinburgh, we conducted University-wide …
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This series of five short videos on storyboarding data and statistical concepts have been created by Glenna Nightingale, Research Fellow […]
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