Smart Data Analytics for Business and Local Government
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Essex
Department Name: Essex Business School
Abstract
We are living in an era of Big data with the rapid technological developments in information technologies and communications providing an unprecedented amount of data and new forms of data. Big data is now an integral part of our daily lives and are routinely produced by local government and business. In these settings, data production is just a by-product of the activities local government or business are involved in: most often, this information is collected for a specific purpose but very little use is made of these data-sets beyond the original purpose they were designed for. The challenge is how we can make better use of these types of information to improve our quality of life and foster economic growth. If combined together, these datasets can provide valuable information and insights into how businesses and local authorities work, the ways in which improvements to services can be made or businesses become more successful and efficient in their operation. Big data can provide local authorities and businesses additional information which can help them to design better policies and improve their business operations.
To date, very little data of this type has been available for social scientific research in a systematic way. The aim of the new Smart Data Analytics (SDA) for Business and Local Government research centre is to utilise this explosion of information for social scientific research to answer questions that affect all our lives. For example, in an era of austerity and belt-tightening for local authorities, how can they make best use of limited resources to deliver the highest quality service to residents including across health and social care provision, education, crime reduction, housing and transport? By using data sources collected by local authorities for their administrative purposes we can start to unravel some of these questions and make relevant and timely policy recommendations. We have partnered with three local councils in Kent, Essex and Norfolk who are keen to work with academic researchers to learn from the information they hold to improve their service delivery but at present do not fully utilise. We have also partnered with businesses who wish to understand how we can foster and support economic growth, particularly for small and medium enterprises and start-ups. What are the barriers these businesses face and how can Big data help us understand the best means of overcoming these?
The SDA will establish a secure data facility at the University of Essex where Big data from a variety of sources are stored and matched so to produce new information which can be useful to both local authorities and businesses. At the same time, the facility will give researchers, local authorities and businesses a point of access to Big data and expertise and support in using those data. There are clearly many issues of data privacy and confidentiality to be considered and the Centre will develop safe methods of handling, anonymising and linking data to ensure the confidentiality of businesses and individuals is maintained and respected. The Centre will also carry out research into how Big data can best be analysed as some of the methods used for more standard forms of data such as social surveys may not apply. We have an innovative substantive research programme articulated in a set of research streams designed to focus on key policy issues: (i) Methodological advances in Big Data analysis; (ii) Local economic growth, (iii) Support for vulnerable people; and (iv) the Green Infrastructure. The Centre will also provide training and support to new researchers, businesses and local authorities and engage actively with both businesses and local authorities through tailored knowledge exchange activities which will draw on the expertise built in the Centre. The new Centre promises to be an exciting development that will not only advance knowledge but have a positive impact on our quality of life.
To date, very little data of this type has been available for social scientific research in a systematic way. The aim of the new Smart Data Analytics (SDA) for Business and Local Government research centre is to utilise this explosion of information for social scientific research to answer questions that affect all our lives. For example, in an era of austerity and belt-tightening for local authorities, how can they make best use of limited resources to deliver the highest quality service to residents including across health and social care provision, education, crime reduction, housing and transport? By using data sources collected by local authorities for their administrative purposes we can start to unravel some of these questions and make relevant and timely policy recommendations. We have partnered with three local councils in Kent, Essex and Norfolk who are keen to work with academic researchers to learn from the information they hold to improve their service delivery but at present do not fully utilise. We have also partnered with businesses who wish to understand how we can foster and support economic growth, particularly for small and medium enterprises and start-ups. What are the barriers these businesses face and how can Big data help us understand the best means of overcoming these?
The SDA will establish a secure data facility at the University of Essex where Big data from a variety of sources are stored and matched so to produce new information which can be useful to both local authorities and businesses. At the same time, the facility will give researchers, local authorities and businesses a point of access to Big data and expertise and support in using those data. There are clearly many issues of data privacy and confidentiality to be considered and the Centre will develop safe methods of handling, anonymising and linking data to ensure the confidentiality of businesses and individuals is maintained and respected. The Centre will also carry out research into how Big data can best be analysed as some of the methods used for more standard forms of data such as social surveys may not apply. We have an innovative substantive research programme articulated in a set of research streams designed to focus on key policy issues: (i) Methodological advances in Big Data analysis; (ii) Local economic growth, (iii) Support for vulnerable people; and (iv) the Green Infrastructure. The Centre will also provide training and support to new researchers, businesses and local authorities and engage actively with both businesses and local authorities through tailored knowledge exchange activities which will draw on the expertise built in the Centre. The new Centre promises to be an exciting development that will not only advance knowledge but have a positive impact on our quality of life.
Planned Impact
Non-academic beneficiaries of the Centre include a range of organisations and individuals, operating at several levels. The direct impacts on beneficiaries could be rapid. Campaigning organisations and special interest groups can adapt their messaging and strategies quickly. Impacts on policy debates could similarly be rapid, though impacts on policy itself will take longer to filter through the review and revision process. The indirect impacts on society as a whole (via the effect of research influence on policy and practice) will accrue in the long-term.
Key beneficiaries are:
1) Businesses will have access to new data-sets which can improve their decision processes and training activities will build their capacity in Big data analytics to support their decision-making. Research on aspects of firm behaviour and economic growth will be relevant and could have implications for employment, production and location strategies.
2) Business organisations such as the CBI and Institute of Directors will benefit through better understanding their constituents' needs and priorities and how Big data can be used to support business growth.
3) Local government researchers and policy makers will benefit as both data owners and data producers. As data producers, the Centre will help them improve the quality of the data. As data owners, the Centre will show how they can use their data in a novel way and extract new information to support their policy-making processes and service delivery.
4) Local government officers, councillors and the Local Government Association. County, borough and unitary authorities in the UK are responsible for a number of services addressed. The focus on vulnerable people and health and social care as well as housing, education, policing, and the environment are all relevant. We expect considerable impacts on practice in the provision of services within a mixed economy of provision.
5) Government department researchers and policy makers. The Smart Specialisation and Smart Region approach will be of wider relevance across the UK. The methodological developments and substantive research will provide a model of relevance for all areas of the UK. The likely impact is significant as new ways of utilising Big data are developed.
6) Government executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, parliamentary select committees and quangos. Many will have interests in Big data, and we expect agencies such as e.g. the Food and Environment Research Agency, Low Pay Commission, Homes and Communities Agency, and the Environmental Audit Committee to be beneficiaries of the research.
7) EU policy-makers, the international policy community. Methodological and substantive research will be relevant to other countries and developments around Smart Specialisation. We envisage working with the EU S3 Smart Specialisation Platform and anticipate considerable international impact.
8) NGOs, think tanks, charities and independent research organisations will benefit including for example the New Economics Foundation, the Institute for Public Policy Research, Age UK, the Transport Research Laboratory, the Child Poverty Action Group, and Demos.
9) General public. The general public will benefit through more informed policy-making and an awareness of the benefits Big data provides including public engagement around the re-use of data for social research. Benefit will accrue through the provision of better quality, more efficient services and through new employment or firm level policies for economic growth. We expect findings to be reported in news media and to stimulate public debate.
10) Society as a whole. As the Centre positively influences policy across a range of areas at both regional and national levels, society as a whole will benefit through improved quality of life via improved public health and better social support for vulnerable people, families and children, economic growth and an improved environment.
Key beneficiaries are:
1) Businesses will have access to new data-sets which can improve their decision processes and training activities will build their capacity in Big data analytics to support their decision-making. Research on aspects of firm behaviour and economic growth will be relevant and could have implications for employment, production and location strategies.
2) Business organisations such as the CBI and Institute of Directors will benefit through better understanding their constituents' needs and priorities and how Big data can be used to support business growth.
3) Local government researchers and policy makers will benefit as both data owners and data producers. As data producers, the Centre will help them improve the quality of the data. As data owners, the Centre will show how they can use their data in a novel way and extract new information to support their policy-making processes and service delivery.
4) Local government officers, councillors and the Local Government Association. County, borough and unitary authorities in the UK are responsible for a number of services addressed. The focus on vulnerable people and health and social care as well as housing, education, policing, and the environment are all relevant. We expect considerable impacts on practice in the provision of services within a mixed economy of provision.
5) Government department researchers and policy makers. The Smart Specialisation and Smart Region approach will be of wider relevance across the UK. The methodological developments and substantive research will provide a model of relevance for all areas of the UK. The likely impact is significant as new ways of utilising Big data are developed.
6) Government executive agencies, non-departmental public bodies, parliamentary select committees and quangos. Many will have interests in Big data, and we expect agencies such as e.g. the Food and Environment Research Agency, Low Pay Commission, Homes and Communities Agency, and the Environmental Audit Committee to be beneficiaries of the research.
7) EU policy-makers, the international policy community. Methodological and substantive research will be relevant to other countries and developments around Smart Specialisation. We envisage working with the EU S3 Smart Specialisation Platform and anticipate considerable international impact.
8) NGOs, think tanks, charities and independent research organisations will benefit including for example the New Economics Foundation, the Institute for Public Policy Research, Age UK, the Transport Research Laboratory, the Child Poverty Action Group, and Demos.
9) General public. The general public will benefit through more informed policy-making and an awareness of the benefits Big data provides including public engagement around the re-use of data for social research. Benefit will accrue through the provision of better quality, more efficient services and through new employment or firm level policies for economic growth. We expect findings to be reported in news media and to stimulate public debate.
10) Society as a whole. As the Centre positively influences policy across a range of areas at both regional and national levels, society as a whole will benefit through improved quality of life via improved public health and better social support for vulnerable people, families and children, economic growth and an improved environment.
Organisations
- University of Essex (Lead Research Organisation)
- London Southend Airport (Collaboration)
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) (Collaboration)
- Curtin University (Collaboration)
- George Mason University (Collaboration)
- IBM (Collaboration)
- National Audit Office (Collaboration)
- Greater Cambridgeshire and Greater Peterborough LEP (Collaboration)
- National University of Distance Education (Collaboration)
- Natural England (Collaboration)
- Florida Atlantic University (Collaboration)
- Essex Police (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX (Collaboration)
- The Red Balloon Family Foundation (Collaboration)
- Norwich City Council (Collaboration)
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) (Collaboration)
- Hoppily Ltd (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN (Collaboration)
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (Collaboration)
- United Nations (UN) (Collaboration)
- Retail Data Partnership Ltd (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Allot Communications Ltd (Collaboration)
- East Sussex County Council (Collaboration)
- Competition and Markets Authority (Collaboration)
- Signpost 2 Grow (Collaboration)
- Unum in the UK (Collaboration)
- WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY (Collaboration)
- York University Toronto (Collaboration)
- Centrepoint (Collaboration)
- GoHinGo Ltd (Collaboration)
- Intellectual Property Office (IPO) (Collaboration)
- Xiamen University (Collaboration)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL (Collaboration)
- Which? (Collaboration)
- Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing (Collaboration)
- Innovate UK (Collaboration)
- Local Enterprise Partnerships (Collaboration)
- University Hospital Magdeburg (Collaboration)
- Cambridge City Council (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF KENT (Collaboration)
- Poplar HARCA (Collaboration)
- Cambridgeshire County Council (Collaboration)
- Norfolk Constabulary (Project Partner)
- Experian (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Norfolk County Council (Project Partner)
- Aviva Plc (Project Partner)
- South East Local Enterprise Partnership (Project Partner)
- Medway Council (Project Partner)
- BT Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Lloyds Banking Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Kent County Council (Project Partner)
- Essex County Council (Project Partner)
Publications
Lazos A;
A New Approach to Valuing Risk-neutral Moments from Option Prices. Journal of Futures Markets
in under review
Lovett A;
(2018)
Developing a Green Infrastructure Strategy for Essex
Lovett, A;
(2018)
in Landscape Planning and Ecosystem Services in Europe
Luo M
(2018)
A mean-variance optimisation approach to collectively pricing warranty policies
in International Journal of Production Economics
Luo M
(2016)
An Overview of Approaches to Insurance Data Analysis and Suggestions for Warranty Data Analysis
in Recent Patents on Engineering
Luo M
(2018)
A value-at-risk approach to optimisation of warranty policy
in European Journal of Operational Research
Mahmoud O
(2014)
A feature selection method for classification within functional genomics experiments based on the proportional overlapping score.
in BMC bioinformatics
Mahmoud O
(2016)
Analysis of Large and Complex Data
Maiz A
(2016)
Factors affecting social interaction on social network sites: the Facebook case
in Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Maiz Ander;
(2016)
Factors affecting social interaction on Social Network Sites: The Facebook Case
in Journal of Enterprise Information Management
| Description | The Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (BLG DRC) brings together academic expertise from the Universities of Essex (UoE), East Anglia (UEA) and Kent (UoK) to help businesses and local authorities (LAs) use data more effectively, enable better decision making, and support organisations to solve real problems. The research within the Centre comprises four streams: (i) Local Economic Growth; (ii) Support for Vulnerable People; (iii) Mapping Green Infrastructure; (iv) Methodologies for Analytics and Big Data. Each research stream involves a number of academic and research staff working on a range of projects. Our work under all streams has generated significant new insights and new knowledge. Some indicative examples are provided here: - Our project on understanding barriers to innovation has shed new light on the challenges of access to finance faced by innovative SMEs. We have identified the causes for underfunding among the SMEs in the East of England and how peer-to-peer lending can be used to this purpose. - Our methodological research has used advanced statistical methods to analyse a large cohort of people aged 60 and over in the UK based on electronic health records of THIN primary care database. In essence, the study uncovered that the risk of death after a heart attack is lower than previously thought, and more widespread prescription of beta blockers could further improve survival rates. - Our methodological research has developed novel artificial intelligence based methods to explore and identify patterns in time series using an intrinsic notion of time and not physical time. Such methods look for events of different magnitude and can be used in identifying trends and events in financial data. - Research under the Supporting Vulnerable People research stream examined issues around the measurement of multiple deprivation in rural areas in England to offer recommendations around how this might be done via the production of a new measure of disadvantage to be used as an alternative to the English Index of Deprivation (IMD). The research resulted in the development of an adaptable model for measuring deprivation and, from this, a composite indicator (UEA-RDI) that may useful in identifying deprived rural areas for the purpose of targeting health and care interventions. - Our work on green infrastructures has created a new mapping that combines crowdsourced details from OpenStreetMap with Ordnance Survey databases; this is an invaluable resource in supporting planning strategies and assessments of natural capital. - We have developed new software such as R libraries which have been made available to the wider community. - our training programme has delivered over 45 training sessions reaching over 1000 participants and has increased their knowledge and skills in a range of topics in data science and analytics techniques. - We have acquired and made available through the Centre over 400 datasets to the research and broader community of professionals interested in social sciences research. - The work that has been funded through the Centre continues to develop and there have been subsequent work and publications. |
| Exploitation Route | There are multiple areas that our findings can be taken forward by others. - Firstly, the project provides useful insights in issues around providing finance to SMEs. Policy makers at the regional or national level could make use of these insights in creating new policies and vehicles to support SMEs to grow. - The techniques developed under the methodological stream have applicability in a range of domains. For instance, the natural language processing techniques developed have wider applicability in analyzing customer feedback or other forms of unstructured data emanating from interactions with customers (e-commerce websites, etc). - Our advanced statistical methods and machine learning methods have applications in the health domain for instance, in analysing clinical trials data or patient related data to uncover hidden patterns. - our work in mapping green spaces and understanding their use can feed into housing policy, or creating green spaces for the benefit of communities. - our work in supporting vulnerable people has been providing insights into issues around identifying vulnerable individuals and how these can be supported. With the social care provision coming under pressure due to budget constraints, preventative approaches and interventions that can be put in place after having identified people at risk can make a huge difference to the quality of life and outcomes for individuals and the wider society. Policy makers at the regional or national level can benefit from the results of the research that we have undertaken. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Financial Services, and Management Consultancy,Healthcare |
| Description | The work of the Centre and activities have started to deliver socio-economic impact in a number of areas: - Our research on alternative finance models for SMEs has generated insights that are feeding into policy. Prof Coakley has given written evidence to the Treasury Select Committee Inquiry on SME Finance and made two submissions: (i) Equity crowdfunding submission and (ii) Bank lending submission. - BLG DRC ran a public lecture series across the Universities of Essex, East Anglia and Kent. Titled "Big Data, Big Questions", the public lecture series sought to raise awareness of the Centre and the issues surrounding Big Data and analytics across a number of topics including: the environment, policy, society, business, smart cities and data regulation. The public lecture series reached over 750 people across the three regions improving attendees' knowledge of Big Data and associated issues (challenges, opportunities and risks) as well as the visibility of the Centre's research and work. - The Centre issues Data Analytics Innovation Vouchers (DAIVs) to enable stakeholders, businesses and public sector organisations, to access the Centre's academic expertise in Big Data and analytics. These have started to deliver impact on stakeholders. An indicative example is the work with the East Sussex County Council where we provided expertise to model the deterioration processes of pavement systems. We provided algorithms for use by the Council to improve their road/pavement network. This research and subsequent report provided algorithms that can be used by the council to model the deterioration processes of pavement networks and assist in optimising maintenance intervals for pavement networks. The Researcher and Council are now working with a third party software company to utilise the models. - The Centre has been running training courses with a number of stakeholders such as local authorities including: Waltham Forest, London Borough of Islington, Suffolk County Council, Colchester and Ipswich Hospital Trust. Training is designed in discussion with the stakeholder to fit their needs and depending on the workforce's skills. To date, we have run 45 face to face/bespoke training sessions and we have reached over 1000 individuals. Following training, delegates reported an increase in knowledge and our average evaluation score is above 9 out of 10. - Our research into advanced data analytics techniques has formed the basis for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) with a number of stakeholders. The KTP projects have continued to develop and have delivered tangible benefits to a range of organisations |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Financial Services, and Management Consultancy |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Big Data Consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Citation in research paper |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Description | Citation in research paper Andrew Lovett |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Description | Input to Essex County Council Growth and Infrastructure Plan for Essex |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | Potential improved accessibility of public services |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/portfolio-item/integrating-spatial-data-sources-to-develop-a-represen... |
| Description | MHCLG Committee in Parliament: Inquiry on LG Finance and 2019 spending review (JV) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Survival prospects after acute myocardial infarction in the UK: a matched cohort study 1987-201 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical reviews |
| URL | https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/ref/10.12968/hmed.2017.78.3.128 |
| Description | Whole Essex information sharing framework |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Written evidence accepted for Treasury Select Committee on SME Finance (Jerry Coakley) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/treasury-committee/... |
| Description | Written evidence accepted for Treasury Select Committee on SME Finance (Jerry Coakley, Claudia Girardone, Mingchen Sun) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/treasury-committee/... |
| Description | 1.0. Stockholm & Cornell Universities Conference on International Studies Travel Grant. (For the 4th Annual Conference on International Studies in the 21st Century), University of Stockholm. |
| Amount | € 300 (EUR) |
| Organisation | Stockholm University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Sweden |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 06/2018 |
| Description | American Political Science Association (APSA) Travel Grant |
| Amount | $400 (USD) |
| Organisation | American Political Science Association |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 08/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Description | An investigation of the implementation in England of the first regulatory framework for long-term foster care as a permanence option |
| Amount | £120,548 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Nuffield Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant Competition 2016-17 |
| Amount | £9,949 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SG163445 |
| Organisation | The British Academy |
| Department | British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Business and Local Government Data Research Centre |
| Amount | £1,220,549 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/S007156/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | CFOA Integrated Data Research Programme |
| Amount | £13,722 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | UEA R204242 |
| Organisation | Chief Fire Officers Associaton (CFOA) |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 01/2017 |
| Description | Capital Underspend |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 03/2016 |
| Description | Catalyst |
| Amount | £2,500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Higher Education Funding Council for England |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | E.Kulinskaya and A. MacGregor, Developing adaptive real time statistical models for detection of joint failure based on continuous monitoring of data from joint registries |
| Amount | £25,763 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2019 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | ESRC STRATEGIC NETWORKS |
| Amount | £70,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2016 |
| Description | From care, to adoption, to parenting: a two generation study of identity, risk and resilience in adoptive families |
| Amount | £371,615 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/R004145/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 11/2020 |
| Description | Further research has been funded under ESRC IAF at UEA. This aims to accelerate the collaborative research work adult social care and knowledge transfer (UEA and a local authority). |
| Amount | £22,035 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of East Anglia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2019 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | HEIF Impact Funding and ESRC IAA funding (EK) |
| Amount | £4,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Invitation to tender: Research on reunification of children from care |
| Amount | £15,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Action For Children |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 12/2020 |
| Description | Islamic Relief |
| Amount | £0 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2018 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Partnership |
| Amount | £144,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Hood Group Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 10/2019 |
| Description | MSX International - KTP |
| Amount | £147,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Mondaq - KTP |
| Amount | £118,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 509967 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 12/2019 |
| Description | Objective Computing - KTP |
| Amount | £98,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | Orbital Media - KTP |
| Amount | £122,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 02/2020 |
| Description | PVC (research) Infrastructure Fund 2015/16 |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | Preqin - KTP |
| Amount | £112,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 511071 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2019 |
| Description | Productivity Insight Network |
| Amount | £0 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 01/2021 |
| Description | Profusion - KTP |
| Amount | £124,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2017 |
| End | 07/2020 |
| Description | Regionalising adoption in Yorkshire and Humberside: a research project |
| Amount | £49,937 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | R203645 |
| Organisation | Barnardo's |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2016 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Description | UEA ESRC Impact Accelerator Account: Big Data Theme |
| Amount | £683,452 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/M500525/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2015 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Use of Big Health and Actuarial Data for Understanding Longevity and Morbidity Risks |
| Amount | £788,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2016 |
| End | 04/2020 |
| Title | Essex councils' expenditure greater than £500 F/Y 2014/15 |
| Description | Data was collected from Essex councils' monthly returns made available on each council's web site. Where data was missing it was requested and made available under a Freedom of Information request. It was collated in Excel. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Not aware of any impact to date |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!data-catalogue/c1pkn |
| Title | FAME |
| Description | Financial data on companies |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Not aware |
| URL | https://fame.bvdinfo.com/version-20171127/Search.QuickSearch.serv?_CID=0&context=325QBXAEOKF8VXJ |
| Title | Indices of Deprivation |
| Description | Indices of deprivation 2010 by local authority down to lower super output area code |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | None yet |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!data-catalogue/c1pkn |
| Title | Insolvencies in Colchester |
| Description | Insolvencies in Colchester Borough Council area 2004 - 2013. File type xlsx |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | None yet |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!data-catalogue/c1pkn |
| Title | Natural England GIS data |
| Description | Natural England GIS data sets covering: Ancient Woodland, Nature Reserves, Special areas of conservation, SSI Units, Environmental Stewardship, Special Protection Areas, Wetland Ramsar Sites. File type .kml.id.tab.dat.map |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | none yet |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!data-catalogue/c1pkn |
| Title | Natural England GIS data (impact update) |
| Description | Natural England GIS data sets covering: Ancient Woodland, Nature Reserves, Special areas of conservation, SSI Units, Environmental Stewardship, Special Protection Areas, Wetland Ramsar Sites. File type .kml.id.tab.dat.map |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Essex County Council used the data in support of their regional growth strategy. More recently they have asked about using a newer version of the database to support the development of the green infrastructure strategy for Essex this year. UEA researcher gave a presentation on the green infrastructure work at the GIS Research UK at the University of Leicester in April. A senior staff member from Ordnance Survey was in the audience and this has led to an invitation to give a seminar at OS. This could lead on to other things but it is not clear what these might be yet. |
| Title | Ofcom Broadband data |
| Description | Postcode level data from 2013 in csv. format |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | none yet |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!data-catalogue/c1pkn |
| Description | A* Research Agency, visit by Prof Fasli |
| Organisation | Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) |
| Country | Singapore |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Prof Fasli, PI and Director of the BLG DRC, visited A* Research Agency in March 2019. Prof Fasli had visited briefly before and at the time a number of areas for collaboration were identified. Prof Fasli delivered a talk and also held meetings with a number of Researchers as well as staff that are working on research and development projects with industry. A brief visit also followed in August 2019 by Prof Fasli. |
| Collaborator Contribution | A number of researchers working in applications of data science techniques and analytics to public policy and socio-economic problems and challenges met with Prof Fasli and discussed their work and opportunities for collaboration or learning from each other's work or conducting parallel studies. |
| Impact | This partnership is multi-disciplinary involving social scientists and computer scientists and practitioners. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Allot Ltd |
| Organisation | Allot Communications Ltd |
| Country | Israel |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | To work with Allot Ltd to identify the environmental data and information required to support Green finance initiative for financial industries. We want to develop a data platform that can store environmental data and produce information out of it to support Green finance initiative by G20, UNEP and Bank of England. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data sharing |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | An investigation of rural-urban food sales in England and Wales. |
| Organisation | Retail Data Partnership Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The Retail Data Partnership is interested in academic collaboration to provide insight into novel methodologies for analysing the data they collect as well as evidencing the benefit of the data from a societal perspective. We will be working with their data to examine rural-urban contrast in food sales in the stores they provide. We will also visit the organisation and run a training session to help upskill their staff in the data analysis methods used. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Retail Data Partnership are providing point of sale data covering 2,500 stores in England and Wales. They are also providing advice on the interpretation of the data and will assist with the dissemination of project findings via their commercial dissemination network. |
| Impact | In terms of outputs, a peer-reviewed journal article will be produced based on this work. The Retail Data Partnership will also disseminate findings via their network. In terms of outcomes, this research will generate new insights to inform food policy. Researchers at the University of East Anglia plan to visit the Retail Data Partnership to share expertise. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Business Travel Market |
| Organisation | London Southend Airport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Research team has prepared an overview of the proposed project |
| Collaborator Contribution | None |
| Impact | Project overview has been created |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | CMA/UEA Care Homes |
| Organisation | Competition and Markets Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provided expert opinion on 1) economics of the Care Home market and 2) preliminary analysis of dynamics of the Care Home market. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Set out background to CAM study of the Care Home market, issues to be discussed and exchange of preliminary analysis. |
| Impact | Partnership strengthened and is on-going. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Organisation | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | To support the redevelopment of the pupil forecasting approach used by the Cambridgeshire County Council for pupil place planning. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data Sharing |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Cambridgeshire Insight |
| Organisation | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Joint research projects and data sharing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data sharing |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Centre of Excellence in Inforamtion Sharing Academic Panel |
| Organisation | Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | James Cornford is a member of the Centre's Academic Advisory Panel. The Panel has successfully organised an ESRC Seminar Series (Information Sharing In policy and Practice: What else do we have to share when we share information? http://www.ncl.ac.uk/kite/news/esrc_seminars/) and James is working with the Centre to develop a MOOC on Information Sharing. The centre has also facilitated access to a range of other actors including the Chief Fire Officers Association and a number of local authorities. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Centre has worked to support research bids and to facilitate research access. |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Clinical relevance ofmolecular markers of colorectal cancer |
| Organisation | University Hospital Magdeburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | Pr Berthold Lausen collaboration with Prof/Dr. Roland S. Croner, Klinik fur Allgemein-Viszeral, Gefass und Transplantationschirurgie |
| Collaborator Contribution | unknown |
| Impact | unknown |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with Essex County Council |
| Organisation | Essex County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Collaborating with Essex County Council to provide data analysis and input for the Green Infrastructure Strategy that they are currently developing. The most recent meeting was in Chelmsford on 18th July 2018. The next will be on 28th August 2018. Work undertaken as part of the Green Infrastructure theme is also relevant to a current collaboration with Norfolk County Council to develop a method to value their recreation trails |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of data for analysis. |
| Impact | Still active |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with Essex County Council on Green Essex Strategy |
| Organisation | Essex County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | ESRC BLGDRC researchers at UEA used the green infrastructure databases and GIS methods developed during the research programme to undertake additional analyses and produce a report in support of the Green Essex Strategy being developed by Essex County Council. The strategy went out for consultation in May-July 2019 and is now being finalised. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided guidance on key questions to be addressed and support in obtaining additional data (e.g. on urban development plans within local authorities). They also commented on drafts of the report which helped to ensure that local details were correct. |
| Impact | Apart from the material included in the Green Essex Strategy itself the work attracted attention from Natural England and resulted in a request to submit an Expression of Interest to participate as a trial location for the National Framework of Green Infrastructure Standards. In February 2020 we received confirmation that Natural England would like to include Essex as part of the trial programme and this work will take place between May 2020 and February 2021. BLGDRC researchers at UEA will continue to collaborate with Essex County Council staff as part of the trial workshops and other activities. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Collaboration with N. Arranz (UNED) |
| Organisation | National University of Distance Education |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research collaboration includes the study of joint R&D projects, R&D networks, and complexity of technological systems. As a consequence of this collaboration, we are co-authors of numerous papers published in the British Journal of Management, IEEE Transaction Engineering Management, Complexity, Technovation, Emergence: Organization and Complexity, Studies in Higher Education, Technological Forecasting Social Change, International Small Business Journal, Journal Enterprise Information Management and Industry and Higher Education |
| Collaborator Contribution | Conducted numerous researches and publications in collaboration |
| Impact | Arranz, F. Ubierna, M. F. Arroyabe, C. Perez, JC Fdez. de Arroyabe (2016). The effect of tourism education on students' entrepreneurial vocation. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. Article published online / DOI:10.1080/15022250.2016.1157035 N. Arranz, F. Ubierna, M. F. Arroyabe, C. Perez, JC.Fdez. de Arroyabe (2016). The effect of curricular and extracurricular activities on university students' entrepreneurial intention and competences. Studies Higher Education. Article published online/ DOI:10.1080/03075079.2015.1130030 N. Arranz, M. F. Arroyabe, JC Fdez. de Arroyabe (2016). Alliance building process as inhibing factor for SME international alliances. British Journal Management 27(3), 497-515. A. Maiz, N. Arranz, JC. Fdez. de Arroyabe (2016) . Factors affecting social interaction on Social Network Sites: The Facebook Case. Journal Enterprise Information Management 29(5), 1-19. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with Natural England and Essex County Council on GI Standards |
| Organisation | Natural England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | As a follow-on to research conducted as part of the ESRC BLGDRC researchers at UEA were asked to partner with Essex County Council to apply to be a trial area for the Natural England GI Standards Initiative. The application was successful, and Essex is one of 10 national trial areas. We have taken part in 7 meetings or workshops between September 2020 and March 2021 and been involved in evaluating draft standards documents and national GIS mapping data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided draft national GI standards and GIS mapping products for evaluation. |
| Impact | The national evaluation project will report later in 2021. There may be subsequent phases of activity that we are involved in - this is yet to be confirmed. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration with Xiamen University, China |
| Organisation | Xiamen University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Jerry Coakley is collaborating with Dr Zhe Shen of Xiamen University, China and Prof Ana Maria Fuertes Cass on "Media Tone, Investor Demand, and Underpricing in Chinese IPOs." Target journal: Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS 4 ranked). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Shen is providing the data and epertise on the operational details Chinese IPOs. |
| Impact | Target journal: Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS 4 ranked). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Collaboration with York University, Ontario, Canada |
| Organisation | York University Toronto |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Jerry Coakley and Aris Lazos are collecting data for collaboration with Prof Douglas Cumming, York University, Ontario Canada on a paper on "A secondary market in equity crowdfunded shares". They now have gained access to the Crunchbase dataset and are waiting for Francisco the Seedrs Data Analyst to supply data on their secondary market activities which they plan to make available in the Autumn. Target journal: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ABS 4 ranked) |
| Collaborator Contribution | tbc |
| Impact | Not yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Complementarity in Innovation Protection |
| Organisation | Intellectual Property Office (IPO) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Cleaning of data; analysis of data; writing of paper for presentation at the Shard in London |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing of data |
| Impact | Paper: Having a second string to the bow: Patenting and informal protection strategies in the face of technological competition |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Data Mapping working group |
| Organisation | Knowledge Transfer Network |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Imparting dataset knowledge on Local Economic Growth |
| Collaborator Contribution | None |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | East Sussex Highways |
| Organisation | East Sussex County Council |
| Department | East Sussex Highways |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | 1.) To produce algorithms that will track and present trends in asset deterioration. 2.) To analyse and understand the impact and interdependency one highway asset has with another highway asset. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data Sharing |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Essex County Council - Essex Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA) |
| Organisation | Essex County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Researchers in the BLG DRC will be working together with analysts in Essex County Council as part of a high level collaboration between Essex County Council, Essex Police and the University of Essex. Researchers will be contributing their socio-economic and data science expertise in formulating projects to tackle challenging problems in the region and subsequently working with analysts in a collaborative way to undertake these projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Essex County Council analysts and professionals including policy makers, have domain knowledge and expertise and access to data for the county's citizens. They can help the Researchers in the BLG DRC to interpret findings coming out of analysis and also identify ways that these findings can feed into policy changes or support the ECC's decision making. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary and involves, social scientists, social care experts, computer scientists and data analysts. We have not got results out of any project yet, hence there are currently on outputs/outcomes to report. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Essex County Council DAIV |
| Organisation | Essex County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A green infrastructure strategy is being produced for Essex County Council and requires a robust understanding of the pressures and opportunities presented by the development sites put forward within the Local Development Plans on the green infrastructure in Essex. There is a need to understand the value of our green infrastructure through spatially illustrating its multi-functionality and benefits. This will be overlaid with the development sites and demographic analysis to highlight any implications for existing green infrastructure functions and benefits. In turn, this will help identify potential future needs and opportunities to enhance and improve green infrastructure in and around those sites, which will offer opportunities for public access, recreation, connection to other green infrastructure and delivery of environmental net gains. Overall, the analysis will allow the consideration of different options for areas by the key decision makers, such as planners, developers and the Highway Authority to provide accessible green spaces and other green infrastructure, delivering multiple functions through their design, management and layout. To achieve this the council needs a researcher to: • Produce a GIS based model using a variety of data sources (building upon the public accessible green infrastructure mapping) to map: o The green infrastructure typology, functionality and benefits o The proposed housing and commercial industry sites from the Local Development Plans, creating a buffer zone around each of the development sites o Public Rights of Way and other paths (i.e. cycleways) network and to identify potential circular routes or connectivity with the development sites and green spaces o Green Infrastructure provision against the demographic data (i.e. population and ethnic diversity) and development sites to assess the proximity to green spaces and provision based on the Natural England's Accessible Natural Greenspace Standard (ANGSt), to identify gaps ad area of deficiencies. o Flood risk and critical drainage sites to identify green infrastructure within flood zones to highlight potential impacts on the flood risk from the proposed development sites and opportunities to incorporate natural flood management techniques and Sustainable Drainage Systems. • Provide the ability to overlay these maps to show the impact, demand, inclusivity and connectivity of the proposed development sites to existing green infrastructure. Highlighting areas with high functionality and benefits that should be conserved, as well as areas that need measures to improve their green infrastructure provision. • Summaries methodology and findings within a report that along with the GIS model will accompany the Green Infrastructure Strategy. The Centre is working with the council to deliver the research project which builds on our relationship to date. This has included data analytics training. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The council has provided supporting data. |
| Impact | Work is still ongoing |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Essex County Council, Lovett and Sunnenberg |
| Organisation | Essex County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Providing data and analysis to inform the Essex Green Infrastructure Strategy. Meeting held in Chelmsford on 28th August, phone conferences on 5th September, 13th September and 20th September. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data. |
| Impact | Unknown |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Essex Police - Essex Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA) |
| Organisation | Essex Police |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Researchers in the BLG DRC will be working together with analysts in Essex Police as part of a high level collaboration between Essex County Council, Essex Police and the University of Essex. Researchers will be contributing their socio-economic and data science expertise in formulating projects to tackle challenging problems in the region and subsequently working with analysts in a collaborative way to undertake these projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Essex Police analysts and professionals have domain knowledge and expertise and access to data for the county's citizens. They can help the Researchers in the BLG DRC to interpret findings coming out of analysis and also identify ways that these findings can feed into policy changes or support the EP's decision making. |
| Impact | The collaboration is multi-disciplinary and involves, social scientists, social care experts, computer scientists and data analysts. We have not got results out of any project yet, hence there are currently on outputs/outcomes to report. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | GCGP LEP |
| Organisation | Greater Cambridgeshire and Greater Peterborough LEP |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | To combine many data sources, review and produce visual and numerical data that would enable GCGP policy makers to estimate impact and determine gaps in policy making to guide the development and delivery of future programmes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data sharing |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | George Mason University DataLab Collaboration |
| Organisation | George Mason University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The BLG DRC and the DataLab based at George Mason University (Washington DC) held a joint workshop to explore the challenges and opportunities of working with the public sector and businesses in relation to data science and analytics and policy making. |
| Collaborator Contribution | A research workshop was held at the DataLab based at George Mason University (Washington DC) and presentations by researchers on both sides were delivered on key work undertaken. The workshop involved researchers coming from social sciences, policy support, computer science and social care. Interactive discussion sessions followed and opportunities for further work were discussed. |
| Impact | This collaboration has led to the BLG DRC being invited by George Mason University and MetroLab to be an Associate Partner in an NSF Network bid, but the outcome of this is not known yet. This is a multi-disciplinary collaboration involving social scientists, policy support researchers, computer scientists and social care researchers. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | GoHinGo |
| Organisation | GoHinGo Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | DAIV awarded to assist GoHinGo in the research, implementation of a database and specific marketing activities to support the growing business. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Hoppily |
| Organisation | Hoppily Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Analysis of data |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data sharing |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | IBM/UEA Workshops on Transforming Social Care |
| Organisation | IBM |
| Department | IBM UK Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Contributed to identification of personas and business problems to work on with IBM to identify solutions to aid transforming social care. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Led workshops and steered discussions towards next steps. |
| Impact | Partnership strengthened and is on-going. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Innovation and Copycat behaviour in equity crowdfunding & A secondary market in equity crowdfunded shares |
| Organisation | Florida Atlantic University |
| Department | School of Urban and Regional Planning |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Jerry Coakley and Aris Lazos are collaborating with Prof Douglas Cumming, Florida Atlantic University on two papers on "Innovation and copycat behaviour in equity crowdfunding" and "A secondary market in equity crowdfunded shares". We have a dataset 2011-2018 for the first paper and this is in progress. Seedrs stated in Autumn 2018 that they need more time for this market to develop before they would agree to releasing the data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Prof Cumming's contribution is his theoretical expertise since he is one of the world's leading authorities on equity crowfunding. |
| Impact | Target journals: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ABS 4 ranked); Journal of Corporate Finance (ABS 4 ranked). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | NALEP |
| Organisation | Local Enterprise Partnerships |
| Department | New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Report to show NALEP how the growing business fund grant has contributed (or not) to the growth and success of the businesses which have applied for the grant, looking in particular at: • GVA • productivity • increase in staff • increase in turnover/profitability |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data Sharing |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Norwich City Council |
| Organisation | Norwich City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We have worked with Norwich City Council to identify data and to create a data sharing agreement. We have done preliminary analysis which had led to questions about this data and requirement for further data which was obtained after meeting with the concil. We are now in the process of creating an analysis and will meet with Norwich City Council to present this preliminary findings at the end of March (TBA) and to decide on next steps. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Norwich City Council The UEA have partnered with Norwich City Council to analyse routine administrative data that the latter collect for the purpose of informing their practice in supporting new council tenants. |
| Impact | Presentation at LARIA conference at UEA, 6th December 2017. It is intended that this work will result in a report for the council that will inform its practice and in a research paper in a peer reviewed publication |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Poplar HARCA data analysis |
| Organisation | Poplar HARCA |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Working with Poplar HARCA to scope out projects of interest |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborating to identify projects that would provide beneficial insights to the organisation |
| Impact | Work in progress |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Project with Centrepoint |
| Organisation | Centrepoint |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We have developed a methodology to address missing data |
| Collaborator Contribution | Technical support to the research. Supplied data. |
| Impact | Report published in September 2017 - prediction model for imputation of missing values of youth homelessness provided by the local authorities in England. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Public Health England Rural Health Working Group |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are members of the Public Health England Rural Health Working group. We attend regular (3 monthly) meetings, either in person or via Skype. We are working with local authority data (mostly via Norfolk County Council) to produce a refined measure of rural deprivation that may be used by Public Health England for service planning. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provide feedback and facilitate data provision. Will be useful when it comes to impact as there is the potential for the project outputs to be used in public health service planning |
| Impact | Output this far is a prototype measure of rural disadvantage (a statistical index) computed for the county of Norfolk. This is still in development. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Research project with Cambridge City Council |
| Organisation | Cambridge City Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Worked on the information systems procedures used by Cambs CC. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided the data to conduct the analysis |
| Impact | Not yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Rural Health |
| Organisation | Public Health England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The UEA team have worked in collaboration with Public Health England to develop a Rural Deprivation Index. This has been an ongoing consultative project through which the index has been developed, with a PHE formed group (the Rural TC) acting as a sounding board, offering comment and advice. The PHE lead for this project as also organised to speaking events at which UEA staff have presented. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UEA have done most of the development and analysis work for this project, PHE have acted as advisory partners, but have also helped raise awareness of the work and disseminate it through two speaking events, and by making reference to UEA in a publication that was subsequently widely reported in the press. |
| Impact | UEA staff have presented this work four times in the last year (reported elsewhere) - at the IMGS conference in France, two PHE conferences and at the LARIA event on 6th December organised by UEA. PHE have publicised their work on rural health https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/18/rural-deprivation-and-ill-health-in-england-in-danger-of-being-overlooked Within their report have mentioned the UEA https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/1.39_Health%20in%20rural%20areas_WEB.pdf (p4) A paper has been submitted to a special issue of 'Social Science and Medicine' (submitted 31st Jan 2018) |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | SASNet |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Urban Big Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are providing training and seminars. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Training and seminars. |
| Impact | Series of seminars and training courses both at Essex and in Glasgow. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | SASNet |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Urban Big Data Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are providing training and seminars. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Training and seminars. |
| Impact | Series of seminars and training courses both at Essex and in Glasgow. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | SPACES |
| Organisation | East Sussex County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | A feasibility study to identify the data required to enable development of a robust business case for Shared SPACES including recommendation for the best way to collect it |
| Collaborator Contribution | Data sharing |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Signpost 2 Grow |
| Organisation | Signpost 2 Grow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | DAIV awarded to assist Signpost 2 Grow on a specific research project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Sustainability of home care services in Kent |
| Organisation | Kent County Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Provide regression analysis of data to assess the reasons for demand and supply of home care at a local area level |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided data and input on the goals of the project. |
| Impact | None |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | The Red Balloon Family Foundation |
| Organisation | The Red Balloon Family Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | DAIV awarded to evaluate their MiChoice and MiLife programmes |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to Data |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | UNUM |
| Organisation | Unum in the UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | DAIV application to provide exploratory analysis leading to a potential KTP. To explore big data to identify real time triggers for employers choosing to provide incapacity protection insurance for their employees (eg. Company employee health problems, new HR director or policies). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Access to data; regular meetings to discuss aims and objectives. |
| Impact | Unum were provided with a report which provided them with the ability to undertake "Web Scraping" techniques and "Entity Name" recognition, using Python and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. 3 defined cases were created enabling a combination of information to be concatenated e.g. Company Name + Post Code + Job Title including the associated LinkedIn profile. The proof of concept enabled Unum to extract the results into a CSV file and then to analyse the scraped data and subsequently import into their Enterprise CRM. The new found efficiency gains together with the market intelligence data will enable the company to harvest the targeted information to build future mailings and stakeholder intelligence mappings of existing and new markets alike. Unum have expressed an interest to work collaboratively with ESRC BLG DRC to help and improve the accuracy of the exploratory analysis and to extended the functionality in understanding how Unum might want to grow or change their current system and processes. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | United Nations Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC) |
| Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our contribution is to use our expertise in statistics and machine learning prediction to analyse this data and help the UNOCC to develop greater early warning capabilities. The UNOCC currently lacks the analytical capability to analyse fine-grained mission report data, but is seeking to build capabilities in data analysis in the age of "big data". |
| Collaborator Contribution | We have been given access to the Situational Awareness and Geospatial (SAGE) dataset for the Central African Republic, which complies in-the-field reports from peacekeepers, local partners and informants. |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | University of East Anglia /University of Manchester collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | My organisation (University of East Anglia) is providing subject specialist knowledge around children in care to support the analysis of administrative data about children in care. We are working on two projects together. A project exploring children in long-term foster care, and the project children who leave care to return home. We have previously worked together on the secondary analysis of survey data, resulting in one publication |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners at the University of Manchester are providing expertise in analysing large and complex datasets. |
| Impact | Neil, E., Morciano, M., Young, J. & Hartley, L. (2020) Exploring links between early adversities and later outcomes for children adopted from care: implications for planning post adoption support. Developmental Child Welfare (Due to be published March 2020) |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | West Midlands Combined Authorities |
| Organisation | West Midlands Combined Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Strategic Assessment Review and associated training programme |
| Collaborator Contribution | Strategic Assessment Review and associated training programme |
| Impact | Ongoing |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Which? |
| Organisation | Which? |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Which? and DRC to work collaboratively to identify opportunities for new research findings from DRC's longitudinal CQC care homes database. For DRC pass on their expertise in compiling CQC longitudinal data to Which?, so Which? will be able to generate similar outputs independently. This relationship came out of a webinar that Prof Ruth Hancock presented on the supporting vulnerable people stream. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Which? and DRC to work collaboratively to identify opportunities for new research findings from DRC's longitudinal CQC care homes database.. Which?'s use of DRC processing methods and analysis of resulting data to serve as a form of quality assurance for DRC. |
| Impact | Ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | Care Quality Commission (CQC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | Competition and Markets Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | Curtin University |
| Department | Department of Health |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | National Audit Office |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | University of Birmingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | University of Kent |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on care market research |
| Organisation | University of Lincoln |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Initiated and helped to organise workshop, presented work in progress, led discussion on data gaps and next steps for research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided venue (Department of Health), helped identify contacts in participating organisations, presented research, updated us on data developments. |
| Impact | Agreed to keep working together. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | Genetic programming for symbolic regression |
| Description | GP-SR is a C++ code that implements symbolic regression via genetic programming for data mining. It runs both sequentially and in parallel. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | The tool has not yet been properly tested. |
| Title | R Package: ESKNN |
| Description | Ensemble of subset of K-Nearest Neighbours Classifiers for Classification and Class Membership Probability Estimation. A few optimal models are selected in the ensemble from an initially large set of base k-nearest neighbours (KNN) models, generated on subset of features from the training data. A two stage assessment is applied in selection of optimal models for the ensemble in the training function. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Not aware of any impacts |
| URL | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ESKNN/ |
| Title | R Package: OTE |
| Description | Optimal Trees Ensembles for Regression, Classification and Class Membership Probability Estimation. Functions for creating ensembles of optimal trees for regression, classification and class membership probability estimation are given. A few trees are selected from an initial set of trees grown by random forest for the ensemble on the basis of their individual and collective performance. Trees are assessed on out-of-bag data and on an independent training data set for individual and collective performance respectively. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | Not aware of impact. |
| URL | https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/OTE/index.html |
| Title | confinterpret |
| Description | An R package for interpreting confidence intervals |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Software was accepted for publication on CRAN, the official repository of R packages. As at March 2018, the package has been downloaded over 3400 times (Source: https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/confinterpret |
| URL | https://cran.r-project.org/package=confinterpret |
| Description | "Market concentration, supply, quality and prices paid by Local Authorities in the English care home market" presented at the International Health Economics Association (iHEA) World Congress special, organised session on "Long-Term Care Financing and Markets". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | In many countries there has been an increased reliance on market mechanisms in the governance of LTC. I discussed the impact of conditions favouring high market concentration on supply, price and quality in the residential and nursing home markets. Focusing on the English case, I discussed the role of large for-profit corporate providers in determining the underlying competitive environment in which operate multiple buyers - the public local commissioners (that negotiate contracts with providers on behalf of residents whom they fund following a means test of their income and wealth), and (a large number of) self-funded individuals who have been excluded by the means test. Results enable to extract relevant policy messages on factors that may promote or inhibit an adequate supply of care home places at affordable costs and sufficient quality. The presentation followed a series of questions and a round table where internationally-relevant LTC issues were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.healtheconomics.org/page/2019Program |
| Description | 'Machine Learning Ensemble Methods and Applications' -seminar with speaker Dr. Wenjia Wang, in the cross-faculty seminar series on "Statistics and data Science in the Digital Age", |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This seminar covered: Basic concepts and methods of machine learning ensemble; factors influencing ensemble performance; methods of multi-media data classification, feature selection, clustering, and prediction; and some applications on big data, e.g. hybrid expert ensemble for validating bird observations in a citizen science project, heterogeneous ensemble for hip replacement failure prediction, active learning ensemble for seabed habitats classification, and identification of fake comments on the internet. Students and staff at UEA formed the main cohort for this seminar, which was open to public. Question and answer session highlighted the impact of the data source from this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.uea.ac.uk/computing/news-and-events/seminars/-/asset_publisher/a9l6p5FXwXPI/blog/machine... |
| Description | 1st International Social Prescribing Network Research Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented a poster and networked with range of conference participants. Raised awareness of Centre and project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.socialprescribingnetwork.com/resources |
| Description | 27th European Conference on Operational Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EURO2015 is the premier European conference for Operational Research and Management Science (ORMS), organised by the European Association of Operational Research Societies in conjunction with the UK OR Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-27th-european-conference-on-operational-research/ |
| Description | 27th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop (MME 2016) CORK Speaker: A. Fearne |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Food industry manufacturers and logistics attended, along with academics. 30/08/2016. UCCork (29 - 31/08/2018) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.uccconferencing.ie/product/27th-micromechanics-and-microsystems-europe-workshop-mme-2016/ |
| Description | 5th German-Japanese Workshop on Classification, Reisensburg Castle, Guenzburg, Germany, September 11, 2016 - September 13, 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Improved collaborations on data science methods and applications between Japanese, German and European participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://sysbio.uni-ulm.de/ocs/index.php/GJW/GJW16 |
| Description | 6th Crowdinvesting Symposium - Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings, Munich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This symposium included world experts in the field. An increase in interest was reported compared to the event in the previous year highlighting the growth of crowd investing as a new way of financing small and young firms. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ip.mpg.de/fileadmin/ipmpg/content/aktuelles/Program_CI_Symposium_2018.pdf |
| Description | 6th Crowdinvesting Symposium on Blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference at Max Planck Institute on July 20, 2018 in Munich, Germany. The conference was organised by an international crowdfunding expert Prof Lars Hornuf. Leading experts from all over the world participated such as Prof David Yermack from NYU Stern School of Business. Aris Lazos presented invited poster session (full paper was not ready by submission deadline) on "Follow-on Equity Crowdfunding in the UK" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | 6th Japanese-German Symposium on Classification |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 6th Japanese-German Symposium on Classification was held on August 11th and 12th, 2017 at Tama University, Shinagawa satellite Campus in Tokyo, Japan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | A review of 'Empowering the Public Sector: Delving into data analytics' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A blog post was published on the BLG website written by a member of staff from a council who attended the 'Empowering the Public Sector: Delving into Data Analytics' training course. This blog post related the benefits of such a training event with the real work which is taking place within councils. It will be very useful when promoting future events and was very well received on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/a-review-of-empowering-the-public-sector-delving-into-data-analytics |
| Description | ADSC Moonshot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about how Children's services can respond to increasingly constrained resources especially through movement towards predictive/proactive models.n Raised awareness of the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | AI and Health Conference at Institution of Engineering Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | B de la Iglesia was invited as a panel member for this conference organised by Future Intelligence in association with the IET and the global legal practice Cooley which represents Microsoft, Google, Elon Musk Nvidia and many other technology companies. Following this event Beatriz gave a recorded radio interview to Peter Warren, one of the organisers, for Future Intelligence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Academic Researcher visitor from the University of The Witwatersrand Johannesburg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This was a reciprocal visit from an academic researcher hosted by Professor Jerry Coakley CO-I of the Local Economic Growth Stream, who with other colleagues from The Essex Business School visited the University of The Witwatersrand Johannesburg. Having visited, the academic researcher was interest to hear more about the ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre and as the Project Manager, I was invited to meet and to discuss the project. From the discussion there is an opportunity for further academic collaboration beyond Essex Business School to work with the BLG DRC Research Fellows on both fundamental as well as applied research and for the BLG DRC to act as a "authoritative body of knowledge" to potentially extend the impact of the grant funding onto the international stage. We also discussed the Outreach and Engagement activities of the BLG DRC and the resultant impact that this was having in the public, private and charity sectors by Exploring Data; Enhancing Knowledge and Empowering Society. To this end our guest was given an information pack containing copies of our BLG DRC branded booklets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Active Essex Network Event - 1 March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The centre was invited to present at Active Network on research, data analytics and opportunities to collaborate. This annual event brought together over 80 council funded organisations, charities, NHS organisations and private sector companies with an invested interest in health/wellbeing. As well as senior leaders from the council, strategic partners included Public Health England and operational leads. This year's event focused on the impact of physical activity on mental health. As well as formal presentations, the agenda included networking opportunities which allowed the centre to form new contacts. The presentation delivered by the centre was well received, generating a lot of interest. All delegates received handouts and a follow up email. A number of the CEOs including CVS Basildon have already contacted the centre to follow up on the information discussed in order to book a consultation and register attendance at the Centre Showcase and Celebration Event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Addressing Access to Finance for SME's |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Encouraged debate on the topic, stimulated questions and discussions Established new contacts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!addressing-access-to-finance-issues-for/c765 |
| Description | Adoption Support: Learning from adoptive families' experiences - CormBAAF Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioners and policymakers formed the main cohort for this conference in London. Question, answer and debate session highlighted the impact of the data source from this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://corambaaf.org.uk/events/adoption-support-learning-adoptive-families-experiences-corambaaf-co... |
| Description | Adoption consortium leadership board meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The meeting discussed three projects that UEA researchers propose to carry out for Yorkshire and Humberside adoption consortium. (analysing local authority datasets, following up adoptive families and supporting organisation change). As a result of this meeting, the projects could be started. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Agenda NI Digital Government |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Data Manager presented to AgendaNI about the work that BLG DRC is currently undertaking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.digitalgovernment.agendani.com/ |
| Description | Agribusiness Seminar: ..The farming industry .. (under) pressure to diversify.. (is) developing innovative ways to sell their produce.. Andrew Fearne leads the "Who Buys My Food" project which uses data from supermarket loyalty cards to help food and drink producers to make better marketing decisions, a prerequisite for the success of any new business. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | In these uncertain times, all involved with the farming industry are aware of the pressure to diversify. For many farmers and landowners this may involve developing innovative ways to sell their produce - whether directly to the public, through farm shops, or via supermarkets. Andrew Fearne leads the "Who Buys My Food" project which uses data from supermarket loyalty cards to help food and drink producers to make better marketing decisions, a prerequisite for the success of any new business. His informative and entertaining talk will be of interest to those involved in producing food or advising food producers. Discussion arose and queries were answered on targeting innovation in agri-food business -SME suppliers of foodstuffs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.mills-reeve.com/agribusiness-seminar-05-23-2018/ |
| Description | An Introduction to Python |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Course summary: Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming. Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability, and a syntax that allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code, notably using significant whitespace. It provides constructs that enable clear programming on both small and large scales. This course will introduce you to Python. The course will cover the basic structure and overview of the programming language and the data types that you will be able to use within the language. Course Outcomes: In this one day course delegates will learn about programming possibilities using Python. Starting with a one hour seminar the day will continue with two hands-on exercise sessions enabling you to apply the tools and techniques. The day will end with a 15-30 minute brainstorming session and discussion to help you think about applying what you have learnt to your own work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/pythontrainingubdc/ |
| Description | An Introduction to R - Session Two |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delegates from Colchester and Ipswich Hospital undertook 2.5 hours of training to introduce them to the basics of R and R Studio. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | An Introduction to R Session One |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delegates from Colchester and Ipswich Hospital undertook 2.5 hours of training to introduce them to the basics of R and R Studio. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | An Introduction to Statistical Modelling with R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delegates from Colchester and Ipswich Hospital undertook 2.5 hours of training to introduce them to a number of statistical modelling techniques within R |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | An Overview of Agent Based Modelling |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | BLG arranged and delivered a workshop for the public sector, in which Dr Peter Barbrook-Johnson provided attendees with a basic understanding of agent based modelling, and then allowed attendees to explore the NetLogo modelling software for themselves with several short exercises, to enable them to begin putting their knowledge into practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/empowerpublicsector/ |
| Description | An intermediary understanding of SQL (webinar) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Centre delivered an intermediate level webinar to provide attendees with a further understanding o fSQL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/intermediarysqlwebinar/ |
| Description | An introduction to Agent Based Modelling as part of BLG DRC Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ABM In this session Dr Peter Barbrook-Johnson, from the Policy Studies Institute at the University of Westminster, and Dr Kavin Narasimhan, from the University of Surrey, provided attendees with a basic understanding of agent based modelling, and then allowed attendees to explore the NetLogo modelling software for themselves with several short lab exercises, to enable them to begin putting their knowledge into practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/blgsummerschool2017/ |
| Description | An introduction to QGIS as part of BLG DRC Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this session, Professor Andrew Lovett gave attendees a brief understanding of GIS and an introductory demonstration of the QGIS software. The workshop consisted of an introductory talk and a series of practical lab exercises (using the QGIS software) that allowed attendees to put their acquired skills into practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/blgsummerschool2017/ |
| Description | An introduction to Social Network Analysis as part of BLG DRC Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this session, Dr Marianna Marra gave attendees an introduction to Social Network Analysis (SNA). She presented theoretical and practical issues relevant for the analysis of social relationships between people, organisations and technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/blgsummerschool2017/ |
| Description | An introduction to social network analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Marianna Marra delivered a webinar that introduced participants to social network analysis. This webinar aimed to provide attendees with an introductory understanding of networks' dynamics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/socialnetworkwebinar/ |
| Description | Analysing and modelling complex big data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Unknown |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!tedx-at-university-of-essex/cmfj |
| Description | Analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following this webinar delivered by Pr Ruth Hancock, she was contacted by a statistician from Which who was interested in collaboration using a DAIV. Discussions with a representative from Laing Buisson with regard to collaboration. Several follow up meetings have taken place. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-analysing-the-market-for-care-homes-for-older-people-using-ca... |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: East of England Farming Conference : Fit for the Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | To highlight potential for the use of Big data for Agri-Food business collaborations in the Eastern England area, with UEA. Reporting consumer behaviour motivations and changes/ catalysts to purchasing patterns. Using advanced data analytic processes highlights the potential to identify new, innovative agri-food opportunities; provide business sector profiling; and, encourage value added product focus. 1/11/2018. AND https://www.facebook.com/events/1630721207050629/ AND https://www.facebook.com/eoeagriculturalsociety/photos/a.130897773596722/2252665118086633/?type=3&theater |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: Managing product availability in core stores: A case study of Lacka Foods and Tesco. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Speaker Austria: 2018- 8th February. Paper presented at conference. Used to inform audience on supply chain management and products availability in stores. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.fooddynamics.org/data/Program_Igls_2018_020218.pdf |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: Norfolk Farming Conference: Defining the Future. Consumer Trends (New) markets and routes thereto and conclusions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Reporting consumer behaviour motivations: ethical, social/cultural, technical and financial influences on food and drink purchasing patterns in UK. Emphasising sustainable competitive advantage as key; and to recognise the paradigm shift in the food production chain. Seek and nurture collaborations with food stakeholders, invest in increasing efficiency and understanding specific food markets. The latter can be driven using advanced data analytic processes to identify potential innovations in agri-food industries, and to provide business focus. 7/2/2019. AND https://theafgroup.co.uk/blog/farming/norfolk-farming-conference-2019:-defining-the-future AND https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/farming/norfolk-farming-conference-2019-consumer-trends-provenance-1-5884845?utm_medium=Social_Icon&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=in_article_social_icons |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.norfolkfarmingconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Andrew-Fearne.pdf |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: The relationship between intentions and behaviour. The challenges of behavioural change. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | To highlight potential for the use of Big data for Agri-Food business collaborations with UEA; with the aim of exploring consumer behaviour motivations and to augment change to purchasing patterns. Using advanced data analytic processes highlights the potential to identify new, innovative agri-food opportunities, and to provide business focus. Seeking training assistance from UEA in the use of big data is also encouraged. 28/09/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.aldeburghfoodanddrink.co.uk/conference/conference-programme |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: Turning Data into Decisions in AgriFood (Knowledge Transfer conference KT London, Science and Technology Forum RSCHEM) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 22/11/2017. Knowledge Transfer conference KT London, Science and Technology Forum RSCHEM. To highlight potential for innovation and positive impact on business by engaging and embracing Big data (IOT) to Agri-Food business and collaboration potential with academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.rsc.org/events/detail/29060/Turning%20Data%20into%20Decisions%20in%20AgriFood |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: 'Range rationalisation and implications for SMEs: Insights from Tesco's project reset.' IGLS. 13th International European Forum (Igls-Forum*) on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Customer loyalty and other consumer and producer derived data was analysed in order to explore the relationships between specific SMEs' products and consumer buying behaviour. The results indicated opportunities to identify product concentration; growth areas, and waning trends. Ie. food product range rationalisation. However, other risks to producers may then become apparent. 19/2/2019. ALSO: http://neoh.onehealthglobal.net/our-events/13th-international-european-forum-igls-forum-on-system-dynamics-and-innovation-in-food-networks/ AND http://www.fooddynamics.org/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.fooddynamics.org/program/Program_Igls_2019_draft_110219.pdf |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: IGLS Food dynamics: The rise and fall of carbon labelling: A case study of Tesco's experience and lessons for Corporate Social Responsibility communication. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Claire May, Andrew Fearne, UK at Innsbruck, Austria 16th February 2017. http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/30579/ Food industry attended, along with schools and academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.fooddynamics.org/fooddynamics2017/program/program.html |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: SEMINAR - Sales Effectiveness of SMEs in the Food & Drink sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SME's from UK were interested in this seminar at Napier, Edinburgh; along with academics. It sparked renewed interest for SME's in obtaining data to refine business growth areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools/the-business-school/centre-for-sales-and-business-deve... |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: Speaker Marlow: Chartered Institute of Marketing. SMEs Food and Drink embracing Big Data? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Small Food and Drink industries attended -gaining knowledge on Big Data and its uses in SME's. 29/09/2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: Speaker at AIMS -Association Independent Meat Suppliers Annual Conference, Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 28/10/2017. Food industry manufacturers and logistics attended, along with academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aims-conference-2017-tickets-36271952386# |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: The Role of Government agencies in connecting research in UK and Irish Business Schools with the competitiveness of Irish businesses. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 30/08/2017. Roundtable discussion with Professor Andrew Fearne (Norwich Business School) at QUB N. Ireland. Food industry attended, along with schools and academics. Question and Answer session sparked debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://iamireland.ie/annual-conference/2017-annual-conference-queen-s-university-belfast/annual-con... |
| Description | Andrew Fearne: WEBINAR - SMEs in the Food & Drink sector using Big Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 15/11/2016 : SME's from UK were interested in this webinar, along with academics. It sparked renewed interest for SME's in obtaining data to refine business growth areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.uea.ac.uk/whobuysmyfood/webinars |
| Description | Applied Health Research workshop on "Social Care - Strengths and Opportunities" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | 60 people attended a session which sparked questions and discussions - an increase in interest was reported. The purpose of this workshop was to identify opportunities for bringing people together to share their research activity on social care and to collaborate on large, interdisciplinary research applications. My presentation sparked questions and discussions on the policy implication of presented finding. A great interest was reported in the analysis of the care home market, in particular on the identification of the local, contextual, market factors which help or hinder Local Authority activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Assessing Regional Green Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amii Harwood spoke at the BLG DRC Conference held in London in November 2019. There was a q&a session afterwards during which requests for further information/participation were received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEIwnC6uccw |
| Description | BEST Growth Hub Referral: Norman Knights Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | BEST Growth Hub referral. Sent follow up email on 11.11.19 introducing the Centre and the DAIVs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | BLG DRC Conference Day One Panel Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | At the close of Day One of the BLG DRC conference, a panel discussion took place with practitioners and policymakers. The panel comprised representatives from Norfolk County Council, Essex county Council and UNUM as well as the BLG DRC PI. The discussions focussed on Local Economic Growth and Green Infrastructure. The audience asked a number of questions and contributed to the discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fbwL1QX-xU |
| Description | BLG DRC Data Research Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A workshop to bring together the academic researchers and pg students associated with the award. The event encouraged networking and created further opportunities for interdisciplinary research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-data-research-day/ |
| Description | BLG DRC Parliamentary Reception |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Maria Fasli presented : Drawing Insights from Data for Policy and Decision Support. There followed a Networking Event with speakers to publicise the ongoing work of the BLG DRC. Following the event, representatives contacted the Centre with regard to future collaboration e.g. A representative from Harrow council made contact with a view to using their data in relation to high street regeneration work in collaboration with their 'Intelligence Network'. Chief Constable of Essex Police has requested a meeting to discuss arranging a Challenge Lab. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/appgda/news/ersc-business-and-local-government-data-research-centre... |
| Description | BLG Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | What Works? Processes and techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions - In this session, Jim Vine, Researcher at the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre, provided attendees with an understanding of the concepts that are most important when intending to establish whether particular interventions are effective. Attendees reported a better understanding of the techniques and there were discussions after the session. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/blgsummerschool2017/ |
| Description | BLG e-newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 10 publications per annum to inform about latest news from the Centre including research, events, webinars,seminars, training opportunities, etc. Publicity results in event attendance, training enrolments. Increased awareness of Data Analytics Innovation Vouchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/03e2244ffb89/3s09a5i53b-2659849?e=bb424b543c |
| Description | BLOG - As care provides cannot afford to accept council contracts, BLGDRC considers how data analytics could help to address the challenge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog post responding to news story on care provider contract cancellations and bankruptcies. Aiming to engage with relevant local authorities and care providers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/as-care-providers-cant-afford-to-accept-council-contracts-blgdrc-cons... |
| Description | Barcelona Innovation Day, London 2020, Session: Shared Prosperity in the Era of AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli was one of the invited speakers in the "Shared Prosperity in the Era of AI" session as part of the "Barcelona Innovation Day" which was an online summit organised by SciTech DiploHubon 26th November 2020. Prof Fasli talked about Artificial Intelligence technologies and their potential to deliver social good and be deployed in a range of applications. The talk also covered common pitfalls and misunderstandings of AI. The presentations by the speakers was followed by a discussion and Q&A with the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.scitechdiplohub.org/bid-london-2020/ |
| Description | Becoming a Data Driven Organisation, Presentation to Norfolk Data Science network, Aviva, Norwich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A number of contacts have been made following the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-Norfolk/ |
| Description | Bespoke training for Essex Police |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AS a result of promotion of our training courses to the public sector, we were contacted by Head of Intelligence at Essex Police to look at designing bespoke training for their team. Subsequent meetings have resulted in the Centre designing a training course for them to take place in September 2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Best Growth Hub Presentation - 7th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Centre was invited to present to the Best Growth Hub team on how businesses can benefit from working with the centre to optimize data analysis and research to support local economic growth. A formal presentation was delivered to 10 members of the Best Growth Hub who included business consultants and organisation leaders who work directly to support SMEs and startups. The session was well received and included a Q&A from members. Information packs were given along with resources for the attendees to distribute within their networks. As a result, several DAIV referrals were received from the Best Growth Hub team, we were invited to present at a national meeting in London and have been invited to host a seminar designed to assist the Hub in helping businesses improve the take up of modern technologies that improve productivity (e.g. cloud computing, data analytics, CRM, automation/machine learning etc.). The presentation also led to discussions around how Best Growth Hub themselves could benefit from the DAIV scheme in order to optimize stakeholder engagement and/or conduct impact analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Best Growth Hub Regional Show - 7th February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Organised by the Best Growth Hub, this event brought together all business support organisations operating across Essex to showcase their offer to businesses. The event was aimed at all size businesses including SMEs and national corporations. The Centre was invited to hold an information stand which was an opportunity to promote the DAIV scheme, training and events. the day was also an opportunity to network with attendees and other stand holders, exchanging details and discussing future collaboration. Organisations included: Chelmsford City Council Uttlesford District Council South East Business Boost BEST Growth Hub Invest Essex Brentwood Borough Council Haven Gateway Partnership Manufacturing and Growth Programme Better Business For All - Essex Regulators Inspire - USP College Essex Compliance Consultancy NWES Anglia Ruskin University The Hive Department for International Trade Intellectual Property Office South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Department for Work and Pensions (Jobcentre Plus) Social Enterprise East of England (SEEE) Basildon Borough Council Southend Adult Community College Chelmsford College Tendring District Council Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Visit Essex SECCADS ACL Rochford District Council LoCASE Colchester Institute Maldon District Council Essex Chambers of Commerce Southend-on-Sea Borough Council Institute of Directors - Essex Branch Finance East Thurrock Council Essex International Superfast Essex Enterprise Europe Network Colchester Ultra Ready for Business Keep+ Braintree District Council Castle Point Borough Council Colchester Business Enterprise Agency - COLBEA ACAS Community Impact Partnership (CIP) MedBIC Essex County Council Sustainable Travel Planning Team As a direct result of attending the event, the Centre was able to obtain in excess of 50 new contacts who signed up to receive further information. All of whom received a follow up email. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Big Data Analytics Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Several BLG DRC staff and researchers ran sessions at the IADS Summer School, including training on machine learning, R & databases, and Spark |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Big Data Big Questions - a panel discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Not aware of any yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-approaches-to-big-data-climate-change-health-care-and-privacy/ |
| Description | Big Data Can...Enhance the Environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Big Data is playing a large part in the areas of green infrastructure; agriculture; waste management; renewable energy; amongst others, and much work is being done in these areas. On Thursday 28 September 2017, our expert panel from academia, government and industry presented at the University of Kent on their views and experiences on how Big Data is enhancing the Environment. The audience were very engaged, and the discussions sparked interesting questions from the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-big-data-can-enhance-the-environment/ |
| Description | Big Data Can...Evolve Business |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Panel discussion with academics and a business leader to debate how data is shaping business. Professor Jerry Coakley, Essex Business School, Dr Shaomin Wu, Kent Business School and Craig Evans, Development Manager at Graydons spoke about how big data can be used to assist SMEs, be instrumental in business based research and how it is applied in a real world situation. Attendees listened to presentations before engaging in discussions with the speakers about how data can be used by and is shaping business. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-big-data-can-evolve-business/ |
| Description | Big Data Day, U of Kent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | Raising the profile of the Centre. Interest in our Webinars. New social science contacts. Future training opportunities to link with University of Kent. New research/data collaboration between Centre and Kent researcher. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-university-of-kent-big-data-day/ |
| Description | Big Data Day, University of Kent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Kent Business School discussed benefits of analytics in social science research for the public sector and SME's. New contacts made; subscribed to Newsletter. Some participants have since engaged in Centre's Webinars and attended Big Data Summer School at Essex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Big Data Seminar Services, University of Essex Business School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions from members of the audience. Raised awareness of the three different ESRC funded Big Data Centres at Essex and their activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Big Data and Business |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Not aware of any yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-big-data-big-business/ |
| Description | Big Data and Confidentiality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop stimulated interest in the ESRC Data Research Centre and the importance of confidentiality when dealing with Big Data. After the workshop, students have contacted us for potential placements and training. A small company wants to know more about Big Data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!big-data-and-confidentiality/c24l8 |
| Description | Big Data conference: Institute of Analytics and Data Science (IADS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pr V Sena and Pr J Coakley presented and overview of the Centre and its work. The presentation raised the profile of the Centre with academic researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-institute-of-analytics-and-data-science-conference-2015/ |
| Description | Big Data for Regional Policy Research Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk stimulated questions and discussion and established future contacts. We were asked to develop a collaboration with East of England Brussels office and Oxford Development Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!big-data-for-regional-policy-research/c1qfk |
| Description | Big Data in Finance: A Paper Discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Richard Skeggs, Professor Jerry Coakley, and Mingchen Sun presented their papers relating to Big Data and Finance, which sparked questions from the audience. This discussion was Chaired by Professor Vania Sena. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2017 |
| URL | http://www1.essex.ac.uk/ebs/news_and_seminars/efic-conference.aspx |
| Description | Big Data in Social and Economic Research Workshop organised by the German Data Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Maria Fasli (Lead of the Methodological Research Stream, ESRC BLG DRC), was invited to attend and present at the workshop "Big Data in Social and Economic Research" which was organised by the German Data Forum. The aim of the workshop was to bring together a select group of international experts and research stakeholders to exchange experiences with big data research in the social and economic sciences and to explore and discuss existing and future access to big data sources. Professor Fasli used the workshop to raise awareness of and describe the work on her ESRC-funded projects as well as describe practices and approaches for obtaining, managing and providing access to socio-economic datasets under the ESRC BLG DRC including highly sensitive datasets and research under the project with the charity Freedom from Torture and the Human Rights Big Data and Technology project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Big Data: good for your health? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Not aware of any yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-big-data-good-for-your-health/ |
| Description | Big and open data in the care sector in the UK |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Present finding of research as comparator for ANZSOG Project "Governing Information in Uncharted Waters" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://business.monash.edu/management/research/research-projects/big-and-open-data-governing-informa... |
| Description | Big data : the privacy paradox |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A blog post was published on the BLG website written by Project Manager Tom Howard. The intended purpose was to promote public awareness of the dichotomy between the public's fear of Big Data about themselves being released, and their apparent willingness to tell the world everything about themselves on Social Media, while highlighting the risks of careless use of Social Media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/big-data-the-privacy-paradox |
| Description | Big data homecoming lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Part of the 50th year celebrations. Presentation on big data to undergraduate students beginning their studies at the University of Essex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Big data lecture to Masters students at Brunel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Big data lecture to Masters students at Brunel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Black History Month presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 80 school children attended a presentation on science and Black History months. There were discussions after the session with requests for further involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | British Telecom (BT) Conference, Keynote Speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli gave a keynote talk on the applications of AI technologies and methodologies in industry and the public sector as part of the British Telecom organised conference for their data science development teams and other research and development teams on the 27th of June 2019 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Business Biscotti Networking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended networking event to showcase the services of the Centre and to publicise the upcoming Breakfast Event on Alternative Finance for SME's. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Business Cafe Networking Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre's Outreach and Engagement Coordinator gave a brief talk about the Centre and the services offered. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CCP 13th Annual Conference, Just Markets: Distributional Effects of Competition Policy and Economic Regulation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at a conference. Title of paper 'Collective Purchasing as Means for Social Ends'; Based on joint work with Ruth Hancock, Ferran Espuny Pujol and Marcello Morciano |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://competitionpolicy.ac.uk/events/annual-conferences |
| Description | CHAPS Mens Health consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 7th October 2019, the centre untook a consultation with Celine of CHAPs Mens Health. Following the Data Consultation Clinic in 2019 with charity CEO Chris Booth, the charity attended the two workshops/events on Data Driven Marketing and Impact Assessment in August and September 2019. These were very well received and resulted in growing interest in the work of the Centre. The consultation built on this, offer data advise on how best to combine data for marketing and booking purposes as well as demonstrating impact of prostate cancer screening. Celine expressed an interest in future training. In particular: social media, coding, website, marketing, fundraising data and CRMs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | CM2000 scoping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To understand CM2000's service offers and potential for complementary research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | CRCF |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One of our researchers presented data analyses to understand the pathways out of care for children in one local authority. This stirred up a debate and request for further information was made. The discussion was helpful for the paper that our research group is intending to write on this topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | CUSUM-type methods aimed at catching deviating performance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EK presented her research to an audience of academics and students. There was a lively discussion and question session after the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-cusum-type-methods-aimed-at-catching-deviating-performance/ |
| Description | Cambridgeshire County Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conversation around Council's data processing challenges, especially in relation to pupil forecasting. Raised awareness of Centre. Agreed to investigate potential to support Council, possibly via DAIV (Data Analytics Innovation Voucher). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Campaign for Social Science Roadshow at University of East Anglia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | A small stand with promotional materials was held outside the presentation. The presentation covered the work that the Centre does and sparked debate. Made new contacts within the Campaign for Social Sciences and raised our profile within the University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/roadshows-2/ |
| Description | Campaign for Social Science Roadshow at University of Essex |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | A small stand with promotional materials was held outside the presentation. The presentation covered the work that the Centre does and sparked debate. Made new contacts within the Campaign for Social Sciences and raised our profile within the University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://campaignforsocialscience.org.uk/roadshows-2/ |
| Description | Caring for Communities and People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | BLG staff and CCP colleagues met with the CMA to discuss issues arising from the current Care Homes Market Study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Centre Showcase and Celebration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Maria Fasli spoke about the Centre and its work during the past five years and shared information on new opportunities launching in April 2019. Bill Mansfield presented on UNUM's collaboration with the Centre under the Data Analytic Innovation Voucher (DAIV) scheme. Delegates had the opportunity to meet with academic researchers and experts in the field of data analytics and explore potential collaborations. There was also the opportunity to speak with organisations who have benefitted from working with the Centre. . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/centre-showcase-and-celebration-accessing-data-unlocking-your-potenti... |
| Description | Centre Showcase and Celebration Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre Showcase and Celebration Event was an afternoon drinks and canapé reception to celebrate the work of the Centre to date and to share new opportunities launching in April 2019. This high profile reception was a unique chance for regional leaders from across the worlds of business, public and voluntary sector to find out more about the Centre's grant funded research and data analytics projects as well as the training we provide. We were joined by partners who have already received grant-funded training, research and consultations through our Data Analytics Innovation Voucher programme as well as new partners and stakeholders who are yet to take advantage of the services we offer. In attendance were a number of academics from across a range of departments, senior figures from local and national charities, councils, NHS organisations and local businesses. Over 80 people attended the event with positive feedback being received from all. Following the event, several meetings have already been arranged to build on the discussions during the event. This includes potential DAIVs, future partnerships and events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia - 18th October 2019. Seminar title: "Promotions in Alcohol Sales: Lessons from the Scottish Experiment" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Around 20 people attended the session were the working version of the paper (same title) has been presented by my co-author Farasat A.S. Bokhari. The presentation and referee's discussion sparked questions and highlights area of improvements. We are taking methodological comments on board to be embedded in the final version of the paper to be submitted in a peer-reviewed journal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Challenge Lab with Southend Borough Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In this Challenge Lab academics and BLG staff met with Southend Borough Council to explore various issues and identify potential research projects. A number of research projects were identified and two were chosen to proceed with. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Challenge Lab: My Home Life workshop with charity board members and academic lead |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The ESRC BLG DRC facilitated a workshop with My Home Life (a regional charity) to explore the potential areas of collaboration and data research opportunities. The session included promoting the DAIV as a mechanism to enable a research project as well as scoping the current data held by the organisation, gaps in organisation's data gathering process and the opportunity to create a more robust tracking process moving forward to measure impact. In attendance was Dr Gina Yannitell Reinhardt (Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer Programme Evaluation Director, Catalyst Project Department of Government, University of Essex) who lead discussions on her recommendations and ideas for measuring the impact of the charity's interventions. Feedback from all delegates was very positive. As a result the DAIV application form was completed and shared with the academic who has formally expressed an interest in the project. The Centre is also looking to offer training for their staff to upskill them on data analytics and reporting once the new process has been formulated (post-DAIV). My Home Life is one part of a national organisation, with regional charities existing across the UK. there is the potential for the resulting work of the DAIV and/or training to be shared as best practice. The involvement of the academic lead for the Catalyst Project also widened our engagement with the academic sector and was used as an opportunity to promote the annual conference and further collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Chelmsford Showcase for Local Business |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Now in its tenth annual Showcase for Business took place at Hylands Estate, Chelmsford on Wednesday 14 November. It was well attended with around two hundred people from businesses across Chelmsford and the surrounding areas as well as councils, government departments and charities. Also in attendance were a number of business consultants (such as HSBC and Santander) and groups such as Chamber of Commerce. The free-to-attend event provided business insights, support and advice, on a range topics. There were motivating seminars and informative workshops, as well as over 50 stands to visit in the exhibition area. The event was widely publicised and captured through social media and council publications both during and following the day. The ESRC BLG DRC not only had a well attended information stand (where we distributed literature and material), but actively attended all exhibition stands within the arena to promote the grant funded research opportunities offered by the Centre and to exchange contact details. All new contacts received a follow up email and/or call to discuss opportunities to collaborate. As a result of the networking session, we increased our opted-in B2B contact list by over 30 and increased attendance at our conference on 27-28th November 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Cheltenham Borough Council Challenge Lab - 23rd January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a challenge lab/consultation with the strategic council leaders working across key departments responsible for the council's transformation project. The objective of the consultation was to bring together the ESCR Business and Local Government Research Centre's researchers and members of the council to explore how data can be used in the context of their organisation. The session focused on the key priorities for Cheltenham Borough Council, and allowed the team to identify gaps in existing intelligence as well as data collection methods. Providing an overview of data analytics and opportunities could be developed into research projects that would lead to real-world interventions. Two areas identified by the council are: - Behavioural Analytics - Nudge Technique However, the session was also an opportunity to explore all areas of data analytics and research aligned to the council's strategic vision. Following the Challenge Lab, the Centre provided follow up information to support the council in bringing one or more (depending on the feasibility) research projects to fruition. The council has also referred other councils located in their region as well as other public sector bodies, thus raising awareness of and the profile of the Centre. The consultation also allowed the researcher from the Centre to recommend relevant approaches to data analysis based on best practice to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Chess Homeless Challenge Lab/DAIV Consultation - 11th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a challenge lab/consultation with Chess Homeless and senior lecturer James Cornford. The session was designed to bring together one of the ESRC Business and Local Government Research Centre's researchers and members of the charity to explore how data can be used in the context of their organisation. The session focused on the key priorities for Chess Homeless, and allowed the team to identify gaps in existing intelligence as well as data collection methods. Providing an overview of data analytics and opportunities allows the group to explore how one or more area could be developed into research projects that would lead to real-world interventions. Attendees included the board director as well as operational lead and project manager for impact analysis/reporting. Attendees completed feedback forms which reported the session was useful in identifying how best to collaborate with the centre through the DAIV scheme. All delegates rated the session as 'excellent' across all scoring criteria, with an average score of 9.5/10. As a result of the session, the charity plans to submit a DAIV application to secure post-transitional funding and has registered to attend several events planned by the centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Colchester Borough Council Consultation 4th February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a consultation with Colchester Borough Council strategic leads including: Improvement & Engagement Manager and the Director for the workstream responsible for tackling declining health indicators for its population by conducting a research project. The project will be led by the council on behalf of the Alliance (a system wide collaboration of partners). A positive meeting resulted in a full brief for the research and data analytics project being drafted by the council and shared with the Alliance (including the Centre). Following approval for their members, the Centre is now looking to work across departments to draw together the optimal mix academic expertise in order to deliver the brief. This meeting has cemented the Centre as a 'go-to' for data analytics and research as well as elevated our reputation as a delivery partner to conduct data analytics and research. A follow up meeting is due in April to discuss next steps. We are also exploring the potential for student placements. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Colchester Borough Council Homes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Met with representative of CBH to discuss potential research projects. Raised awareness of Centre with person at meeting + several of her colleagues she had discussed the work with. Ongoing positive dialogue to identify likely areas for work that could be beneficial. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Collaboration with Comms and Engagement at University of Essex |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Big data communications with University of Essex. Inviting key business and public sector contacts to formal senior level dinner with the VC to raise profile of analytics capability at the University of Essex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Collective Purchasing as Means for Social Ends |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Not aware of any impact |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Collective Purchasing as Means for Social Ends |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Morten Hviid presented at the CCP 13th annual conferencer, Just Markets: Distributional Effects of Competition Policy and Economic Regulation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Competition and Markets Authority |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BLG researchers met with the Competitions and Marketing Authority to discuss issues arising from the current Care Homes Market Study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Competition, Supply, Price and Quality in the English Care Home Market : What Can Administrative Data Tell Us |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pr Ruth Hancock presented at the BLG DRC Conference. The talk resulted in some interesting questions and discussions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference - Randomised trial for public sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the role of data in facilitating the evaluation of activities in public sector. New contacts for the BLG DRC were established. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Conference :National Centre for Research Methods |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on BLG DRC data collection activities and use of alternative forms of data to support policy making. Director has been invited to give further talks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Conference call with Burwell Museum and Windmill following a request for information through the Centre's website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following the submission of a request for information (received via the website), contact was made with Burwell Museum and Windmill lead to discuss their research requirements. During the conversation we explored the data they currently hold, how to effectively collate information moving forward as well as how they could utilize the information to improve services (including optimizing marketing of the organisation to increase visitor numbers). We discussed the funding available and process for DAIVs. Following the discussion, I sent a DAIV application form for completion and further information for the lead to discuss with their board ahead of sign off. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.burwellmuseum.org.uk/ |
| Description | Conference call with Colbea |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ON 16th September 2019 the centre held a conference call with Colbea engagement lead Craig Baston who we met at a previous workshop delivered in August 2019. Craig was impressed by the workshop and wants to partner with the centre moving forward. The conversation included how we can partner to deliver further workshops for SMEs in order to generate economic growth and bridge skills gaps in data analytics, webinars, social media chats, consultation clinics and co-marketing/promotion. Topics could include GDPR Data driven marketing Data driven social media Marketing analysis Predicting demand Intro to data CRM Big Data Platforms and AI Tools for SMEs We also discussed DAIVs which could be of interest to Colbea as well as its members. We have agreed to follow up on this once budgets have been agreed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference call with Fulham Good Neighbours to explore the support the Centre can provide |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | conference call with Fulham Good Neighbours and two researchers/academics within the University. We discussed the charity's vision and aspirations as well as the data they currently hold to establish how this information could be used to optimize their activity. The call resulted in a DAIV application being completed with defined outcomes agreed with the researchers to ensure the scope of the project was applicable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.fulhamgoodneighbours.org/ |
| Description | Conference call with Holdfast Credit Union |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 1st October 2019 the centre held a conference call with Holfast Credit Union. Andrew Vesey attended the Data Driven Marketing event in September 2019 and was impressed with the content covered. His colleague also participated in the data consultation clinic hosted through Community 360 earlier in the year. Topics discussed included their skills gaps in website optimization, social media and data analytics. They have an interest in the DAIV but need to choose a project to focus on and have been encouraged to join the webinar, follow the social media channel and join future events. The centre also provided information about other training available through partners such as Community 360 and BEST. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference call with Preceptr to explore the DAIV specifics and opportunities to work in partnership with the Centre |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | I facilitated a conference call with Preceptr a local SME to explore how the DAIV scheme to enable his company to benefit from academic expertise in order to address a data analytical need. Also on the call was a research graduate willing to undertake the work. The call focused on defining the key deliverables and outcomes of the DAIV considering what was viable given the funding available and the context of the company. Following the call, we agreed the DAIV application form allowing us to submit this to the panel for approval. Preceptr aspires to build a lasting relationship wit the University of Essex at the end of the project, enabling further opportunities for students and graduates to work with his company as it grow. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference call with Provide CiC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The centre had a conference call with Amy Jackson from Provide CiC, who is working on a number of projects. A new model for integration is being established in mid-Essex. As part of this strategic change, they are looking for an organisation to conduct the data analytics, some of which could fall under evaluation/impact assessment. Whilst the scope of the project is not fully known, we have booked a follow up call for November in order to discuss next steps. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference call with Public Health England and Essex Local Dental Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 25th November 2019 the centre facilitated a conference call with Sam Glover (Public Health England) and Rachel Doogan (Essex Local Dental Network). Sam is an ongoing contact of the centre. In partnership with PHE, NHS England, CCGS and other members, the group plan to submit a DAIV regarding oral health/access to dental services for those with dementia. The outcomes of the research would inform commissioning decisions, dental staff training packages and the information provided to those working with those with dementia in the community and care homes . The DAIV application has been submitted and is subject the research feedback. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference call with Southend CVS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a conference call with Gemma Cartwright of CVS Southend to discuss the support we can provide to the third sector in their locality. Following the success of the Data Consultation Clinic and Impact Assessment workshop, CVS Southend would like us to deliver a similar session. We also discussed the DAIVs, webinars and presenting at their planned network events on the importance of data in the third sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference call with Wingman - 16th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre undertook a conference call with Wingman, a local SME within the technology industry to explore how the DAIV scheme could be used to enhance their business practices and support economic growth. Wingman was referred to the Centre from Best Growth Hub following a recent presentation delivered to their team. The call discussed the application process for the DAIV funding as well as the scope of their project which focused on using data to understand the tech. market. Following the call, Wingman CEO submitted a full DAIV application which was shared with academics for input. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Conference call: Goal 17 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | We hosted a conference call with Goal 17 (a national charity) to explore how we can support the organisation in measuring impact and analysing quality interventions. Jim Vine was took part in the call to offer insight based on his research experience. The client (CEO of Goal 17) reported the call to be very useful. As a result of the call, we were able to progress with a DAIV application form and were able to refine deliverables accordingly. Another outcome of the call was organising a training session for the Goal 17 Board Members on data analytics, this is due to take place in November 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Conference debate on Garden Communities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | VS spoke about how Garden Communities are good for business and local economic growth |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2017/06/29/challenges-and-opportunities-of-garden-communities |
| Description | Conference: Use of Social Media to map adoption of technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion on the adoption of new technologies and how to map them using social media data. New contacts made within the industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Active Brentwood, Everyone Active and Brentwood Leisure (part of the council) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following the Active Essex networking event in March 2019, the centre led a consultation on 11th June 2019 with key leads from Basildon, Brentwood and their leisure centre project manager (Vicky Ayris-King, Jo Grant and Nicky Smith) to discuss the strategic vision of their organisations. The conversation explored their data analytics requirements and potential research projects suitable for a DAIV. We discussed were overlap exists between the partners and separate projects focused on the priorities of the individual councils. As a result, the leads plan to submit a DAIV application for: Impact analysis - leisure interventions and mental health data Identifying those at risk of isolation/loneliness within their delivery footprint The project will involve a range of stakeholders including Public Health England, NHS England, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS services and councils. Next steps will include completing the DAIV application form once live. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Agile Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following attendance at the Data Driven Marketing event in September 2019, Agile Research (CEO Nick and his colleague) attended a consultation with the Centre to discuss areas of collaboration. They focus on traditional forms of market research to inform public sector digital platform development and service delivery. The company are keen to partner with the centre for larger scale research and to work with shared stakeholders on more complex data analytics research where market analysis, focus groups etc are required. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Allot Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Allot Ltd would like to build a platform which will integrate environmental data to deliver financial instruments for decision-making, which will assist banks in evidencing sustainability when financing large infrastructure projects. Allot Ltd would like to work with BLG researchers, via the DAIV scheme, to review legal reports and recommend the financial instruments which must be built, based on environmental data. Following the call, a DAIV application form was sent to Allot Ltd to complete. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Artist Rights Agency |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following a request submitted through our website, we facilitated a conference call with the lead for Artist Rights Agency to explore potential research projects and data analytics suitable for the DAIV scheme. The conversation included the process for applying as well as the other services we provide e.g. webinars, events, challenge labs and training. It was agreed that when applications for DAIVs are released, that the company will complete the form ahead of submitting to the panel for approval. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Colchester Borough Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussed our services and how we can collaborate on a research project. They are interested in applying for a DAIV. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Colchester Hospital and Ipswich Hospital |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Telephone consultation regarding bespoke training requirements |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Color Magic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The centre met with Simon Lance from Color Magic Ink to discuss a new product they are delivering in order to launch into the market over the coming months. They are working with coders from India to produce a new model of CRM using data from across industries to detect trends and behaviour algorithms. Simon was seeking data analytics support to build on the R&D model developed to data in order to enhance the potential of this product. The consultation was an opportunity to discuss the DAIVs, training, events and other services we as a centre provide. Having discussed the nature of the data analytics project, we felt it was not applicable to be grant funded by the centre. Instead we referred to client to partners managing the Innovation Voucher, KTPs and student placements within Essex Business School. Referral came via the website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Culture Banks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The objective of the consultation was to bring together one of the ESRC Business and Local Government Research Centre's researcher and members of Culture Banks to explore how data can be used in the context of the business sector. The consultation focused on the key priorities for the organisation, and allow the team to identify gaps in existing intelligence as well as data collection methods. Providing an overview of data analytics and opportunities could be developed into research projects that would lead to real-world interventions. Background Following a request for information submitted by Liam Murphy, Culture Banks, the ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre is working with the company to explore how the organisation can collect and use data in order to measure impact and potential areas of development. Culture Banks initially expressed an interest in the Data Innovation Voucher to explore the following: "Culture Banks is planning to develop an MVP platform for sharing peer production licenses amongst rights holders for creative common assets and banking proceeds." Following the consultation, the Centre has suggested a number of potential areas suitable for funding through the data analytics innovation scheme. If approved by the board members, the Centre will bring one or more (depending on the feasibility) research projects to fruition. Culture Banks leads were fully engaged throughout the session and found the workshop to be useful in building their understanding of data analytics as well as the services provided by ther Centre. Next steps Culture Banks will complete the DAIV application form once the new round of applications opens. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Education and Skills Funding Agency |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 16th September 2019 the centre held a consultation with Austin Dalby of the Education and SKills Funding Agency. We have been invited to present at their data analysts team away day in October. The consultation was also an opportunity to discuss DAIVs, Challenge Labs, wider work of the centre, training and events. We plan to touch base ahead for their team away day to finalize the agenda/our slot. We have also invited Austin to be a guest speaker at our team meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Enterprise Support Alliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a consultation with the CE of Enterprise Support Alliance to explore how they can optimize their use of data by working us funded by the DAIV scheme. During the meeting, we also discussed the other services offered by the Centre including training, webinars, events and social media engagement. Enterprise Support Alliance are keen to submit a DAIV application when the next funding round opens in order to bring one or more data analytics project to life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Essential Beauty Suppliers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Raised awareness of Centre and it's services. They are interested in our DAIV's. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Highways England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Aaron Bowater and Michelle McAnoy of Highways England had a phone consultation, where both gave each other a background to their work and to explore whether a DAIV application will prove valuable to Highways England. AB provided background on the Centre, the DAIV programme, and a number of the training programmes the Centre can provide. AB spoke in particular reference to our time frames over the coming months as the Centre winds down to a close on January 30th. He also shared information about the Centre's four research streams and partner universities. AB said he would provide a number of notes and background information when sharing the notes from the call. MM spoke about her work with Highways England. MM works in the Evaluation team which is new as of July last year. MM joined the team in January of this year so there is lots of new work being started. The team carries out major evaluations of projects post-opening, one year and five years after the event. This covers everything from safety and traffic flow, to economic impact of these large infrastructure projects. AB talked about some of the work the centre is undertaking with other organisations in terms of infrastructure impact and evaluation. One of the key things MM was interested in was building knowledge and an evaluation base with what is a new and young team at Highways England. Interested in data visualisations, mining prospective data and methodologies. MM encouraged AB to take a look at the evaluations on the Department for Transport website for further background on succinct dash point evaluations. Next steps: As it sounded like MM was after training for junior evaluation officers, AB said a Challenge Lab or other training programme may be most appropriate for Highways England, rather than a research and report based DAIV. MM said that she was keen to grow confidence among the evaluation officers. With this in mind, MM said she was after some basic data knowledge (why is it important? How do we use it? Etc.), some statistics foundation before moving onto manipulating data and evaluation it. Further questions like how do you manipulate data and use it to prevent valuable insight upwards should also be addressed. AB said this sounded ideal for a challenge lab and as well as sharing some previous examples/case studies of training with MM, would now begin working with colleagues to find an appropriate trainer and dates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Jacob Bailey Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Jacob Bailey Group are a marketing agency, trying to do more in the field of data. They have a basic data function but would like upskilling in other data analytics areas, to become part of their marketing strategy. Discussions were had around them attending our future training courses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Keep Fit Eat Fit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 8th November 2019, the centre held a DAIV consultation with the CEOs of Keep Fit Eat Fit Ltd. Emma Wakeling of EIRA joined us for the consultation to discuss the wider collaborative opportunities. The consultation went well and the business was keen to engage with the centre further in the coming months. However at present their business is in the early stages and as a result it does not have data to analyse. The company is using AI and other data collection methods to support corporate sector in improving staff engagement and health. They are working with Google and many others internationally to launch the product in 2020. The company has attended the Data Driven Marketing Workshop hosted by the centre in September 2019 and reported that this was very useful. The company is keen to attend future training and workshops as well as webinars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Lads Need Dads |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre undertook a consultation with CEO of Lads Need Dads, Sonia Shaljean. The charity initially discovered the Centre through the Fire Service Networking event in April 2019. Based in Tendring, North East Essex, Lads Need Dads CIC is an award winning Not-For-Profit Community Interest Company, set up to prevent potential problems and address existing ones where boys are missing a father-figure in their lives. The meeting focused on the different services provided by the Centre including DAIV. We discussed how DAIVs could be used to conduct impact analysis to strengthen the charity's supporting evidence when approaching potential funders as well as SROI and understanding gaps in current data collection practices. Sonia has expressed an interest in applying for the DAIV and has requested application forms be sent via email when released by the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Leicester and Leicestershire LEP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about the Centre's services, in particular the DAIV's. They are keen to engage in the future and will also promote the opportunity of DAIV's to businesses in their area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Phone consultation held with Hiren Patel, Business Insight Analyst, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service. They are looking to use a DAIV to improve the way they use data and intelligence to create risk models to understand where they should deploy emergency responses as well as where they should carry out safety visits.They would also like to make this a dynamic process so they can monitor risk on a regular basis through an easy to understand visualisation. This would be an opportunity to use skills not ordinarily available to the service to develop something in house which is based on the experience and knowledge of staff but also statistically robust. They are a smaller fire service so this sort of work could be invaluable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Mencap Braintree |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Braintree District Mencap Society was formed in 1955 to help people with a learning disability and their families. Braintree Mencap has a wide membership throughout the Braintree District, and we offer support to more than 800 children and adults with a learning disability. They are affiliated to Royal Mencap, but are responsible for raising their own funds in order to continue to offer services. Following a presentation in May via the Community 360 Fundraiser Forum, Yvette Wetton (CEO) expressed and interest in working with the Centre. As a result we arranged a one to one consultation to explore potential research projects and data analytics suitable for the DAIV. The meeting went well with Yvette enthusiastic about completing the DAIV application form and attending the workshops planned for August and September. Mencap has a number of data analytics needs. We discussed data quality and quantity as well as scope in order to define a suitable project ahead of completing the DAIV application form. We agreed that understanding the market and widening engagement would be a priority project. This will involve using both open and closed source data. The project will mirror the best practice of the DAIV completed for Fulham Good Neighbours in 2018. Next steps will be to send the application form once live. Application submitted in December 2019 for approval. The DAIV application is pending approval from the board. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Mid Essex CCG and system partners to discuss DAIV opportunities and training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Consultation with Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group on 3rd January 2019. The purpose of which was to promote the Centre and the opportunities to use grant funded research to support the NHS strategic objectives for 2019 within the east of England. Participants included senior leadership from Mid-Essex Clinical Commissioning Group as well as members of the STP footprint. Participants were inspired by the potential to collaborate with the Centre and expressed an interest in both DAIVs and training in data analytics. As a result of the call, the Centre has been invited to attend a system-wide event to present on what the Centre can offer the NHS. The CCG will also be making a DAIV application over the coming month to explore a commissioning data project to run alongside a STP level (wider) engagement piece. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Minerva Analytics re DAIV and training options |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Telephone consultation with Minerva Analytics re potential DAIV. Face to face meeting with Richard S (researcher), Laura (Outreach), Tim and Sarah. We discussed the opportunities and requirements of the DAIV, exploring the deliverable and scope of the project. Also highlighted the training available to follow up on the DAIV once outputs delivered as well as free events/webinars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Ministry of Parenting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a consultation with Jeannie Gordon of Ministry of Parenting to discuss her DAIV application. The consultation took place on 28th October 2019. Jeannie had attended both the Impact Assessment and Data Driven Marketing events in 2019. She reported that they had influenced the procedures in place within the charity including their social media strategy and data collection. She complemented us on the useful resources within the delegate packs which provided the foundations on which to implement what she learnt. Jeannie also participated in the DAIV process webinar earlier in October 2019. She reported that the webinar was useful in scoping the potential research project and was keen to book a consultation following this. The consultation focused on the struggles their charity faces in analysing the true impact of interventions on families as well as how to champion this work in order to influence policy and early intervention services. Jeannie found the session to be very useful and plans to complete a DAIV application during November 2019 for feedback. The charity is also keen to benefit from future webinars and events. DAIV Application completed and submitted in 2019 funding round. The outcome is pending approval. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with NALEP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about collaboration on a research project and the potential to work with researchers from the University of East Anglia; supported by a Data Analytics Innovation Voucher (DAIV). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with North East Lincolnshire Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Phone consultation with Sonia Rides, Advanced Practitioner - Information Specialist, Digital Team, North East Lincolnshire Council. They are seeking potentially DAIV work with the Centre so we discussed their data needs and where the Centre may or may not be able to assist. In particular, the Council are looking to launch their new "Single Customer View" in October and would like to work with the Centre to model and analyse this new approach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Norwich City Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with strategy and housing departments. At the meeting prelininary findings were discussed and feedback sought on how the analysis could be improved. Further data was requested from NCC to improve the analyses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with Open Road (plus updated conference call) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a consultation with Open Road. Bringing together three expert researchers (each representing different specialities of data anaytlcis) to join the chairty lead, head of programme and head of data analytics within the organisation. In partnership we explored potential research projects and ways to measure impact quantifying social improvements as well as ways to combine pre/post intervention statistics. The discussions were positive with all members fully engaged throughout. The charity has already expressed an interest in applying for the DAIV and we are already considering a webinar/guest appearance at one of our events in 2019. Several discussions took place during 2019. on 14th November 2019 a conference call took place involving Dr Alejandro Quiroz Flores Reader and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Government to explore how ECDA can undertake the project as a partner on the research. The conversation was very positive with further discussions due in December 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Pioneer Sailing Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Pioneer Sailing Trust requested a consultation following a successful presentation at the Community 360 CVS forum on 21st May 2019. We met at their offices in Brightlingsea to discuss a potential data analytics research project focused on impact analysis and SROI. A positive meeting resulted in interest in the DAIV scheme and a greater understanding of how to apply, the benefits of data analytics and other support services provided by the Centre. The DAIV application forms are not live yet and will be shared with the client in due course. EOI registered on the system. As a result of the meeting, the charity is keen to apply for a DAIV, register for our events/workshops and engage in our future work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Princes Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 16th October 2019, the centre facilitated a consultation (conference call) with Jenny Ball of Prince's Trust. Jenny had attended the Impact Assessment workshop delivered by the Centre in August 2019, following this she attended the Data Driven Marketing workshop in September 2019 and participated in the DAIV webinar in October 2019. Her interest in the work of the Centre continues to grow and as a result Jenny is looking to submit a DAIV application for a research project looking at the barriers preventing young people from engaging in the charity's work and accessing their services. During the consultation we discussed points to consider including data required, open vs closed source data and the process. The DAIV application was sent via email ready for completion. Princes Trust continue to be interested in participating in future training, webinars and collaborative opportunities with the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Provide |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 14th October 2019: The Centre facilitated a conference call with Amy Jackson of Provide CiC who is looking to collaborate with the Centre through the DAIV in order to understand the impact of service redesign through the changes on service use, staff, carer and patient voice. We discussed the benefits of collaborating with Healthwatch Essex for the engagement/lived experience aspect. Amy was pleased with the advice given and we have arranged a follow up call in December in order to discuss next steps in a DAIV application with a view to submitting the completed DAIV in January 2020. (Amy was referred to the Centre by Charlotte Cannon of Essex County Council following a recent Challenge Lab with the Better Care Fund). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Southend Carers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 18th November 2019 the centre undertook a conference call with Dawnette Fessy of Southend Carers (charity) to discuss their interest in the DAIV scheme. The call was a result of the webinar delivered in October 2019. A positive conference call explored the opportunity to analyse the charity's data in order to understand more about the impact of their services, diversity, barriers and service improvement. As a result of the call, the charity requested an application form which they are hoping to submit in December 2019. The charity also expressed an interest in future webinars and free training sessions. On 2nd December 2019, Dawnette submitted a DAIV application form for review. The outcome is pending. The Data Analytics Innovation Voucher (DAIV) application has been approved and the formal offer letter has been sent to the client and a Senior Research Officer has been assigned to work on the DAIV. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation with Southend County Council - training follow up and further collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Following the workshop 25th October 2018, we undertook a conference call with the client on 31st October 2018 to discuss future partnerships with the council and the process. Discussions explored the organisation's key objectives, skills gaps and funding available through the ESRC BLG Data Research Centre. The training requirement forms were completed by the client ahead of facilitating the session in 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Consultation with St Lukes Hospice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | St Lukes Hospice have two databases - one which focuses on patient data, and another which focuses on fundraising data. They need assistance in extracting the data from the systems, and analysing these to receive useful insights. They would like to explore working with a BLG researcher via the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme. Following the call, an application form for the DAIV scheme was sent to the client. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Stonehaven Technology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | They have produced a model that demonstrates palliative care and areas that need more attention. They are looking for help in making their model more scaleable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with WPI Economics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | WPI Economics are interested in engaging with BLG researchers, to work on projects relating to the local economic growth, and support for vulnerable people streams. They requested further information about the research being carried out by the Centre, and invited us to participate in a future working group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Wheatley Solutions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Raised awareness of the Centre and the services offered. As a result Wheatley have made two DAIV applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation with Zinet Data Solutions Limited |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Zinet are a data technology company. Whilst they are experts in sharing data, they need additional training in data analytics. They also have several projects that they would like to explore with BLG researchers, and have requested further information on future training courses, and the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Consultation: Challenge Lab Follow Up meeting with BCF Commissioning Leads |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In July 2019 the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre facilitated a system wide Challenge Lab for the Mid Essex Better Care Fund. Objective of the Challenge Lab The overall aim of the workshop was to bring together academics with the strategic partners from across mid Essex health and social care system to address the key challenge of winter pressure on services. The workshop was phase one of a larger piece of work and will directly inform the objectives and scope of the data analytics research project (funded through the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher - DAIV). Together we identified opportunities for whole-system change - to reduce pressures on key public services, exploring opportunities to agree health and care projects tasked with transforming service provision on a pan-region sustainable basis. As a county, the team wishes to identify how the collective use of data can inform service commissioning and the effective allocation of resource. Whilst as a system data is being collected, this is not being shared effectively between partners. A strategic overview could highlight opportunities for early intervention based on winter statistics across the patient journey, thus improving system resilience. It may lead to revised service delivery approaches, with new ways of managing seasonal service delivery being devised for testing/adoption. Through the Mid Essex Better Care Fund, the aim is to find research driven solutions to focus attention to deliver system-wide change. This is in order to build improved whole system resilience as part of the winter planning process. In particular they wish to: • Understand the demand that currently comes into the mid Essex health and care system for the acute and community • Understand the capacity that is available both in the acute and community to manage the identified demand including primary care • Use data to allow more informed decision making regarding if health and social care resources are in the correct place to manage the demand • Identify any gaps in services and solutions within the mid Essex capacity • Explore the potential for predictive analytics to identify future anticipated demand increases • Use data to recommend how mid Essex should use their collective resources to manage the demand based on the finding of the research. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the following key questions in order for the Better Care Fund board members to make a more informed decision ahead of the DAIV application. (When addressing these questions please refer to the Challenge Lab follow up notes) • How realistic are the proposals and how useful would they be in providing information for the commissioners to inform future plans for commissioning in order to support system resilience? • What would be the timeframes around each proposal and would be feasible to deliver the research project for each proposal? • How useful you think the proposal would be in line with answering the commissioner's main objectives? • Which proposal do you think could have the most impact? A second follow up meeting will be arranged in order to explore the data around one specific pathway in order to define the specifics of the research project ahead of the DAIV application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consultation: Co-op East of England Community and Events Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 11th November 2019, the Centre facilitated a meeting between Coop East of England and My Home Life Essex who are looking to work in partnership to build community cohesion and tackle isolation and loneliness through intergenerational activities taking place in Essex. One of the areas discussed was the difficulty in measuring impact which has a ripple effect on the community as well as the individuals involved. The partners agreed to take things forward to look at collaborative opportunities and were grateful for the centre's role in connecting organisations for greater impact regionally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Consumer Behaviour and computational methodologies: flexiblity and accuracy of agent-based approaches |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Abhijit Sengupta presented at the BLG DRC conference. The audience raised questions and there was a panel discussion at the end of the Methodology stream presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bsz4VGWvdE |
| Description | Creative Colchester Board present Creative and Digital Industries Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this workshop Creative Colchester Board aim to determine the skills and support the needs of creative and digital industries in north Essex. Professor Vania Sena presented on the Centre, our research and the services we offer. The workshop encouraged debate and generated leads. The workshop encouraged debate and generated leads. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/creative-and-digital-industries-workshop/ |
| Description | Creative Industries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | V Sena - 19 November 2015 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Croydon Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Furthered shared understanding. Made arrangements for further discussions to develop plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Basildon Borough Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Basildon Borough Council would like to work with BLG to upskill their staff in data analytics. A discussion was had on the possibilities available, and a follow-up email sent to outline what training can be delivered, so that a business case can be made to senior management within the Council. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Data Unlocked |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DAIV consultation with Data Unlocked regarding potential project and training needs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | DAIV consultation with Andy Baker from Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council on potential collaborative research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Exergy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exergy were referred to BLG by the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP Growth Hub. They are an engineering consultancy firm who would like to collaborate with BLG to develop a more effective data management system. They would like to engage via the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme, and requested the application form to be sent across. A follow up email was sent afterwards with this information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Footprint Services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Footprint services have been set up to use public data sets relating to waste management to produce useful reports for businesses. They were interested in engaging with BLG, and understanding how they could work with us further to access data for research, and to work on a collaborative research project. This led to follow-up discussions, and the Company Manager from Footprint Services will be a presenter at one of the BLG Big Data Can public lecture events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Fulham Good Neighbour Service |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | DAIV consultation regarding potential project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Garden City - Louise Denyer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 19th November 2019 the centre facilitated a consultation to discuss how research and data analytics could be used in the planning of the garden cities. A number of potential research projects were discussed including predictive analytics for mapping the flow of people, behaviour change drivers, economic growth, sustainability etc. With a number of competing priorities and potential research opportunities, the centre suggested a challenge lab to explore these projects in collaboration with the team. Louise is working with North East Essex CCG including Jane Mower and Essex County Council to plan the cities. Following the meeting, the centre exchanged emails. jane is hoping to discuss the challenge lab concept with her team with a view to taking it forward in 2020. On 6th April 2020 Louise submitted a formal EOI ahead of a DAIV application. The EOI is with the Centre director for approval. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with GoHinGo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DAIV Consultation with GoHinGo and academic researchers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Kinetika People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Kinetika people collect data relating to the events they run, in multiple spreadsheets. They would like help in storing this data in a different way. The data that they are collecting is not on a large scale, and so would not be suitable for a research project under the DAIV programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Open Waste Compliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DAIV consultation with Open Waste Compliance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Perceptr |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Perceptr have received funding from Innovate UK to develop an innovative recruitment platform, and would like to work in collaboration with BLG to create matching algorithms, and a virtual assistant. They would also like to run a hackathon, to engage students in creating solutions to problems which are set for them. They would like to apply to engage with BLG though the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Red Balloon Family Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | DAIV Consultation with Red Balloon Family Foundation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with The Lampshade Co |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DAIV consultation with The Lampshade Co about potential project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with UKs No1 Co Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The company work in website design, marketing and business coaching. They carry out a lot of home visits and have access to postcodes, and would like to map their routes with these. BLG advised that there are GIS training courses available on the BLG website which the company can watch back to assist with this, but that we can discuss bespoke training courses if these are not suitable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with ULAS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | ULAS are setting up an online platform for students, to enable them to prepare for when they leave school. ULAS discussed carrying out a collaborative project with BLG to develop innovative systems to track and record the activities of the students. This could potentially fit within the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme, and a follow up email was sent with the application form for ULAS to complete and return. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Visit Essex |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Consultation with Visit Essex and academics about potential research project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Which? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Which? to discuss a number of potential Knowledge Exchange projects. Two initial DAIV projects identified. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | DAIV Consultation with Your Own Place |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Your Own Place are a Social Enterprise set up to reduce youth homelessness. They would like to carry out a collaborative research project with BLG to evaluate whether their services are helping them to achieve this objective. They would like to carry this project out under the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme, and have returned a completed application form, which will be reviewed by the DAIV panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consulation People Dancing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Would like help in analysing data to better understand their on-line audience and potential market and to use their on-line presence as a way to increase members and donations. A DAIV application has been submitted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consulation with Camrosh Limited |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Looking to create a tool to increase workflow efficiency and would like insight on feasibility of the idea, workflow breakdown to create a prototype and the skill set required. A DAIV application has been submitted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Antidote Street |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On-line beauty retailer. Discussion about the data they collect on-line and wanted to know if they could use a DAIV to carry out some Google Analytics. The DAIV is not appropriate in this instance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Barbour Logic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Would like to work with the Centre to discover what public sector services require an automated FAQ system. Requested more information about the DAIV scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Business Match |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The company would like help in using data to improve their services and understand the needs of companies across different sectors in various geographical areas. Awaiting completion of DAIV application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Cordell Health Limited |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | They are interested in carrying out a project to understand the reason for people struggling to get into work due to underlying health problems. Looking to collaborate on how to better use their data to answer these questions. This is a potential DAIV application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Coventry and Warwickshire LEP Growth Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussed how we could help in analysing their data to improve the services they offer to businesses. Followed up by sending paper BLG has produced on NALEP project. Awaiting completion of DAIV application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with DiscoDrives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | DiscoDrives wanted to look into using a DAIV to enable them to produce a new stock control system. AB explained our services and that this was not suitable for a DAIV. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Form the Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Form the Future are set up to inspire young people, and deliver talks about careers, and skills required. They are interested in collaborating with BLG to work on a research project which looks at the effectiveness of their services. They would like to explore a research project using the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme, and have been sent an application form which they have completed and returned, and will be reviewed by the DAIV panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough LEP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Would like to work with us to combine their datasets and review and produce visual and numerical data that would enable GCGP policymakers to estimate impact and determine gaps in policy making to guide the development of future programmes. A DAIV application has been submitted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with Kirklees Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about priorities and how we could potentially collaborate using a DAIV. RS talked through the Data Sharing Agreement and End User licence. Since submitted a DAIV application. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with MyNewTerm |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | They would like to collaborate with researchers using our DAIV to further develop their website and, in the long term, to potentially carry out a study in helping Government identify skills gaps. A DAIV application has been submitted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with South Norfolk Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | They are carrying out a pilot study in Norfolk and Norwich hospital to see if having a district officer available in the hospital to resolve issues around accommodation when patients are discharged, will reduce delayed transfers of care and prevent re-admissions. They would like to work with us to carry out an evaluation study to see if the intervention is effective. DAIV application has been submitted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DAIV consultation with The Red Balloon Family Foundation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Red Balloon Family Foundation are a CIO set up to work with families, and young people to build self-esteem and resilience. They would like to evaluate their interventions to understand if they are meeting their objectives, and would like to work with BLG researcher, via the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher scheme, to develop an effective data collection system, to make the evaluation possible and effective. A follow up email was sent after the call with details about the application process, and the form to complete. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | DPWorld |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about developing a logistics project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Data Analytics Support - CHAPS Mens Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 18th November 2019, Celine Larkin (CHAPS Mens Health) contacted the centre for data analytics support in order to extract information from an unusable format. Our researchers swiftly supported the charity convering the data into a format that is useable and will enable the charity to effectively evaluate the impact of their work and market more effectively. The transformation of data combined with the knowledge and resources provided during their recent attendance at the Impact Assessment and Data Driven Marketing workshops in 2019 means the charity has been able to more effectively lobby parliament and influence policy making as well as share best practice nationally related to prostate cancer screening and mens health. As a result of our support, the charity has requested involvement in future workshops, webinars and now follows us social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Data Consultation Clinic - Braintree |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The centre delivered a Data Consultation Clinic for charities and public sector organisations in Essex. This consisted of a series of pre-booked one to one consultations with leads from a range of organisations to discuss their current data collection practices and potential research projects suitable for DAIV funding. Each consultation was an opportunity to promote the centre and the DAIV application process. The consultations were also used to promote the up and coming workshops as well as other opportunities to engage with the work of the centre. Organisations included: Nicky Evena - Brainwave Keith Playall - Support (DNA) Debbie Bird - Children's University Yvette Wetton - Braintree Mencap Society Helen Woolf - Halstead 21st Century Group tracey Parry - Braintree District Council Rachael Stone - First Stop Centre Darren Sparks - Braintree Foyer Whilst not all projects were suitable for a DAIV, advise and guidance was given on how to strengthen their data collection process in order to conduct analysis in the future. Some individuals are ready to submit a DAIV application once the round for DAIV applications opens. Feedback from all attendees was very positive. The sessions were coordinated by Community 360 who work to support local charities in Essex. Delivering the sessions further built on our partnership with this stakeholder. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Data Consultation Clinic - Colchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The centre delivered a Data Consultation Clinic for charities and public sector organisations in Essex. This consisted of a series of pre-booked one to one consultations with leads from a range of organisations to discuss their current data collection practices and potential research projects suitable for DAIV funding. Each consultation was an opportunity to promote the centre and the DAIV application process. The consultations were also used to promote the up and coming workshops as well as other opportunities to engage with the work of the centre. Organisations included: African Families in the UK, Carers First, CHAPS, Colchester Coffin Club, Colchester Emergency Nightshelter, Holdfast Credit Union,, MS UK, Outhouse East, Signpost and Your Living Room. Whilst not all projects were suitable for a DAIV, advise and guidance was given on how to strengthen their data collection process in order to conduct analysis in the future. Some individuals are ready to submit a DAIV application once the round for DAIV applications opens. Feedback from all attendees was very positive. The sessions were coordinated by Community 360 who work to support local charities in Essex. Delivering the sessions further built on our partnership with this stakeholder. Delegates were all encouraged to register to attend one or more of our workshops. Community 360 also expressed an interest in the centre delivering a workshop during their AGM as wel as holding an information stand to promote data analytics within the context of the CVS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Data Consultation Clinic - Essex County Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 18th November 2019 the centre undertook a conference call with the senior strategy advisor for Essex County COuncil. The contact arose from Dr Alejandro Quiroz Flores. The call was an opportunity to discuss the work of the centre as well as areas to collaborate through the DAIV scheme. Jo Boyd Wallis and Jack Daniels from the council joined the call. They expressed an interest in a transport related project including predictive analytics and correlation/causation data matching to look at the impact of transport on communities (such as health, economic growth/employment and community engagement). Following the call, the centre provided follow up information and a DAIV application form for completion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Data Culture: Why we should all embrace it |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Ric Howe, data strategist from Microsoft visited the new Essex Business School building to speak to students, staff and local businesses about the power of analytics. In a world flooded with data Ric showed the audience how powerful tools like Microsoft's new Power BI can be critical in finding your way through the masses of data that are created every day. The talk stimulated debate and discussion amongst the audience with the speaker. The event helped to raise the profile of the Centre with staff and students at the University of Essex and with representatives from local businesses. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-data-culture-why-we-should-all-embrace-it/ |
| Description | Data Dive |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The event was organised to give EBS MSc students the opportunity to have 'hands-on' experience with real life data and to tackle some previously unseen challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/ebsdatadive/ |
| Description | Data Driven Marketing Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Data Driven Marketing Workshop - 5th September 2019 In partnership with BEST, the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre aims to support the referral pathway enabling local businesses to thrive in an increasingly competitive market. The BEST Growth Hub stakeholder feedback identified a need for SMEs to optimise the use of digital platforms including data analytics. This is a growing skills gap within the local market. Whilst many businesses are collecting basic data, they are ill equipped to understand and proactively use the data they hold to make informed strategic decisions. A number of areas were highlighted during recent business engagement as topics of interest. In order to address one of these key areas, the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre delivered a bespoke event. Objectives • Deliver a targeted event focused on Essex-wide SMEs designed to: • Raise awareness of data analytics within the context of business in order provide competitive edge in an evolving market. • Encourage the effective utilisation of IT and technological advancements to improve services and marketing. • Provide foundations on how businesses can exploit technology and data within their sector tailored to their business needs. • Provide insight into the future of data analytics and its potential. • Explore social media as a digital platform for marketing, trend analysis and engagement. • Promote the opportunities for grant funded data analytics and research through the DAIV scheme. • Promote the work of BEST Growth Hub including the business support they provide. The themes of marketing and social media were two areas identified as topics of particular interest to the target audience. This information shaped the agenda for the day. Working in partnership with BEST Growth Hub, SECCADs and Essex Business School, this well attended workshop saw over 70 delegates benefit from a morning of inspiring speakers. Delegates represented SMEs, councils and charities across the east of England. The agenda included Information about the Centre How to become a data driven organisation Social media and data The future of big data Data driven marketing About SECCADs and the other opportunities to partner with the academic world for greater impact Networking stands included representation from Essex Interns BEST Growth Hub The Centre and its researchers EIRA SECCADs Delegates gave very positive feedback both verbally, via email and via feedback forms. Outcomes include an enhanced list of contacts, a stronger working relationship with BEST Growth Hub and other services within University of Essex. New EOI in DAIVs and awareness of the Centre's work. Many delegates expressed an interest in attending future events, webinars and workshops. Engagement included via social media where organisations continue to share information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Data Linkage Techniques (GIS) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Pr Andrew Lovett delivered a workshop for the public sector that gave attendees a brief understanding of GIS and the data linkage techniques that can be used to integrate information from different sources to help address policy questions. The workshop consisted of an introductory talk and a series of practical exercises (using the ArcGIS software) that allowed attendees to put their acquired skills into practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/empowerpublicsector |
| Description | Data Privacy:A case study on clustering |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Abdellah Salhi presented at the BLG DRC conference. A number of questions were raised which prompted discussions. A panel discussion took place at the end of the methodology presentations prompting further discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bsz4VGWvdE |
| Description | Data Science and Computational Social Science for Knowledge Societies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Maria Fasli participated and contributed to a session on computational social science. She gave a presentation describing the data science approaches that can be used to enhance social science research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Data Stream |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Freelance science writer, John Warner, published an articlee on how large and complex data are routinely collected by local government and businesses. Vania Sena and Melanie Wright, ADS, were interviewed about the work that the BLG DRC does and why data analysis benefits society. Published in Britain in 2016 (2015). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Detecting Events from Structured and Unstructured Data Streams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Nora Alkhamees, research officer presented to the BLG DRC Conference. Q & A session followed and a further panel discussion at the end of the Methodology stream presentations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bsz4VGWvdE |
| Description | Detecting Hip Implant Quality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Elena Kulinskaya delfivered a presentation under the Methodologies for Analytics and Big Data stream at the BLG DRC Conference. A Panel discussion was held at the end of Methodology presentations and this stimulated discussion and many questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bsz4VGWvdE |
| Description | Detecting Hip Implant Quality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Elena Kulinskaya presented at the BLG DRC Conference. A Q & A session followed which prompted further discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Developing a Green Infrastructure Strategy for Essex |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Andrew Lovett presented. Q & A session after prompted a number of questions from local government attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Sb-vq_RYU |
| Description | Digging in Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BLG, UBDC and CDRC published a joint article on how analysis of data from local government and businesses can lead to understanding challenges in society and show potential solutions. Published in Society Now, Spring 2015, Issue 21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Digging into Data showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Showcasing our latest research and services to participants at the Digging in Data conference. Made a number of new contacts who were interested in the work of the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Digital Data and Public Services in the Smart City |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Not aware of any yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-digital-data-and-public-services-in-the-smart-city/ |
| Description | Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The blog is an introduction to our longitudinal study investigating whether statins reduce mortality in older people. The blog explains why the landmark modelling on statins data is novel yet so well suited when utilising primary care records. The audience of the blog mainly includes researchers, educators, policymakers and leaders of family medicine and community health. The blog was published on the BMJ website and its Chinese translation was posted on BMJ's Wechat platform. After six months, the blog on the website was read 173 times (no statistics on the Wechat performance). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.bmj.com/fmch/2021/06/25/do-statins-reduce-mortality-in-older-people-findings-from-a-lo... |
| Description | ECC Information Governance Briefing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentations about data and information sharing across health in the region including health care commissioners. Led to work with environmental sector and specific GIS project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | EDSC, 7-8 November 2016, Luxembourg, The European Data Science Conference (EDSC) was the inaugural conference of EuADS. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Supported discussions and understanding on data science applications and education in Europe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.euads.org/edsc/ |
| Description | EELGA Leading Digital Innovation in Health and Care in Suffolk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The East of England LGA invited us to exhibit at their event "Leading Digital Innovation in Health and Care in Suffolk." This allowed local authorities and businesses working in the healthcare sector to learn more about the services we offer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.eelga.gov.uk/events/leading_digital_innovation_in_health/ |
| Description | ESRC Impact Awards Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | ESRC Impact Awards for outstanding social science research. Raised profile of the Centre and made new contacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | ESRC Research Methods Festival 2018: What's the value of Artificial Synthetic Data in Social Science? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presenters: Professor Vania Sena (University of Essex), Mr Richard Skeggs (University of Essex) Part of the ESRC Research Methods Festival 2018 The purpose of the session is to provide an overview of the role that synthetic data can play in social science when working with personal data. We also want to present different techniques that are available for the development of synthetic data and discuss the tests that are available to assess the accuracy of the synthetic data against real data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-whats-the-value-of-artificial-synthetic-data-in-social-science/ |
| Description | EXhibition stand at Garden Communities conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The team exhibited at the Garden Communities conference to raise awareness of the Centre. We received follow up emails after the event with requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.essex.ac.uk/news/2017/06/29/challenges-and-opportunities-of-garden-communities |
| Description | Ealing BC Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Following the LGA Research Day, met with Ealing Council to discuss training and collaboration opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Engagement with AVIVA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meetings were held with representatives from the Data Science team in Avivia in September, November and December 2017, as well as January 2018. These discussed BLGDRC research on developing green infrastructure databases and on the relationship between greenspace access and well-being. We are now developing a KTP proposal with Aviva to explore how this databases and expertise can be applied to improve Aviva insurance business processes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Engagement with Essex County Council re Arts of the Possible Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion regarding the Centre's involved in the Festival; particularly in demonstrating the High Street agent based model. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Engagement with Planning and Environment Department, Norfolk County Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meetings were held with representatives from Norfolk County Council in June 2017, September 2017 and January 2018. These discussed BLGDRC research on developing green infrastructure databases and how they could be applied to address policy questions of importance to the County Council. We are now collaborating with staff in the Planning and Environment department of the County Council to improve their assessment of accessible natural greenspace standards and examine the extent of existing green infrastructure provision in the vicinity of new housing development sites |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| Description | Engagement with large fresh produce supplier to Sainsbury plc - Abbeyview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Application for the first Innovation Voucher with SME's and sharing of business data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Enquiry from Cronin Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 20th November 2019 the centre received a referral from the BEST Growth Hub. One of the SMEs they support requires data analytics guidance and is interested in the DAIV as an avenue of support. Gerald Cronin of Cronin Ltd has the following need: "Client does not know how to use the data that he holds and would like support and training on this. He has seen a drastic drop in his turnover over this past year and would like to research why this has happened." A follow up email was sent with information about the centre and the offer of a consultation to discuss in more detail. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Enquiry from Essex County Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 8th November 2019 the centre received an enquiry from Adrian Powell (Assistant Project Manager) who is working on a pilot to launch a new App for social care workers. The project is designed to save time and travel by accessing and updating case notes remotely. They are keen to have independent tracking and measurement of the benefits achieved by using the App during the piloting phase. Follow up emails have been sent in order to arrange a discussion and to explore the opportunity in more detail. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Enquiry from Essex Highways |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 26th November 2019 the centre received an enquiry from Essex Highways who were referred from Emma Wakeling (EIRA). The organisation is collecting data and is not harvesting its full potential. A follow up email was sent on 27th November 2019 with further information about the centre and its work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Enquiry from Gerald McDonald & Company Ltd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | On 22nd October 2019 the centre received a referral from BEST Growth Hub. The company had an enquiry relating to business data and how best they can optimize their practices. This included: Missed Sales a. Very few of our 430 live customers send us forecasts or engage in bulk contracts that can be called off during the year. b. We therefore do not realise when customers slow up or stop buying certain products from us. c. Turn Over may not change or may actually increase but we do not know when or why a customer has stopped buying a certain product. 2. Re-ordering analysis. a. In many cases we are sole suppliers to customers. b. We on the other hand, need to place contracts with suppliers to secure supplies of nearly all items we sell. c. Without customer forecasts (See 1a) and with delivery times sometimes 90 days away many customers rely on us to have their stock available when they want. d. We have re-ordering systems that rely on past performance data but there are still areas of re-ordering that make us exposed to stock out scenarios. e. We have a lot of data but do not have the skill to automatically reduce it down to a few lines of items that need urgent replenishment. 3. Cash Flow. a. We need an independent view on our cash flow reporting and whether we can make it more meaningful to non accountants. 4. Delivery and Supply performance a. We have a lot of data on deliveries out and deliveries in and need to get meaningful reports about our performance to supply customers and our suppliers' performance in supplying us. 5. ERP, CRM, WMS advice. a. ERP. We have been with our current system suppliers for 15 years. Upgrades are done regularly but now with a Japanese office, we need a multilingual system that is more in tune with large customers. b. CRM. We currently have a Contact Manager system that is 22 years old and has not been upgraded. It's time we changed and incorporated this system with the ERP. c. WMS (Warehouse Management System) Our current ERP has a WMS module but does not suit us because stock in units and sell in Kilos. A follow up email was sent with further advise and information about the centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Enquiry from Help Musicians |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 18th November 2019 the centre sent a follow up email to Ellie Moore of Help Musicians. The referral came from EIRA via Emma Wakeling. Follow up information included the DAIV, training and webinar opportunities. The email also encouraged the charity to follow us online in order to keep up to date with our research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Enquiry from Lincolnshire Police |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 8th November 2019, Leanne Crew (Performance Data Officer) from Lincolnshire Police contacted the generic centre inbox to express an interest in having the centre deliver some data analytics training for their team. Specifically, R and data science. They anticipate 50 from across their network of data analysts. Follow up emails were sent and the centre is actively pursuing the opportunity to partner with this new stakeholder. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Ensemble Classification |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Berthold Lausen was invited to present at a half day workshop at: 60th Conference of the South African Statistical Association (SASA), University of South-Africa, Florida (Roodepoort), Johannesburg, South-Africa, 26 November 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Epidemiology seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One of our researchers presented their findings on applying guidelines on statins to a large primary care observational dataset. This stirred up a debate and request for further information was made. The discussion was helpful for follow-up research on this topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Equity Crowdfunding of Small Businesses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Pr Jerry Coakley presented on crowdfunding. An active Q & A session followed with much interest from delegates. A panel discussion took place following the presentations from the Local Economic Growth stream prompting questions and discussions from the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9LxtvxDgOY |
| Description | Essex County Council (Chelmsford) and UEA to engage on data and analysis to support the development of their Green Infrastructure Strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engagement and outreach with data analysis /research to support the Council in providing a dynamic and developing strategy incorporating Green Infrastructure. Opinions changed, decisions were made and plans put in place for future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essex County Council - Green Infrastructure Strategy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BLGDRC researchers are collaborating with planners at Essex County Council to provide a green infrastructure database and associated evidence that will contribute to the Green Infrastructure Strategy currently being developed by the County Council. The strategy is due to go out for public consultation in May 2019 and the intention is that it should be adopted later in the year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.essex.gov.uk/Environment%20Planning/Strategic-Environment/Pages/Our-natural-environment.... |
| Description | Essex County Council Green Infrastructure Strategy Consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given by Andrew Lovett at the Stakeholder Consultation Workshop for the Essex Green Infrastructure Strategy held at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford. The presentation described the development of a green infrastructure spatial database for Essex and how this could be used to inform policies and initiatives associated with the strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/rci/green-essex-strategy/ |
| Description | Essex County Council Training: An Introduction to Natural Language Processing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a training session for Essex County Council staff focused on natural language processing (NLP) in the public sector. The introduction to NLP included the latest developments in the area, and how they have been used in everyday technology. The session explored: • What Natural Language Processing is? • What Natural Language Processing be used for? • How has Natural Language Processing been applied? • What are the benefits/limitations? • What is needed for Natural Language Processing? • When is Natural Language Processing not applicable? • What are the technical requirements of Natural Language Processing? The workshop was hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout. Over 17 delegates attended in total with all providing very positive feedback in the post-workshop survey as well as on the day. All delegates reported their knowledge had improved and have requested further engagement with the Centre in 2019. This includes training as well as collaborative research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essex County Council Training: An Introduction to Sentiment Analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Over 17 Essex COunty COuncil staff attended a workshop on Sentiment Analysis facilitated by the Centre. The session focused on the use of Sentiment Analysis in the public sector. Following an early workshop on NLP, in this session delegates gained further insight into the use of Sentiment Analysis as well as its use in the public sector. The tutor focused on a number of questions that can be explored using Sentiment Analysis. This included: • How can we remove language barriers and improve communication around the world using machine translation? • How to understand Essex County Council resident's needs and sentiments from analysing social media? • How Sentiment Analysis assisted decision find relevant information about a given topic? • How can Sentiment Analysis detect depression, harassment and cyberbullying online as well as predict social trends? Over 17 delegates attended in total with all providing very positive feedback in the post-workshop survey as well as on the day. All delegates reported their knowledge had improved and have requested further engagement with the Centre in 2019. This includes training as well as collaborative research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essex County Council Training: Introduction to R (day 2) - cohort 2 - 22nd February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In October 2018, the Centre delivered bespoke training on Natural Language Processing and Sentiment Analysis. The aim of this session was to enable Essex County Council to make better use of its unstructured data to feed into a project on predicting which families re-enter social care and as part of a county-wide strategy. Building on the success of previous training and in line with the Data Science Team vision, the department are in the process of implementing R Studio. As a result, Essex County Council required introductory level training exploring R to build foundation knowledge of R Studio across its workforce. ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre facilitated a bespoke training session focused on R. Presented by renowned researchers, 19 delegates benefited from: • An introduction to R and R Studio • Different data structures in R, building matrix and arrays • Importing data from excel, csv, txt • Creating, amending and exporting dataframes • For Loops, If Statements • Coercion of data types • Statistical analysis techniques and tools • Functions • Correlation and regression • Models such as predictive analysis The workshop was hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout. This was day 2 of a 2 part session. Feedback was very complementary and Essex County Council have requested that we work with them to identify skills gaps and share best practice around data analytics. This growing relationship has also led to a DAIV project commencing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Essex County Council catalyst project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the .design and development of the Essex CC Risk stratification project. This project has been looking at child school readiness. BLG DRC Data Manager was also part of the vendor selection process as well as the software evaluation team |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Essex County Council: Introduction to R (day 1) - cohort 2 - 17th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In October 2018, the Centre delivered bespoke training on Natural Language Processing and Sentiment Analysis. The aim of this session was to enable Essex County Council to make better use of its unstructured data to feed into a project on predicting which families re-enter social care and as part of a county-wide strategy. Building on the success of previous training and in line with the Data Science Team vision, the department are in the process of implementing R Studio. As a result, Essex County Council required introductory level training exploring R to build foundation knowledge of R Studio across its workforce. ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre facilitated a bespoke training session focused on R. Presented by renowned researchers, 19 delegates benefited from: • An introduction to R and R Studio • Different data structures in R, building matrix and arrays • Importing data from excel, csv, txt • Creating, amending and exporting dataframes • For Loops, If Statements • Coercion of data types • Statistical analysis techniques and tools • Functions • Correlation and regression • Models such as predictive analysis The workshop was hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout. This was day 1 of a 2 part session. Feedback was very complementary and Essex County Council have requested that we work with them to identify skills gaps and share best practice around data analytics. This growing relationship has also led to a DAIV project commencing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Essex County Fire and Rescue Serice porject identification meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To identify specific activities within ECRFS that would be suited to data research by BLGDRC. Identified several areas and agreed to meet with relevant staff within ECFRS to develop these further. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Essex County Fire and Rescue Service intro meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To identify areas for potential future working with ECFRS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Essex FRS Home Safety Visits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions to investigate the potential to support ECRFS with research around Home Safety Visits. Raised awareness of the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Essex FRS Home Safety Visits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Investigating the potential of supporting Essex County Fire and Rescue Service with research around Home Safety Visits. Discussed the services that the Centre are able to offer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Essex FRS data and effectiveness meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Share information on content within FRS and potential for future research projects. Gained understanding of organisations operating context. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Essex FRS regulation of commercial premises |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discuss potential research into approaches to targeting regulatory activity. Shared information FRS to identify potential data sources. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Essex Fire and Rescue Hosted Essex-wide Networking Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An Essex-wide professional networking event organised by Essex Fire and Rescue service included members from across the private, public and charity sector. The Centre had the opportunity to speak to all delegates through a facilitated engagement session which took place at the Fire Service HQ. The event was an opportunity to promote the work of the Centre, raise awareness of the DAIVs, future events, opportunities to partner and the importance of research within the context of the health and social care system. As a result of the event, the Centre obtained new contacts and has already received expressions of interest relating to the DAIVs. The event was also an opportunity to touch base with Essex Fire and Rescue on working together for a countywide data analytics projects aligned to their strategic plan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Essex Life and Economy Lecture: Making Change Stick in Complex Collaboratives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 28th October 2019, the Centre hosted the 2019 Essex Life and Economy Lecture: Making Change Stick in Complex Collaboratives. A Business and Local Government Data Research Centre lecture, organised in partnership with the Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Science and Health at the University of Essex and Essex County Council. The lecture by Stephen Kavanagh, Chairman of World Class Policing, examined how entrenched approaches, introspective cultures and performance regimes can, if left unchallenged, undermine new cross cutting initiatives. 55 delegates from across the academic communities and public sector attended the session which included a networking drinks and live Q&A following the talk. Delegates included the University of Essex Vice Chancellor, senior team, Essex Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA), Deputy Lt. for Essex Nick Alston, Public Health England, Essex County Council, Open Road and many more. The event was supported via social media in order to widen impact and continue engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Essex Natural Capital Asset Check |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a series of meeting with officials from Essex County Council (led by Deborah Fox, Head of Commissioning, Sustainable Essex: Protection, Essex County Council) and associated NGOs to develop a GIS-based assessment of natural capital in Essex. This initially involved meetings in Colchester and Chelmsford on 27/8/15, 15/9/15 and 26/11/15. Subsequent BLGDRC research has developed a methodology for identifying accessible greenspace that has been tested using existing local authority data for Basildon and is now being expanded into a county-wide dataset that will contribute to the overall assessment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/gis-database-to-be-built-to-assess-the-current-accessible-greenspace-... |
| Description | Essex Police Consultation - 4th February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a conference call with Essex Police and academics to discuss the organisation's DAIV application. The aim of the data analytics and research project was: An Essex Data Project with Essex Police, Essex County Council and Nesta, bringing together multi-agency data on business inspections, complaints and enforcement/regulatory from public sector agencies and open data. One of the open source data sources we would like to include is Zoopla property and business data, by creating an API endpoint to retrieve the fields of interest, a skill which we do not have. The Police would like to work with the Centre to carry out research into how they can create an API endpoint in terms of a feasibility report. They lack the expertise to carry out the research and feel the innovation voucher scheme will help achieve this. Due to the scope of the DAIV, we agreed to conduct a feasibility study which we will deliver ahead of the end of funding year (March 2019). As a result of the call, the DAIV was approved by board members and the work is now taking place with Haider Raza leading on the research project. The Centre continues to work closely with Essex Police and has been requested to deliver further training post-April 2019 and to deliver future research and data analytics building on this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Essex Police Training: Introduction to Data Analytics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the strategic vision of Essex Police, the Centre worked with the Essex Police Head of Analysis to design and deliver a training programme to bridge skills gaps within their team of analysts and the data extraction team. This one day session provided foundational training on data analysis, statistics and interpreting data. This training formed one part of a phased project which saw selected members of the team step onto an intermediate level programme exploring the use of analytics and techniques in R. Date: 5th November 2018 Format: A one day interactive workshop providing delegates with an overview of data analysis, covering key fundamentals such as hypothesis testing and associated statistics, correlations, single and multi variate analysis and interpreting data. Eight senior figures attended the workshop, all of whom gave very positive feedback and requested to attend further training with us in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essex Police Training: Introduction to R (day one) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the strategic vision of Essex Police, the Centre worked with Essex Police Head of Analysis to design and deliver a training session as part of a series of workshops to bridge skills gaps within their team of analysts and the data extraction team. This training formed the second part of a phased project which saw selected members of the team step onto an intermediate level programme exploring the use of analytics and techniques in R. Format A two-day interactive workshop providing delegates with an overview of R. Date: 12th November 2018 Session 1 - An Introduction to R In this session delegates will be introduced to R and R Studio. The workshop will be hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout. It will be aimed at undergraduate level, an online survey will be used to identify delegates existing level of knowledge. Course Overview • An introduction to R and R Studio • Different data structures in R, building matrix and arrays • Importing data from excel, csv, txt • Creating, amending and exporting dataframes • For Loops, If Statements • Coercion of data types All delegates reported that the session had increased their knowledge of R and were interested to explore further collaborative projects in data analysis in 2019. The head of service was particularly complementary of the bespoke training package and support provided. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essex Police Training: Introduction to R (day two) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the strategic vision of Essex Police, the Centre worked with Essex Police Head of Analysis to design and deliver a training session as part of a series of workshops to bridge skills gaps within their team of analysts and the data extraction team. This training formed the second part of a phased project which saw selected members of the team step onto an intermediate level programme exploring the use of analytics and techniques in R. Format A two-day interactive workshop providing delegates with an overview of R. Date: 13th November 2018 Session 2 - Statistical Analysis in R In this session delegates will be introduced to some basic statistical analysis tools and techniques that can be used within R. It will be aimed at undergraduate level, an online survey will be used to identify delegates existing level of knowledge within this area. Course Overview • Recap of session 1 • Statistical analysis techniques and tools • Functions • Correlation and regression • Models such as predictive analysis This event received very positive feedback from all delegates who gained hands on experience during this bespoke session. The workshop included using Police data with real-life examples included throughout. One of the outcomes of the training was the head of Department requesting a second cohort in 2019 as well as a refresher session for the beginners in the group. An additional outcome was the request to explore a collaborative research project funded through the DAIV scheme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Essex Youth Build DAIV Consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Essex Youth Build attended two of our workshops in 2019. Following this, the charity contacted the Centre to express an interest in applying for a grant funded data analytics project. The call focused on the charity's current data collection practices and limitations of paper records. We also discussed the key challenges they face and aims for any data analytics project. We recommended completing a data audit in order to understand what is currently being collected, where it is stored, format and responsible person. As all records are paper, the Centre advised moving to electronic records for more analytics potential. The Centre also encouraged the charity to attend future training sessions and workshops in order to continue building their skills sets and digital capacity. The programme of potential topics for 2020 webinars and training was very appealing to the charity's lead and they are keen to register in due course. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Essex and Suffolk Water networking |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Business engagement to identify collaboration opportunities in this section. Increased increase in how the Centre can help improve their analytics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Europe and International Panel for the East of England LGA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | tbc |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Europe and international panel meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A talk focused on the 'vulnerable people'research stream to raise awareness of the potential of the Centre to help councils analyse their data. We made a good contact with a 'Senior Manager - Marketing & Communications' at the East of England Local Government Association. The meeting was attended by range of people with influence in their local authority/constituencies, and they could be potential for us to develop partnerships with these agencies in the East of England. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | European Association for Data Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Berthold Lausen was involved as vice president to establish the European Association for Data Science (EuADS) EuADS was presented at the European Data Forum Luxembourg 2015 http://2015.data-forum.eu/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://euads.org |
| Description | European Conference on Data Analysis 2015 (ECDA2015) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Major international conference in statistics, data science and applications. Papers presented at the conference are submitted to the Archives of Data Science and will be published in due course. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://ecda2015.com |
| Description | Exhibited at Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Engaged with several participants resulting in requests for more information about the BLG DRC Summer School and subsequently enrolled. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Exhibition stand at IADS conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Exhibition at the conference to raise awareness of the Centre. Engaged with several businesses and discussed potential ways of future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www1.essex.ac.uk/iads/news_and_seminars/seminars.aspx |
| Description | Experimentation Process as part of BLG DRC Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendees learnt how to design user-centred experiments, run them, and analyse data from these experiments. They explored design issues pertaining to measurement, scaling, sampling and the important aspects of validity and reliability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/blgsummerschool2017/ |
| Description | |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Publicise our past events with videos, add blogs, promotion of future events and training. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://facebook.com/blgdataresearch |
| Description | Financial Stability Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of academic research on financial innovation. Potential global impact on the management of financial innovation within financial institutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Fire Break |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discuss Borough's broader efforts to make better use of data. Investigate potential areas for collaborative work. Raised awareness of Centre. Invited to deliver a training session. Agreed to further pursue potential projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Fire Break with Victim Support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Contribute to planned funding bid for running FireBreak programme around hate crime. Agreement of involvement in research role alongside project delivery if funded. Agreed involvement in potential project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | FireBreak |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Investigate potential to support ECFRS with research around FireBreak. Identified potential research project. Ongoing involvement in emerging FireBreak package. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | First Data collaboration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss potential collaboration and business engagement opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Follow on Equity Crowdfunding |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Aristogenis Lazos discussed his work with Equity Crowdfunding at the BLG DRC conference. Q & A session followed. A panel discussion took place following the presentations from the Local Economic Growth stream prompting further questions and discussions from the audience. A panel discussion took place following the completion of the presentations from the Local Economic Growth stream prompting further questions and audience discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Follow up consultation with Public Health England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following the Centre Celebration and Showcase Event in March 2019 and an earlier consultation in April 2019. The Centre met with Samantha Glover of PHE to discuss a research project uncovering health equalities for those with dementia. The focus will be on dentistry and understanding barriers and accessibility throughout the individual's care. A positive discussion resulted in the client feeling well supported and confident in completing the remaining DAIV application form ahead of approval. We discussed potential risks and scope of the project including the importance of stakeholder data sharing agreements in order to acquire the information required. In a position of authority, PHE are confident that they will be able to source the required data sets. Samantha also expressed an interest in further collaboration with the Centre to feature in webinars, events and social media following the end report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Forecasting with Social Media: Evidence from tweets on soccer matches |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The session sparked questions and discussions - an increase in interest was reported. The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (BLG DRC) cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. The seminar was given by Dr Alasdair Brown (School of Economics, UEA) . |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Forecasting with Social Media: Evidence from Tweets on soccer matches |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The session sparked questions and discussions - an increase in interest was reported. The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (BLG DRC) cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. The seminar was given by Dr Alasdair Brown (School of Economics, UEA) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Fulham Good Neighbours DAIV consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Following initial contact earlier in the year, the Centre facilitated a consultation with Fulham Good neighbours to explore how the Centre can support them in optimizing impact by undertaking data analytics funded through the DAIV scheme. The conversation focused on the charity's requirement to reach all those in need equally across Fulham. For instance, are some groups like BME groups under-represented amongst our beneficiaries? Are those living in certain geographical areas under-represented e.g. in ward A there is 1000 over 65 years old and 250 are our beneficiaries but in ward B there is also 1000 over 65 year olds but only 25 of them are on our database? The Centre needs to use anonymised data provided by the charity to compare them with publicly held data on local older people (e.g. most recent census, NHS data, local authority data). The charity will then draw conclusions on data so that they know what groups of older people (Output 1) or geographical areas (Output 2) they should prioritise in future marketing. The outcome of the meeting led to the completion of the application form and consequential board approval for the DAIV work to commence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Geographical Scales of Information and Data Sharing, Workshop presentation at the ESRC Seminar on Information Sharing, Devolution and Public Service Reform, Manchester Science Park, Kilburn House |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 11-50 attended the session and a number of contacts have been made following the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/kite/events/esrc-seminars/#about |
| Description | Goal 17: Challenge Lab, Consultation and Introduction to Data Analytics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Date: 9th November 2018 Objective of the Workshop The objective of the session was to bring together the ESCR Business and Local Government Research Centre's researchers, outreach and engagement officer and members of the Goal 17 to explore how data can be used to in the context of the charity sector. The Challenge Lab focused on the key priorities for the organisation, and allow the team to identify gaps in existing intelligence as well as data collection methods. By providing an overview of data analytics, the services offered by the Centre and opportunities to use data constructively, we were able to develop research projects that will lead to real-world interventions. Outcome: Following the Challenge Lab, the Centre worked with the Goal 17 to identify suitable funding through the data analytics innovation scheme to bring one or more (depending on the feasibility) research projects to fruition. Through the CEO's strong network, we were also referred to support the Street Soccer Foundation through the DAIV scheme and are planning a research project with this organisation as well. Following the workshop, we posted a Facebook Live video through the charity's social media channels to an international audience of local businesses, public sector and charities. This captured a wide audience and generated further interest in our work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Government Office for Science seminar on the use of advanced analytics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Guided the GO-Science approach to analysis for their Foresight project: Analysing the Challenges and Opportunities of an Ageing Society The GO-Science team requested further information on our research related to their Foresight project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Government, Policy and Big Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Not aware of any yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-government-policy-and-big-data/ |
| Description | Greater Lincolnshire Manufacturing Conference 2016 - Manufacturing in Action: Andrew Fearne, speaker |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 15th September 2016. Food industry attended, along with schools and academics, talk on innovations relating to supply chain, big data and manufacturing in action. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Green Essex Story Map |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Research undertaken on green infrastructure mapping methodologies previously helped inform the Green Infrastructure Strategy developed by Essex County Council. Tpo help make the information and findings more widely available they have now been incorporated into a form of online media display known as a GIS Story Map. A link to this is available at https://www.placeservices.co.uk/green-essex/. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.placeservices.co.uk/green-essex/ |
| Description | Handling Missing Data Values in Statistical Models |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stimulated interest Requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!handling-missing-data-values/cc0o |
| Description | Health Economics Study Group meeting - June 2019. Presentation and discussion of the working-paper "Promotions in Alcohol Sales: Lessons from the Scottish Experiment" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Around 40 people attended the session were the paper has been presented and discussed by an external reviewer. The presentation and referee's discussion sparked questions and discussions, showing a great interest in the topic and the method. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Healthwatch Essex AGM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 29th October 2019, the Centre was invited to attend the healthwatch Essex AGM. The outreach and publicity officer is a board member for the charity and uses her role to create collaborative research opportunities and widen awareness of the Centre's work, reaching a new audience. The event was not only a formal AGM but was an opportunity to for the charity to showcase its research and impact. Delegates included Brian Balmer (Local Medical Council), Essex County Council, Farleigh Hospice, MHET, other NHS providers, care home leads, CQC, Big Lottery Fund and other charities as well as general public and Healthwatch Essex Ambassadors. The Centre was able to support the event via social media. The event was also the opportunity to talk about the work of the Centre and impact of its research. This resulted in new contacts being formed including Nick Richmond (Agile Research) who previously attended one of our workshops. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Healthwatch Essex Engagement Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 1st November 2019, the Centre facilitated a networking event for various departments within the university to present their work and opportunities for collaboration with Healthwatch Essex. Representatives included: Internships and student placements ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre Public health risks: to communicate or not communicate? - research overview by Dr Kakia Chatsiou (ISER) EIRA ISER H&S Care Research Service UK Data Archive The session included round table discussions regarding data analytics and research opportunities as well as how they can directly influence policy and service delivery regionally. Feedback from delegates was very positive and conversations continued on social media as well as by email. Dr John Day Senior Research Associate for Healthwatch Essex said 'Thank you again for organising Friday, there was so much useful information that will improve the quality of our research work in the future and moving forward in partnership with the University. With our primary focus on lived experience research, the wealth of quantitative data you signposted us towards will help us refine our initial research questions and then also allow us to connect participant's stories to broader trends when proposing meaningful changes to policy.' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Healthy New Towns Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 25th october 2019 the Centre was invited to participate in the North Essex Garden Communities Healthy New Towns Learning and Implementation Workshop. This invitation only session involved national leads from NHS England as well as regional partners involved in the design and delivery of the town. Delegates included Sam Glover (PHE), North East Essex Health & Wellbeing Alliance, Police, Fire Service, NEE CCG members, LMC, third sector, Essex County Council and Essex lead for churches (representing religious communities in Essex). The interactive workshop involved discussing how to plan the vision for the Healthy New Towns initiatives as well as partners whom the leads need to engage for success. The event was an opportunity to promote the Centre and the use of research and data analytics both in the planning, delivery and evaluation of the project. From planning the design to predicting flow of people through to measuring health outcomes. Centre involvement was very well received. As a result of Centre participation, data analytics formed an underpinning theme through all group discussions and outcomes. The event was also an opportunity to network with other organisations and provide contact details. Within one day, a number of delegates have reached out to the Centre to request a consultation appointment to discuss working with us through the DAIV. NHS England's vision for the Health New Towns: "The North Essex Garden Communities development aims to enable current and future residents to live, work and play in ways which promote wellbeing and happiness. We will work with local communities to cultivate a sense of belonging, enabling healthier choices and minimising social isolation. The physical and social infrastructure of the community will be well maintained, sustainable and inclusive to ensure long-term wellbeing and happiness of all residents." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | High performance computing and big data conference 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chairing Big Data stream |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.ukhpc.co.uk/ |
| Description | Homelessness Monitor launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended the launch event for the Homelessness Monitor. Engaged in networking with attendees at the event. Raised awareness of the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Housing 18 conference Manchester - expert panel discussion |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Entitled 'Using data to predict vulnerability' ... exploring data analytics to identify residents facing financial difficulties, and monitoring anti-social behaviour: District Council data. Exploring financial vulnerability and data to help improve health and wellbeing of residents. Debating technology and data collation /analysis methods and the challenges of producing results whilst complying with laws and ethics concerning data sharing and consent monitor data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://cihhousing.com/seminar-programme |
| Description | How Complex Network Approaches can Benefit Supply Chain Management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Dr Guven Demirel delivered a Webinar that gave a brief introduction to complex networks approaches that provide insights on the relationships between the supply network structure and the response to disturbances and disruptions. He investigated dynamical as well as structural properties of supply networks and their implications for stability. Managerial implications were discussed with links to particular case studies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/supplychainwebinar/ |
| Description | How Machine Learning can assist UN Peacekeeping and Early Warning," at the Pax for Peace Annual Conference "Applying Data for Peacekeeping". |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Luke Abbs presented ideas on how machine learning can be used to predict the location and timing of armed conflict using United Nations (UN) mission report data, known as the Situational Awareness and Geospatial (SAGE) dataset, which complies in-the-field reports from peacekeepers, local partners and informants. This pitch formed forms part of a broad and ongoing project (with Allard Duursma (ETH-Zurich) and John Karlsrud (NUPI)), where we have collaborated with the the UN Operations and Crisis Centre (UNOCC), with the purpose of helping the UNOCC develop greater early warning capabilities, using machine learning techniques and the SAGE data to predict the location and timing of armed in the Central Africa Republic. While the UNOCC has done well in collecting structured data in a centralised location, the UNOCC lacks the analytical capability to analyse fine-grained mission report data from the various UN peacekeeping missions. This was an important event and has allowed us to: further developing our ongoing relationship with the UN; continue our strategy of confidence building by promoting knowledge and setting expectations of what can be achieved through the use of machine learning; and through outlining our research plans of how we can assist the UNOCC. After the workshop we received SAGE data on the Central African Republic and as the project grows we expect to receive more data from other missions. We have gained access to the SAGE dataset after initially building bridges with the UN's Joint Mission Analysis Centre, who previously gave us access to more limited data on Darfur (Sudan). This reflects our ongoing working relationship. This presentation also contributed to our engagement with other practitioners and policymakers involved in UN peacekeeping research and policy. For example, since this workshop we have been approached by the Dutch Civil Military Interaction Command (CMIC) concerning the sharing of ideas on UN early warning. We have arranged a meeting with the CMIC in the Hague in April 2019. This workshop also improve my own (and co-investigator's) knowledge of the UN peacekeeping architecture and the various needs and interests of stakeholders involved at various levels of this complex architecture. For example, we had meetings with those within the UNOCC (based in New York) that work on data collection and analysis. We also met with members of UN Civil Affairs that engage in the political aspects of peacekeeping i.e. mediation and good offices, as well as military and police commanders that have operated in Mali, South Sudan, Darfur and the Central African Republic. All specified detailed interests and ideas on how data analysis could benefit their part of a UN mission architecture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IADS: Big Data and Analytics Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A number of researchers and data managers from the Centre taught modules at the Institute for Analytics and Data Science Summer School. Modules covered were: Clustering and classification with applications in R with Berthold Lausen An introduction to data mining with Beatriz de la Iglesia Agent based modelling for business with Abhijit Sengupta Machine learning with Mahout with Richard Skeggs Big data and finance with Neil Kellard Feedback showed that delegates reported an uplift in their knowledge following attendance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-big-data-and-analytics-summer-school-2015/ |
| Description | IBS conference Barcelona. The Ideal Blood Pressure: Assessment of Fixed and Variant Targets over Time in Clinical Trial and Routine Clinical Practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lisanne Gitsels presented her work :The Ideal Blood Pressure: Assessment of Fixed and Variant Targets over Time in Clinical Trial and Routine Clinical Practice. The audience reported a change in views and there were a number of requests for further information/involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.biometricsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/PROGRAMA-IBC-V11-FINAL.pdf |
| Description | IDA 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs presented a project proposal around the use of natural language for searching multiple respositories. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/ida2017/ |
| Description | IDA 2017 conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs was invited to present his paper 'Federated Searching with Natural Language Interface to Database' at a big data research conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/ida2017/pages/IDA2017programmeOnline.pdf |
| Description | IEEE Big Data Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Our researchers delivered a presentation at the IEEE Big Data Conference in the special session on Data Mining to present the findings from their research paper "Event detection from Social Network Streams Using Frequent Pattern Mining with Dynamic Support Values" The paper was also published in the IEEE Proceedings of the Conference: Alkhamees, N. and Fasli, M. (2016) Event Detection from Social Network Streams Using Frequent Pattern Mining with Dynamic Support Values. In Proceedings of the Special Session in Data Mining, IEEE Big Data Conference, pp. 1670- 1679 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://cci.drexel.edu/bigdata/bigdata2016/SpecialSession.html#SpecialSession1 |
| Description | IMGS May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | UEA staff delivered presentation at this conference for medical geographers. It was an opportunity to raise awareness and seek comments on the work from other professionals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | INSITE workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Pr. Marco Giarratana spoke about the history of research on product diversification and how the availability of big data in the form of supermarket bar code data had greatly enriched the debate and allowed researchers to ask new questions about the link between managerial resources and product diversification strategies. In the discussions that followed, audience reported a change in their opinions and views. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | IPO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation about alternative appropriability strategies. Has generated a research project with BLG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ISCB conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | LG presented our research on the outcomes of blood pressure targets in clinical trial versus primary care setting. This stirred up a debate and request for further information was made. The discussion was helpful for the paper that our research group is intending to write on this topic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ISER conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Awareness raising at ISER event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ITO world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Follow up meeting to discuss collaboration with ITO world to discuss potential KTP and other knowledge exchange activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Impact Assessment for the Third Sector - Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Impact Assessment for the Third Sector - 21st August 2019 This practical workshop was designed to enable charities to strengthen their grant applications, demonstrate the valuable impact work has on the community and improve the services they deliver, by analysing and evaluating data. Objectives included • Raise awareness of data analytics within the context of charities in order provide high quality impact assessment that is both sustainable and fit for purpose. • Encourage the effect |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Improving Public Service Delivery through Open Data - Inside Government Debate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Maria Fasli chaired a panel discussion held by Inside Government about improving public service delivery through open data. The panel discussion encouraged debate on the panel and in the audience. The discussion encouraged debate and lead to a number of leads for the Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.insidegovernment.co.uk/event-details/open-data-innovation/458 |
| Description | Improving and Assessing the Effectiveness and Engagement Communications for Free Support Services |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Jim Vine presented at the BLG DRC Conference. During the ensuing panel discussion some interesting questions were raised. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Infiniti 2018 Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | June 2018. JC presented and chaired a 3-paper session on Crowdfunding, discussed one of the presentations, and made a presentation on Follow-on Equity Crowdfunding in the UK. A discussant made some helpful comments and there were a number of queries and suggestions from the audience. One outcome of the presentation was an invitation to present a paper on crowdfunding as a keynote speaker in January 2019 in monthly seminar series of OCRE-Observatory and Research Center on Entrepreneurship EDC Paris Business School. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://infiniticonference.com/2018-conference-poznan/ |
| Description | Information sharing for Smart places |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar: What kinds of information sharing for what kinds of places. Activity sparked discussion and developed new relationships leading to new collaborations on academic topics. The audience also reported changed in views, opinions, behavious. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.ncl.ac.uk/kite/esrc_seminars/seminar3.htm |
| Description | International Day for Universal Access to Information: Artificial Intelligence, e-Governance and Access to Information |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli was a panel moderator and speaker at th eInternational Day for Universal Access to Information: Artificial Intelligence, e-Governance and Access to Information conference organised by UNESCO in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and contributed to the Tashkent Declaration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://events.unesco.org/event?id=1031265894 |
| Description | International Federation of Classification Societies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IFCS is the International Federation of Classification Societies which is a federation of learned societies on Data Science, Data Analysis and Statistics. Berthold Lausen became president elect of the IFCS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://ifcs.info |
| Description | International Medical Geography Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 60 people attended a session which sparked questions and discussions - an increase in interest was reported. Oral presentation, followed by questions to around 30 people attending a medical geography conference. Abstract in conference programme read by more people. Some discussion before / after the conference with other practitioners. The intended outcomes were to obtain comments from other professionals in order to discuss the project prior to preparing a journal article and prior to a further oral presentation to public health practitioners / strategiests. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.irdes.fr/imgs2017/ |
| Description | International Society for Clinical Biostatistics (ISCB) conference presentation. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I presented research findings on dynamic prediction of long-term survival effects of statin therapy in the general population. This was a poster presentation during a full conference day and about 80 conference attendees passed by. The discussion with the audience helped me improving the message of the research paper I was writing at the time. I also received interest in sharing the research paper once it is published. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://kuleuvencongres.be/iscb40/images/iscb40-2019-e-versie.pdf |
| Description | Into Uncharted Waters: Big and Open Data Governance in care sector in England, Presentation to the Australia New Zealand School of Government workshop on Big and Open Data, Melbourne |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | a number of contacts have been made following the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.monash.edu/business/management/research/research-projects/big-and-open-data-governing-in... |
| Description | Investment, Funding and Industrial Policy seminar - 3 November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | fvujghlhn |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Invited topic session at DSSV2017, Lisbon, July 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organiser of Invited topic session at DSSV2017, Lisbon, July 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://iasc-isi.org/dssv2017/speakers/invited-speakers/ |
| Description | Islington Borough Council - training event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs presented an introductory training session on 'R' to upskill the analysts at Islington BC. Following the session, they were committed to using 'R' going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Islington Borough Council - training event 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs presented an intermediate training session on 'R' to improve the knowledge and skills of analysts at Islington BC. Following the session, they were committed to using 'R' going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Islington Borough Council - training event 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs presented an introductory training session on SQL to upskill the analysts at Islington BC. Following the session, they were committed to using SQL in their daily working going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Islington Borough Council - training event 4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs presented an intermediate training session on SQL to improve the knowledge and upskill the analysts at Islington BC. Following the session, they were committed to using SQL in their daily working going forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Joint Statistical Meeting DAGstat2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Major conference in statistics, data analysis and applications. As co-chair of the programme committee, Berthold Lausen contributed to the scientific programme of the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/485701.html |
| Description | Journal of World Business Paper Development Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We are delighted that a number of our researchers will be taking part in The Journal of World Business a paper development workshop. The workshop will provide feedback to academics who are at an advanced stage in their research. It will also encourage further development of research papers that would be of relevance to the journal. The workshop will be led by the Journal of World Business senior editorial team of Co- Editors-in-Chief Jonathan Doh and David Collings, Deputy Editor Ajai Gaur, and Senior Editor Ulf Andersson, along with other established scholars from journal's editorial team and BAM International Business/International Management Special Interest Group. It will also include a selection of presentations by academics on publishing strategies and techniques, as well as in-depth feedback on submitted papers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-journal-of-world-business-paper-development-workshop/ |
| Description | Journal of World Business Paper Development Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Essex Business School and the British Academy of Management, International Business/International Management Special Interest Group present the Journal of World Business Paper Development Workshop, 10-11 April 2018. The PDW provided developmental feedback to scholars and doctoral students on research projects that are at relatively advanced stages of development, and encouraged them to further develop quality research papers on issues that are of relevance to JWB. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2018/04/10/journal-of-world-business-paper-development-workshop |
| Description | KTP consultation with Retail Data Partnership |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Consultation with Retail Data Partnership regarding potential KTP |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Kent County Council Homecare supply / demand analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussed Council's appetite to share data for research into Homecare. Council agreed to provide data for research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Kent County and District Councils |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | workshop with representatives of KCC and several districts representing housing, energy, health, etc. Provided guidance and input. Further discussions arranged and asked for ad hoc information guidance on various issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Key note Speech International Conference on Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A talk on Data Science with case studies in air pollution and syndromic surveillance |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/view/artiis2021/about |
| Description | Keynote Talk at the CloudTech 2020 conference: Data Science and AI: Trends, Myths and Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli gave a keynote talk in the CloudTech 2020 conference Data Science and AI: Trends, Myths and Challenges aimed at explaining to the audience which consisted of academics, practitioners, professionals and postgraduate students the fundamentals of AI, trends in the development of the technology, but also common misconceptions and pitfalls in attempting to put the technologies into practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://macc.ma/cloudtech20/ |
| Description | Keynote address "Data Privacy Protection: An Optimisation Approach and a Case Study in Cluster Analysis" at the "Jounées d'Analyse Numérique et Optimisation (JANO'13)" conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Abdellah Salhi from The University of Essex has been invited to give a keynote address "Data Privacy Protection: An Optimisation Approach and a Case Study in Cluster Analysis" at the "Jounées d'Analyse Numérique et Optimisation (JANO'13)" conference at Khouribga, Morocco at the National School of Applied Sciences. The main goal of this scientific meeting is to bring together researchers from different fields of Applied Mathematics, and more particularly researchers working in the field of numerical analysis, optimisation, scientific computation and applications. The conference is an opportunity to develop new ideas and collaborations, to be aware of the latest search trends in the numerical and optimisation techniques and their applications in the various fields. Participants will present and discuss their latest results in these areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://jano13khouribga.sciencesconf.org/ |
| Description | Keynote talk at the Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development Conference 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli delivered a keynote talk at the Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development Conference in January 2021. He presentation on advanced methodologies and techniques for data science and artificial intelligence sparked a discussion among participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://conferences.academyskills.net/ai2sd/index.html |
| Description | Kings College, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about funding cuts in local governments. Impact - changing views on the impact of funding cuts on the operations of local governments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | LARIA East Meeting - Vulnerability among new council tenants |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-hosted the LARIA East Autumn meeting. Presentations were a range of collaborative partnership projects between academics and local authorities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://laria.org.uk/t-event/laria-east-event |
| Description | LARIA East Presentation on Green Infrastructure Mapping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given by Andrew Lovett at the LARIA East meeting at Hertfordshire County Hall on the green infrastructure mapping methodology developed as part of the BLG DRC research programme. Work for Essex County Council was used as an example and led to discussions with officers from other councils. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://laria.org.uk/local-network/east-of-england/ |
| Description | LARIA conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | JV attended and spoke at conference. Raised awareness of BLG Centre. Further discussions arranged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | LARIA conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Exhibited and networked at the two day conference to raise awareness of the Centre amongst conference participants and discuss how we can work with them. Participants were particularly interested in our DAIV's and training activities as well as collaboration on research projects. Made a number of contacts from various locations in the UK which have since been followed up; resulting in applications for DAIV's and requested for further involvement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.cvent.com/events/laria-annual-conference-2017/event-summary-d4cb5ee29918438ab13081b77793a... |
| Description | LGA Business Rates investigation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To identify research projects of interest to the LGA |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | LGA Business Rates research design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Design approach to Business Rate Retention research that would genrate valuable insight for future scheme implementation. Developed broad approach. Identified research that would have particular potential for influencing design of national policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | LGA Business Rates research design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Further design work on approach to Business Rate Retention research that would generate valuable insight for future scheme implementation. Examined detailed research design questions. Identified and discussed important challenges. LGA sought further data and other information that would help to overcome barriers / challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | LGA Funding Formula project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussed details of data acquisition and made plans for analysis. Further discussions have been arranged to develop plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | LGA/MHCLG Tecnhical Working Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented findings of research into the current funding formula system for local government in England. Intended to inform design of future funding formula system, due to replace current one. Raised awareness of Centre and of research findings. Too soon to tell whether new funding system will reflect the lessons from this research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/finance-and-business-rates/business-rates-retention |
| Description | Language Resources and Evaluation Conference in Myazaki, Japan 7-11 May |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Jon Chamberlain presented his paper on Scalable Visualisation of Sentiment and Stance at conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://lrec2018.lrec-conf.org/en/ |
| Description | Launch of IV event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Launched Innovation Vouchers to academics to raise the profile of the voucher scheme and explain potential research funding and data opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Leveraging Big Data for Computer Vision Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Zeba Khanan presented at the BLG DRC conference on behalf of Pr Klaus McDonald-Maier. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Leveraging big data for computer vision applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Zeba Khanan presented on behalf of Pr Klaus McDonald-Maier at the BLG DRC conference. A panel discussion took place at the end of the methodology presentations which prompted questions and further discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bsz4VGWvdE |
| Description | |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Promotes the Centre's business focussed research and relevant activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://linkedin.com/company/business-and-local-government-data-research-centre |
| Description | Local Area Research & Intelligence Assoc (East) Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Led to a further meeting about training that the Centre could offer as well as requests about further participation or involvement. Established links with LARIA. Established a link with Suffolk District Council which has resulted in an offer of LG data. Publicised our training plans. Web publicity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://laria.org.uk/2015/02/laria-east-jan-2015-event-summary/ |
| Description | Local Business Presentation (Parkside Mixer) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre's Outreach and Engagement Coordinator presented at the University of Essex Buesiness networking event to raise awareness of the services we offer to SME's, including information about our Data Analytics Innovation Vouchers and training programmes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Local Government Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation about finances in local government. Has generated a research project with BLG. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Logistics conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to discuss new business models within the logistics industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | London Borough of Islington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Responding to Borough's query about potential research into impact of forthcoming legislative changes. Raised awareness of Centre. Gained understanding of Borough's operating context. Invited to contribute feedback to project design. My subsequent feedback was warmly received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | London Borough of Islington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Training staff on 'What Works' evidence of the effectiveness of interventions. Raised awareness of BLG Centre and appreciation of techniques available. Following this session, JV has been approached for ad hoc advice on supporting LB Islington on various other projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | London Borough of Islington support |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Informal support and guidance to council officers regarding potential approaches to outcomes-based budgeting and test/learn approach. Provided guidance and support. Raised awareness of the Centre. Audience felt better informed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Machine Learning Ensemble Methods and Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A cross-faculty seminar at UEA which was open to the public and led by EK, covered: Basic concepts and methods of machine learning ensemble; factors influencing ensemble performance; methods of multi-media data classification, feature selection, clustering, and prediction; and some applications on big data, e.g. hybrid expert ensemble for validating bird observations in a citizen science project, heterogeneous ensemble for hip replacement failure prediction, active learning ensemble for seabed habitats classification, and identification of fake comments on the internet. Question and answer session highlighted the impact of the data source from this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.uea.ac.uk/computing/news-and-events/seminars/-/asset_publisher/a9l6p5FXwXPI/blog/machine... |
| Description | Making Families Fast and Slow, Workshop session for UEA Qualitative Research Symposium 2017: Diversities in modern families and households: challenges and opportunities for qualitative research. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 11-50 attended the session and a number of contacts have been made following the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.uea.ac.uk/health-sciences/school-seminars/uea-qualitative-research-symposium |
| Description | Making sense of big data in the logistics industry (North Essex) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to representatives from regional logistics companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Making sense of big data in the logistics industry (South Essex) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with representative from regional logistics companies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Mapping green infrastructure for ECC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of the Essex Natural Capital Asset BLGDRC researchers worked with Essex County Council staff to create a more consistent and spatially detailed digital map of green infrastructure in Essex. This was done by integrating a number of digital map data sources (e.g. from Ordnance Survey, Natural England and OpenStreetMap) within a Geographical Information System (GIS). The process and results are described in a BLGDRC working paper and have been presented at two workshops with local authority and NGO participants. The data are currently being used by the county council as evidence to support their Growth and Infrastructure Plan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Measuring Disadvantage in Rural Populations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Amanda Burke presented at the BLG DRC Conference in November 2019. There were questions posed by the audience relating to the presentation. Delegates discussed certain aspects of the paper during a networking session. Further impact is possible, in addition to topic development between AB and a colleague. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Sb-vq_RYU |
| Description | Media coverage with partner Universities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Met with public relations professionals across partner Universities to raise the media profile of the Centre. Planned potential media activities and news stories across the University partners moving forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Meeting to demonstrate the adaption of the modelling of the decline of Colchester High Street |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Director of Regeneration and Business Development - Southend Borough Council,wasgiven ademonstration of the model,which could beadapedtomodel the decline of Southend High Street and equally could be adapted to model the effects of leisure and tourism in the high street. A follow up demonstration has been arranged to meet the Borough Council's management team to discuss the modeland its potential applications to help support th regeneration plans for the area. The model would allow the council to carry out what-if analysis, test pricing sensitivity e.g. car park charges; undertake predictive and trend analysis and identify declining areas and to make earlier remedial interventions. Notwithstanding using the model in public planning meetings to visually demonstate the AS-ISandTO-BE proposed regeneration changes. The audience reported changed opinions and there were requests about further participation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with Essex Employability and Skills Unit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Centre met with the Essex Employability and Skills Unit on 28th May 2019. The session with the Unit's strategic lead followed on from a successful meeting with James Wilkinson earlier in the year. Held at Essex County Council offices, we discussed the potential areas for collaboration, supporting them both with internal research projects as well as in generating wider data analytics awareness and optimization within the local economy. The meeting highlighted a number of research projects suitable for DAIVs. Caroline Betts and James Wilkinson (of Essex Employability and Skills Unit) are to discuss internally which project would be most suitable to progress first. Conversations also included scope for a paid project. This would involve creating a dashboard/platform to collect and analyse data from multiple sources in order to understand the skills and employability trends within Essex. A similar model was created in Harlow focused on economic growth. Another licensed project would be across the Tendring Care project to look at collective system data. Both projects would be funded through the council as they meet the exclusion criteria for the DAIV. there could also be the potential for Innovation Voucher or KTP involvement. Caroline is keen to partner with the Centre for longer term impact. This includes being involved at their strategic board to represent data analytics and highlight opportunities to utilise the expertise within the Centre (incl. funding). James has requested that we deliver an information session for care sector in Tendring as part of a project looking to introduce smart data analytics within care homes to build collective capacity as a system and to improve recruitment/retention and resident outcomes. Following the session, (and stakeholder buy-in) data from care homes would be collected, a tool for future data would be developed and implemented with feedback sessions and training. We were also invited to present as part of a webinar series the team are delivering. The target audience is teachers (incl. FE) to learn about data in order to better educate their students. We proposed delivering these as bite sized chunks as apposed to one long webinar. Sessions include: introduction to data (its forms, uses within industry), careers in data (featuring a data analytics and/or student), big data, data in the curriculum (examples of how data can be applied across a range of subject matters). Overall the meeting was very positive. The team felt well supported and informed about the expertise of the Centre and opportunities to collaborate. Impressed by our knowledge in data analytics and its untapped potential, we positioned ourselves as the go to for data analytics and research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with James Essex Employability and Skills Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Essex Employment and Skills Board (ESB) was established in order to give employers a platform to shape skills provision across Essex. By working with large employers, academic institutions, SMEs and local government, the ESB creates solutions to the skills challenges that industries face and helps provide opportunities for people to build long-term careers. They aim to build a productive, responsive and inclusive Essex skills system that delivers growth for local people and employers and is established as a national exemplar. Through research, they have identified seven priority sectors which are set for growth and are suffering skills shortages within Essex: Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Care Construction Financial & Related Services Health IT, Digital and Creative Logistics The Centre led a meeting with James Wilkinson Commissioner for Skills Development to discuss potential research projects and avenues to collaborate with the Centre via the DAIV, workshops and training. The meeting was very positive, with requests made for further involvement in the Centre's work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Jane Mower, Estates Project Manager, NHS North East Essex |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following AB's presentation on the work of the group to the staff meeting of the NHS North East Essex CCG, JM invited AB in to discuss a possible DAIV relating to Estates, NHS infrastructure and the impact of changing demographics and a growing population. There was a feeling that the Centre might be able to provide an initial idea (review/forecasting) on the available data to inform decisions to meet these challenges. JM will meet with partners to discuss the DAIV programme and will have met with all interested partners by the end of September. JM left a number of materials expanding on the background of the work with AB to familiarise himself with, and to share with colleagues. AB left a paper copy of the application form with JM and will send a digital copy to them. AB will begin scouting for a partner academic to complete the work and continue to speak with JM and the CCG to hone in on a tailored and focused DAIV. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meeting with NHS Digital |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following proactive social media engagement via Twitter, the Centre met with Roger Greer. of NHS Digital. This one to one discussion was an opportunity to promote the Centre including DAIVs, workshops, Challenge Labs, training and events. Of particular interest was the training and events. Roger offered for his organisation to guest present at our annual conference on a subject we feel would be most applicable and is planning to circulate the Centre's information and unique offer to the relevant teams. NHS Digital has three priority areas: integration, cyber security and data. All of which are underpinned by data analytics. Working at a strategic level, they tap into public sector services across the UK and work directly with NHS England and central government. One outcome of the meeting was the offer to support future and current research projects by bridging data gaps for those projects looking at system-wide data such as those with the CCGs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Public Health England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The centre met with Public Health England (PHE) dental lead to explore a collaborative research project. Funded through the DAIV scheme, Public Health England wish to analyse the data currently collected across the system to identify trends in access to dental care for those with dementia including declines in quality of care, issues in the patient pathway etc. the information will be used to produce a framework and policy changes to ensure equal access to services across this demographic. The final piece will also include a focus on dental staff training regarding dementia patients as well as other health/care professional on the importance of dental health and how best to support patients and recognise signs of deterioration. The meeting went very well and was also used as an opportunity to discuss the other work of the centre including data analytics training, events and webinars. PHE are hoping to benefit from the Centre's expertise to adopt a model of data collection for the future that addresses gaps in data collected to date. This will be an example of best practice shared nationally. PHE are also interested in student placements - details passed to student placement team. As a result of the meeting, the PHE lead has already requested to work with us post-transition and is waiting for the centre to confirm the new process for DAIV applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with Southend Borough Council re Strategic Regeneration of the area |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | BLG DRC Project Manager and Pr Abdel Salhi met with members of the Regeneration and Business Development Advisory team at SBC. The visit was to demonstrate Abdel's Predator Prey model which was used to model and simulate Colchester High Street using a combination of variables to model the activity. SBC have collected a lot of data and are looking for ways to use this effectively; they have expressed an interest in continuing to work with BLG DRC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Meeting with board members of My Home Life to discuss how the Centre can support the organisation in analysing its impact and/or how to more effectively collect data to measure impact in the future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | I led a board level discussion to explore the funded opportunities available through the Centre. We discussed the process of DAIVs, academic expertise and the benefits they bring. The board explored their plans for the coming year as well as the work being completed to enhance their vision and strategy as part of a three year forward view. The board members were very interested in partnering with the Centre and we agreed to follow this up by email with a view to progress a DAIV. Also in attendance was Essex Fire Service Engagement Lead who sits on the charity's board. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.mhlec.org/ |
| Description | Mid Essex Better Care Fund Challenge Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The overall aim of the Challenge Lab was to bring together academics with the strategic partners from across mid Essex health and social care system to address the key challenge of winter pressure on services. As a county, the team wishes to identify how the collective use of data can inform service commissioning and the effective allocation of resource. Whilst as a system data is being collected, this is not being shared effectively between partners. A strategic overview could highlight opportunities for early intervention based on winter statistics across the patient journey, thus improving system resilience. It may lead to revised service delivery approaches, with new ways of managing seasonal service delivery being devised for testing/adoption. Through partnership working led by the Mid Essex Better Care Fund, the aim is to find research driven solutions to focus attention to deliver system-wide change. This is in order to build improved whole system resilience as part of the winter planning process. In particular they wish to: • Understand the demand that currently comes into the mid Essex health and care system for the acute and community • Understand the capacity that is available both in the acute and community to manage the identified demand including primary care • Use data to allow more informed decision making regarding if health and social care resources are in the correct place to manage the demand • Identify any gaps in services and solutions within the mid Essex capacity • Explore the potential for predictive analytics to identify future anticipated demand increases • Use data to recommend how mid Essex should use their collective resources to manage the demand based on the finding of the research. Facilitated by the Centre, a morning of stimulating debate, exercises and process mapping allowed strategic leaders involved in commissioning. Delegates included: • Charlotte Cannon, Integration and Partnership Locality Lead (Essex County Council) • Jo Hall, Resilience Director (Mid Essex CCG) • Libby Marsden, Assistant Director (Provide) • Gary Spurway, Head of Integrated Care (Mid Southend and Basildon Group) • Michelle Stapleton, Director of Integrated Care (Mid Southend and Basildon Group) • Shevaun Mullender, QI Lead (Mid Essex Hospital) • Simon Froud, Director, Local Delivery Adults (Essex County Council) • Peter Fairley, Director, Strategy, Policy & Integration (Essex County Council) • Emma Richardson, Head of Integration Partnerships (Essex County Council) • Les Nicholl, Community Builder, OPFCC • Jack Gibbard, Assistant Accountant (Essex County Council) • Sean Paulin, Service Manager (EPUT) • Lorraine Jarvis, CVS • Lindsay Youngs, Team Manager (Essex County Council) • Debbie Sevant, Farleigh Hospice • Melanie Williamson, Countywide Integration and Partnership Locality Lead (Essex County Council) Researchers • Dr Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Chief Scientific Adviser • Dr Kakia Chatsiou, Senior Catalyst Project Research Officer, Department of Government • Professor Fiona Nolan, Professor, School of Health and Social Care • Vanessa Baxter, Senior Researcher, Health and Care Research Service • Dr Luke Abbs, Research Fellow, Business and Local Government Data Research Centre • Farhana Ferdousi Liza, Senior Research Officer, Business and Local Government Data Research Centre • Juliet Craig, EU Research Development Manager, REO • Dr Cara Booker, Research Fellow and Deputy Graduate Director, ISER • Louise Corti, Associate Director and Director of Collections Development and Data Publishing, UK Data Service • Dr Bethany Morgan Brett, Knowledge Exchange Manager, Evaluation Services Facilitators • Nigel Kirby, Project Manager, ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre • Laura Brookes, Outreach and Publicity Officer, ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre Positive feedback was received from all parties. Plans are already in place to scope a DAIV application, as well as secure the Centre (and wider University) as a strategic partner in the Better Care Fund board. We have been invited to attend the Urgent Care Delivery Group in order to identify potential areas for smart data analytics to inform commissioning of services. Many stakeholders in the room were interested in replicating a Challenge Lab approach to address more specific challenges within their individual organisations in addition to the system-wide Better Care Fund agenda. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) Local Strategy Workshop 29/1/2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Following the success of the Winter Planning System Resilience Challenge Lab in 2018 (please see previous ResearchFish entry), the Centre was invited to attend a regional workshop to develop shared ambitions and outcomes designed to support and improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we live and work in. The event was facilitated by Nigel Edwards, chief executive of leading health charity the Nuffield Trust. Attendees included CEOs from healthcare providers, CiCs, charities, clinical commissioners and health policy leaders. The event was an opportunity to discuss how the Centre can support the STP in evaluating impact impact, upskilling data analytics teams and optimising technology to create a health and social care system designed around the needs of the local population. As well as contribute to table top discussions, the team were able to participate in the panel debate, share resources and make new connections to follow up post-event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Midlands and East - Rural Health Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Public Health England Rural Health Conference at which there were 90 attendees including policy makers, commissioners, health practitioners and charities. There was an opportunity for questions, and to network. The plan is that UEA will produce a report / article on the work presented that will be available to those present, slides of the presentation will also be distributed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.events.england.nhs.uk/events/2713/rural-health-conference |
| Description | Midlands and East - Rural Health Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 60 people attended a session which sparked questions and discussions - an increase in interest was reported. Presentation at Public Health England Rural Health Conference at which there were 90 attendees including policy makers, commissioners, health practitioners and charities. There was an opportunity for questions, and to network. The plan is that UEA will produce a report / article on the work presented that will be available to those present, slides of the presentation will also be distributed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.events.england.nhs.uk/events/2713/rural-health-conference |
| Description | Minerva training 14th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a training session for Minerva focused on Natural Language Processing delivered to 9 delegates. As part of the strategic vision of Minerva Analytics, the directors wish to bridge skills gaps within the team of analysts and the technical team by providing training on Python and Natural Language Processing. This training formed one part of a phased project which will see the team autonomize data gathering and create additional resource within the team for in-depth reports for the business, thus giving the company a competitive edge in their market. This one day interactive workshop provided delegates with an overview of Natural Language Processing as well as practical application of the programmes within the context of the company. Feedback from all delegates was very positive. With all attendees reporting improved knowledge of NLP and how they can apply it within their company. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Modelling longevity risks from the primary care data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Life Conference, organised by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. The presentation sparked a Q&A session and there were a number of requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | My Home life Essex Community Association Volunteer Awards 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The centre was invited was invited as a VIP guest to the charity's Essex Awards 2019 which took place on 27th June 2019. The event brought together a range of stakeholders including councils, fire service, NHS organisations as well as volunteers, community groups and care homes involved in their work. The aim of the awards was to recognise the contribution the charity's volunteers have made on improving the quality of life for older people living in Essex. The centre was invited to attend the awards as it has recently conducted an evaluation data analytics research project funded through the DAIV. During the event, the centre's staff were able to speak to charity board members about future projects both within and outside of the charity. Many of the charity's board members work in senior leadership teams within Essex County Council, Barclay's Bank and Essex Fire and Rescue. Contacts were also reformed with North East Essex CCG who were amongst the volunteer nominees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | NALEP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Discussion about continuation of a project. A new project started. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | NALEP scoping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Raised awareness of Centre activities and scoped collaboration for potential new projects. Project identified is to research the benefits that have been obtained by SME's that have engaged with NALEP. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | NESTA - responsive city engaging communities through data smart governance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Raised profile of the Centre with key networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | National Fire Chiefs Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by James Cornford of key findings from the final report of the project Benchmarking Big Data in the Fire and Rescue Service, for the Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA). Exploiting administrative data across public services to support improved outcomes as a result of, for example, better targeting of resources, modelling to support early intervention and preventative work, and the personalisation of services for clients and customers. The sharing of systematic data presents a number of challenges - technical, organisational, legal, ethical - creating new demands for skills and competences ie. information management/ governance, data analytics / visualisation. Analysis arising from the Sustained Action for Elderly Risk (SAfER) project in 2014, which identified those aged 65+ years and registered with a GP in England/ Wales from the National Health Service's Exeter System (also known as the NHAIS0F 1 ) aimed "to ensure that FRSs target preventative resources more effectively, at a time where the ageing demographic means fire deaths and injuries will increase significantly for the first time in 30 years." The wider question of the capacity of the FRS to handle big data then arose. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
| URL | https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/NFCC%20Guidance%20publications/Sector%20imp... |
| Description | Natural England - Green Infrastructure Standards |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Three phone conferences with Clare Warburton (Principal Adviser, Green Infrastructure, Natural England) and colleagues regarding possible use of the GI mapping methods developed by BLGDRC in work that Natural England are planning to evaluate green infrastructure access standard across pilot areas in England. Examples of BLGDRC results have been shared and discussions are ongoing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Network and Supply chain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Pr Vania Sena of Local Economic Growth stream presented at the BLG DRC Conference. During the Q & A and networking sessions , the audience raised a number of questions for discussion. A panel discussion took place following the completion of the presentations from the Local Economic Growth stream prompting further questions and audience discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1tFCKLyBIk |
| Description | Networking and Engagement: Colchester Catalyst 30th Anniversary and AGM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre was invited to attend the 30th Anniversary and AGM event for Colchester Catalyst. This invite only event brought together senior stakeholders from across private, public and charity sectors including councillors, central government and NHS Trusts. The event also attracted national press coverage. The event was an opportunity to network with leaders to discuss how the expertise offered by the Centre could bridge skills gaps and offer insight into the data they hold in order to demonstrate impact, understand service user needs and optimize the overall collection and use of data at an individual or system wide level. As a result of the event, the Centre was able to form a number of new contacts including: Big Lottery Fund, Essex Community Foundation, Y.E.S., Lads for Dads, Care Line Tendring and many other charities. About Colchester Catalyst Colchester Catalyst Charity has been a grant making charity since 1990, following the sale of the former Colchester Oaks Hospital. At that time, the Charity devotes its income from the invested funds of that sale to supporting the many caring organisations working for the relief of the sick or suffering in North East Essex. Specifically, Colchester Catalyst Charity seeks to help groups and organisations/charities that provide services to people with medical conditions or disabilities living in Essex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | New Sources of Data for Social Science Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This free event provides an opportunity to catch up with new sources of data for social science research. The data sources are: Administrative data Biomarker data Urban big data For each of these sources of data we will give an overview and consider how they can be used to extend your options for exploring social science research questions. There are no pre-requisites for attending. This event is likely to be most relevant to researchers who are interested in updating their knowledge about social science research using these new forms of data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://ubdc.ac.uk/outreach-plus-training/events-workshops-training-more/past-events-2017/new-sources... |
| Description | Norfolk Scratch Off Programming Competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The event is organised to inspire school children a career in computing sciences. During the event, the children and their teachers were very enthusiastic about programming. Lisanne Gitsels was one of the judges to award prices to the most skilful and most creative programmers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Norfolk Social Services Best Practice Seminar: "What happened to children coming into care in Norfolk? Lessons from decisions made for a full cohort of 2,208 entrants to care" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 50 people attended this seminar which lasted for two hours. They were all professionals and the audience included: social workers, independent reviewing officers, team managers, staff development workers. The presentation generated a lot of interest and discussion about how the findings could be used to develop best practice in the local authority. Following the seminar there has been a further request to meet with a lead manager in the local authority to discuss the research and its implications for practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | North East Essex Public Sector Engagement Event - Essex Fire and Rescue - March 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The centre was invited to attend a network speed dating style engagement event facilitated by Essex Fire and Rescue. The event was an opportunity to actively promote the centre, its work and potential collaborations. Over 20 new contacts we made including charities, community interest companies and public sector bodies working in Essex as well as those with national links. As a result of the event, a number of the organisations have already expressed an interest in working with the centre through the DAIV scheme. All attendees were equipped with leaflets, Centre Showcase and Celebration event invitations and webinar flyers as well as the engagement lead's business cards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Norwich City Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discusion to identify potential areas for data research with the Council. Ongoing positive dialogue to identify potential research projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | ODI Summit and Awards |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Outreach and Engagement Coordinator attended the ODI Summit in 2016, and networked with ODI staff, professionals from local authorities and SMEs raising awareness of the Centre's services |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | ODI and DEFRA - Agritech conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Communication from central Government and ODI on data policy changes affecting the industry. Raising the profile of the Centre and gaining new industry contacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | ONE adoption - annual conference - presenting the analysis of data from the Yorkshire and Humberside adoptive parent survey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This keynote presentation reported on the analysis of adoptive parent survey data carried out by Prof Beth Neil and Dr Marcello Morciano from the BLGDRC. The talk focused on outcomes of adoption and factors influencing child outcomes, analysed using a two factor structural equation modelling techniques. The conference was attended by 250 or so people, mostly adoption practitioners working for local authorities or voluntary adoption organisations. Some people personally affected by adoption also attended. The findings of the survey were launched as a research briefing. Good feedback was received from the interim director of the One adoption regional agency, Howard Loveday. "While I am still reflecting on a very successful conference today, I wanted to send you a quick e mail to thank you for your excellent and huge contribution to the day. It was evident from all of the other contributors and all of the questions that your research findings struck many chords and will have echoes in the practice and planning in Yorkshire and The Humber area for many months and years ahead." (email sent 19 October 2017). We are planning further research and impact work with ONE adoption and the conference will act as an excellent platform for this. As a result of this successful event I have also been invited to present the talk again at a national conference organised by CoramBAAF in March 2018, together with practitioners, managers and adoptive parents. This will be a chance to focus more on how the ONE adoption agencies are responding to the key findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Objective IT workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Made contacts with a number of SMEs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Open Road AGM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 21st October 2019, the Centre attended the Open Road AGM and celebration event. This annual meeting was an opportunity to network with over 100 delegates from across the east of England as well as hear about the achievements of the charity during 2018-19. Presentations included Essex Police (from Deputy Police Constable Pippa Mills) and the Trustee Chairman, who discussed the trends in crime, county lines activity and alcohol/drug abuse. Our attendance at this invitation only event allowed an even wider impact through social media engagement and also demonstrated our support for the charity who have expressed an interest in the DAIVs (as well as supported the promotion of events) during 2018-19. In attendance was Lord Lieutenant of Essex Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst who we had previously engaged with during a business event earlier in 2019. Jennifer kindly introduced the Centre to senior stakeholders and encouraged us to keep in touch. Other attendees included Chess Homeless (who we had held a DAIV consultation with earlier int he year), CVS Tendring and Pioneer Sailing Trust all of whom remembered the Centre and took promotional resources to reengage/continue engagement. The event was supported via social media and press coverage for wider impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Open Road Consultation - 31st January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a consultation with Open Road to discuss their data analytics and research requirements. Meeting with the CEO and board members, the Centre discussed the funding and expertise available through the DAIV scheme. The meeting also addressed the charity's historical impact analysis and future projects. As a result of the meeting, the charity has submitted a proposal for impact analysis around the use of the SOS bus, using system wide data from partners such as the Police and councils in Essex and London. A follow up meeting is booked for post-transition in order to establish next steps and put forward a DAIV application. The charity also hopes to attend the Centre Showcase and Celebration Event in March 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Open innovation versus patent licensing as a model of knowledge creation and product development - comparative dynamics using an agent based model |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to participants in research and other academic audiences. The purpose was to share information and stimulate thinking. The talk sparked questions and discussions and led to an increased chance of potential collaborations in the future. Requests for further information and participation resulted as well as plans made for future related activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Organiser of Invited Session at IFCS2017, Tokyo, Japan, August 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Data Science, classification and clustering - Organiser of Invited Session at IFCS2017, Tokyo, Japan, August 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.dropbox.com/s/oqiao1tmu21wk4a/IFCS2017-BookofAbstracts.pdf?dl=0 |
| Description | Out of Home Care as a Family Support Intervention. Lessons from Decisions made for a full cohort of 2208 entrants to care. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pr Beth Neil and Dr Lisanne Gitsels presented at the BLG DRC Conference. The talk provoked much discussion and questions were raised during the panel discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Out of Home Care as a Family Support Invervention |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Beth Neil and Lisanne Gitsels presented their data analyses to examine the pathways in and our of car for children looked after by one local authority in England. Afterwards there was an engaging panel session including questions from other researchers and people work ing at local authorities about the methods of daa analyses and the impact of the results. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Outreach and Engagement - Tendring4Growth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | On 26th November 2019 the centre participated in the Tendring District Council Economic Growth Strategy Workshop. A range of stakeholder attended the session led by Head of Regeneration at the council and the economic growth team. Tom Gardiner (Head of Regeneration) passed on his contact details following the centre's contribution to the Q&A. Stakeholders included local businesses, charities, clinical commissioning groups, education and Essex County Council. Interesting debates covered how data can inform strategy to support economic growth predict skills demand and utilize resource more effectively as well as evaluate the impact of initiatives. Since the workshop, the centre has contacted Tom via email to arrange a follow up meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Outreach and Engagement: Learn Fest - Essex County Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 15th November, the centre was invited to deliver a presentation to Essex County Council commissioners as part of their annual Learn Fest. The session attracted a range of senior commissioners including 10 delegates from departments such as frailty, economic growth, integration, health, dementia and finance. The centre presented to the group, covering the full scope of projects and data analytics support provided. The presentation also included a mind-mapping and group discussion elements focusing on the council's priorities for 2020. This part of the session scoped themes for potential challenge labs. Areas of interest included frailty and admission avoidance as well as deprivation and short/medium and long terms intervention success in towns experiencing poverty. Resources were provided and Stephen Simpkin (Data lead) plans to collate the feedback in order to channel interest into a challenge lab theme. A number of senior staff were unable to attend the meeting and so we plan to deliver the same session again by webinar in 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Outreach and Engagement: Learn Fest - Essex County Council competition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 15th November 2019, the centre was involved in the Live Data Analytics as part of Essex County Council's Learn Fest. The session was with the data analytics team and ECDA. It was a fun competition where the delegates were put into teams for a data related challenge. The teams had to apply their data analytics skills learnt during training sessions delivered by the centre during 2018-19. The teams were each led by one of our researchers who acted as a critical friend during the competition. The end result was increased engagement with the data analytics teams and social media to widen impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Outreach and Engagement: Policy Masterclass |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 14th November 2019, the centre participated in the Cabinet Office policy masterclass. The University of Essex has a partnership with the Cabinet Office's Open Innovation Team which gives us unique access to senior policy advisors in Whitehall Departments. The partnership aims to build relationships with government departments to generate analysis and ideas in key policy areas. Cabinet Office colleagues ran the policy masterclass. The session included an introduction to the policy process which take a very practical view. The centre participated in table top discussions and contributed to the overall session as well as had the opportunity to network with researchers from various departments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | P2P Lending and Capital Structure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Winifred Huang from University of Bath presented at the BLG DRC conference. There was much interest in her topic during the Q & A session and also during networking opportunities afterwards. A panel discussion took place following the completion of the presentations from the Local Economic Growth stream prompting further questions and audience discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9LxtvxDgOY |
| Description | Panel Member for the Catalyst Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Catalyst Conference was delivered as part of the Catalyst HEFCE-funded project at the University of Essex in June 2019. I was invited to participate in the conference and be a panel member with the theme "Digital innovation within local government implementing system change, and the importance of collaborative multi-agency partnerships". The panel included representatives from Essex Police, Essex County Council and Suffolk County Council and aimed to explore both opportunities and barriers to innovation and supporting public policy through advanced analytics and the importance of collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Parent Cloud DAIV Consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Following social media engagement in September 2019, the Centre facilitated a conference call with Parent Cloud. The call was an opportunity to introduce the Centre and the work we do as well as opportunities to collaborate. We discussed the DAIV application project as well as potential data analytics projects. As a result of the call, the Centre sent Obi (Parent Cloud lead) the DAIV application form for completion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Part of the Crowd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Pr Jerry Coakley published a news article on the importance of crowd funding for small to medium sized businesses, drawing on research from the Centre's local economic growth stream. Published in Britain in 2016, November 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Participation in Essex Natural Capital Asset Check |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Andrew Lovett took part in meetings of this working group in May, June and September 2016. The working group has ~ 10 participants from Essex County Council and associated organisations. The June meeting was a larger event involving some 30 stakeholders interested in using the natural capital mapping results. Andrew Lovett gave a presentation on the BLGDRC green infrastructure work as part of this event and the layer was available for the participants to explore on a laptop display. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Participation in workshop as part of Essex Compact AGM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Essex Compact Forum AGM took place on 16th May 2019. This was an invitation only workshop where the centre had the opportunity to participate in table discussions and pick up on intelligence around third sector priorities for the county. The centre was able to promote the value of data analytics within the context of the third sector including impact analysis and understanding service provision at a regional level to avoid duplication thus supporting collaborative working. Attendees included Braintree Council, Colchester Council, Essex County Council chairman, various CVS' and charities from across Essex. The event was also an opportunity to touch base with council leads following our recent contact. This allowed us to progress in planning potential research projects and areas for collaboration. Centre material including contact cards were given to attendees, with many reporting an increased awareness of our work as a result of discussions on the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Policy Connect All-Party Parlimentary Group on Data Analytics "Building Ethical Data Polices for the Public Good | Trust, Transparency and Tech" Report launch at the Houses of Parliment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | MPs Darren Jones and Lee Rowley co-chaired the panel comprising representatives from Policy Connect, Deloitte, JISC and Professor Marina Jirotka, Human Centred Computing, University of Oxford, who all gave speeches around the topic of the Report. A lively Question and Answer Session followed prompting some interesting questions which were linked to the Speeches e.g. "using an ethical Black Box" and what happens if an algorithm deemed to have "gone rogue" which were both mentioned in the context of the highly regulated airline industry and the trust placed in the industry. Daniel Zeichner MP who chairs the APPG on Data Analytics was also in the audience and welcomed the reports commissioning. The report has been circled to all attendees as well as the Policy Connect website. The report contains a number of recommendations targeted at Public Services "License to Operate", Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation Workplan and Role of Parliament. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.policyconnect.org.uk |
| Description | Policy-making in the Big Data Era: Opportunities and challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Vania Sena will be talking about how local governments can deal with big data. TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/policy-making-in-the-big-data-era-opportunities-and-challenges/ |
| Description | Poplar HARCA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discuss range of potential data research work including asset evaluation matrix. Identified broad area for potential projects and agreed to work up detailed plans. Agreement to produce detailed plans with aim of taking one or more projects forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at BLGDRC National Conference, 17th November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given on 'Mapping green infrastructure'. This generated questions and some follow-up discussion e.g. with a representative from the Ordnance Survey. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation at ESRC BLGDRC and Local Government Association Meeting, 20th November 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on mapping access to green infrastructure and participation in subsequent break-out workshop. The presentation led to discussion with representatives from several other local authorities who were interested in the work being undertaken with Essex County Council and may be useful contacts for dissemination or additional data in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/can-big-data-improve-your-local-area/ |
| Description | Presentation at Health Economics Study Group, York. Market concentration, supply, quality and prices paid by Local Authorities in the English care home market. R Hancock. 7.1.19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Market concentration, supply, quality and prices paid by Local Authorities in the English care home market. To inform the Health Economics community about the results from analysing Care Home market data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://hesg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HESG-2019-Conference-schedule.pdf |
| Description | Presentation at the Accelerators for Science and Society Symposium, Liverpool |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to deliver a talk on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and their applications and impact on our lives as part of the Accelerators for Science and Society Symposium which took place in Liverpool on 28-29 June. This event involved a number of keynote lectures delivered by scientists with the purpose being to inform students of exciting developments in science and technology and how our lives are being impacted. Hundreds of school children attended the event and it was also broadcasted live. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://indico.cern.ch/event/798052/ |
| Description | Presentation at the Bringing Data to Life for Policy and Practice Conference 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stephen Allen gave a presentation on the impact of domiciliary care on the care homes market in a themed section of presentations on supporting vulnerable people. There was a Q&A session which followed all the presentation which raised lots of interesting debate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZdD8QtLYo8&list=PLTrezNv-95ZIHoqzenyjKbmIR2tFDmXj0&index=8&t=0s |
| Description | Presentation at the Dept. of Education Away Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 3rd October 2019, the centre delivered an interactive workshop as part of the Dept of Education Data Analyst's away day. This was an opportunity to talk about the work of the centre both in terms of grant funded data analytics, research and training. The presentation was well received, with positive feedback from the senior team during and following the session. The lead for the analytics team Austin Dalby has already indicated that he would like to arrange a follow up call/meeting to discuss a partnership moving forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation of Public Health England Annual conference/pre-conference workshop on rural deprivation work |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Andy Jones gave a presentation at the Public Health England pre-conference workshop on rural public health held at the University of Warwick on 11th September 2017. Around 50 people attended a session which sparked interest and discussion. A number of new contacts were made. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation of Report on the 100 largest independent companies in Essex at Stock Brook Country Club, Billericay |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Grant Thornton (Accountancy firm with specialisation in SMEs) and Birkett Long (Local law firm). Some useful contacts were established with people from both firms for future activities eg Crowdfunding event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation of data analysis to Norfolk Children's services senior management team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The results of the analysis of data about children looked after in Norfolk were presented to the Director of Children's Services (interim) and members of the senior management team at Norfolk County Council (N=6). As a result of the meeting further analyses were planned and have now been undertaken. The managers agreed to share two further years of data on looked after children and these have now been included in the analysis. Two journal articles based on the analyses are in preparation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation of data analysis to Norfolk Children's services senior management team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The results of the analysis of data about children looked after in Norfolk were presented to the Director of Children's Services (interim) and members of the senior management team at Norfolk County Council (N=6). As a result of the meeting further analyses were planned and have now been undertaken. The managers agreed to share two further years of data on looked after children and these have now been included in the analysis. Two journal articles based on the analyses are in preparation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation on BLG DRC current research topics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs addressed a group of students on the Capstone Project module to raise awareness of the research activities of the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Presentation on Business and Local Govt Data Research Centre to Norfolk Commissioning Academy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk generated interest and high level support for sharing data with the ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre On-going discussions with local commissioners related to the ESRC Business Local Government Data Research Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentation on GIS and Isochrones to Centre for Competition Policy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation by Andrew Lovett to CCP research review at UEA explaining the concept of isochrones and how it could be implemented in a GIS to assess proximity of service providers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation on adoptive families support needs at the launch of the AdoptionPlus DDP social work adoption support service. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event was the launch of a new adoption support service. Key findings were presented on the analysis of adoptive parent survey data carried out by Prof Beth Neil and Dr Marcello Morciano from the BLGDRC. The talk focused on outcomes of adoption and factors influencing child outcomes, analysed using a two factor structural equation modelling techniques. The meeting was attended by practitioners and managers from a range of local authority and voluntary organisations. It was also attended by senior policy makers: Nicola Doyle from the Department for Education and Andrew Christie, Chair of the Adoption Leadership Board. The research generated significant discussions about the need for further improvements to adoption support. I will be following this up with a further presentation to Department for Education team on 15 February and a telephone conference with consultants working for the National Adoption Leadership Board, providing significant opportunities to feed into national policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Presentation on outcomes for children adopted form care to German Youth Institute, Munich, November 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This event was a workshop at the Deutches Jugendinstitut (German Youth Institute) in Munich. A team of researchers from the DJI have been commissioned by the German Government to look into reforming adoption policy and practice in Germany, particularly the adoption of children form care. https://www.dji.de/ueber-uns/projekte/projekte/expertise-und-forschungszentrum-adoption-efza.html Researchers from UEA have been collaborating with this team on this project and were invited to present the analysis on outcomes of children adopted from care. The German team have similar data. The visit consisted firstly of a workshop where research was presented to members of the DJI followed by a meeting with the adoption team to discuss and compare results and to discuss policy differences in adoption in the UK and Germany. The team were very interested in the implications of findings about the provision of post adoption support, and they were also interested in the statistical methods we had employed. They are now planning a similar analysis on their own survey data. It is hoped that our research will inform their recommendations to the German policy makers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.dji.de/ueber-uns/projekte/projekte/expertise-und-forschungszentrum-adoption-efza.html |
| Description | Presentation on vulnerable people to East of England European Partnership Europe and International Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Asked to speak at East of England Directors of Adult Social Care meeting in Peterborough on 3 December 2015. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation seminar to UEA. Market concentration, supply, quality and prices paid by Local Authorities in the English care home market. R Hancock. 22.1.2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Market concentration, supply, quality and prices paid by Local Authorities in the English care home market. To inform the UEA community about the results from analysing Care Home market data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/HEG_UEA/status/1087342964270157824 |
| Description | Presentation to East of England, Institute of Directors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Jerry Coakley featured on the Essex Institute of Directors flagship event, the Chairman's Christmas Breakfast which followed the format of a Question Time debate with leading economists to answer burning questions about the global economy. - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-professor-jerry-coakley-to-chair-iod-essex-chairmans-christmas-... |
| Description | Presentation to Epping Forest Council and SME's |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented Centre overview and business benefits to SME's and Local Government. SME (Abbeyview) discussed sharing data with the Centre and asked how the Centre's research expertise could help their business. Following up meeting scheduled January 2016. Potential for DAIV. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Presentation to Essex Maths department |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Data Manager presented to the Essex Maths Department to raise awareness of the Centre and the data services we offer |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Uttlesford Community Stakeholder Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given by Andrew Lovett to an online meeting of the Uttlesford Community Stakeholder Forum as part of consultations linked to development of the Uttlesford Local Plan. The presentation outlined the green infrastructure mapping undertaken for Essex and subsequent questions and discussions concerned possible implications and initiatives in Uttlesford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/consultation-and-the-community-stakeholder-forum |
| Description | Presentation to Virgin Money |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the services offered by the Centre to Data Information Architect of Virgin Money as a result of contact made during the Public Lecture series. Discussed potential collaboration between the Centre and Virgin Money particularly with regard to knowledge transfer. They confirmed they would be happy to participate in helping to deliver the training from an industry perspective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to Waltham Forest Council analysts. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A presentation on the data services and training offered by the Centre followed by informal skills training to improve the use of data analytics. New skills were learned. Potential for further training, collaborative research and data sharing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to the Community 360 Third Sector Engagement Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | On 14th May 2019, the Centre delivered a talk to over 30 delegates from charities across north east and mid Essex. Individuals consisted of senior leaders, funding leads and Trustees. Also in attendance were a range of funding bodies such as Essex Community Foundation, city councillors, Big Lottery Fund and Community 360. The Centre presented to a captive audience on how charities can be empowered to revolutionise services through the use of data analytics and research. The presentation illustrated a number of ways organisations can benefit from the effective collection and analysis of data. Focusing on the expertise available to charities through the Centre's work, I highlighted the DAIV scheme, training, workshops and webinars. Social media was used to further showcase our involvement at the Community 360 Network, with attendees being encouraged to follow us online to keep up to date with our work. A range of promotional literature and business cards were given out to attendees. The presentation was followed by a Q&A and informal networking session. Many attendees have already expressed an interest in working with the Centre and made contact with the Outreach Lead for follow up. Remaining flexible, responsive and demand-driven, the Centre used the event as an opportunity to ask for suggestions on themes around data analytics and research that they (as charities) would be interested in learning more about. This insight will help to shape future webinar content, workshops and presentations. The event organisers were pleased with the presentation and have invited the Centre to present at a similar meeting taking place elsewhere in the region. Community 360 (the event organisers) would also like to collaborate on other areas such as mixed cohort education events focused on the importance of digital skills, research and data within the context of the third sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to the Community 360 Third Sector Engagement Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Following the success of the presentation delivered at a previous Community 360 event, the Centre was invited to deliver a similar talk to their other region. On 21st May 2019, the Centre delivered a talk to over 15 delegates from charities across north east Essex. Individuals consisted of senior leaders, funding leads and Trustees as well as local schools, community interest companies and Big Lottery Fund. The Centre presented to a captive audience on how charities can be empowered to revolutionise services through the use of data analytics and research. The presentation illustrated a number of ways organisations can benefit from the effective collection and analysis of data. Focusing on the expertise available to charities through the Centre's work, I highlighted the DAIV scheme, training, workshops and webinars. Social media was used to further showcase our involvement at the Community 360 Network, with attendees being encouraged to follow us online to keep up to date with our work. A range of promotional literature and business cards were given out to attendees. The presentation was followed by a Q&A and informal networking session. Many attendees have already expressed an interest in working with the Centre and made contact with the Outreach Lead for follow up. Remaining flexible, responsive and demand-driven, the Centre used the event as an opportunity to ask for suggestions on themes around data analytics and research that they (as charities) would be interested in learning more about. This insight will help to shape future webinar content, workshops and presentations. The event organisers were pleased with the presentation and have invited the Centre to present at a similar meeting taking place elsewhere in the region. Community 360 (the event organisers) would also like to collaborate on other areas such as mixed cohort education events focused on the importance of digital skills, research and data within the context of the third sector. One of the outcomes of the session was a number of charities contacting the Centre to express an interest in DAIVs. As a result we will be hosting a consultation clinic for charities to book onto. The purpose of which will be to discuss the data they hold, current methods data collection, challenges they face and how these challenges can be overcome with smart data analytics. Charities already registering interest include CHAPS and Wellies On. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to the Dept of Mathematical Sciences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Data Manager presented to the PG;s of Maths Dept at University of Essex to inform them abut the services we officer, particularly our data services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to the Essex Online Partnership |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The centre presented to members of the EOLP. Members include: ? Basildon Borough Council ? Braintree District Council ? Brentwood Borough Council ? Castle Point Borough Council ? Chelmsford City Council ? Colchester Borough Council ? Essex County Council ? Essex Fire & Rescue ? Essex Police ? Harlow District Council ? Maldon District Council ? Rochford District Council ? Southend Borough Council ? Tendring District Council ? Thurrock Council ? Uttlesford District Council. The partnership aims to support the county in optimizing technology and innovation. We were invited to present at the group's meeting following a referral from Southend Borough Council after delivering a number of training sessions in 2018-19. The presentation covered all aspects of the centre's work including our unique offering for the public sector and businesses. in particular conversations focused on the opportunities for DAIVs, training and cross sector workshops and webinars. A number of potential DAIVs were discussed both as a partnership as well as within individual councils, The group are also considering inviting the centre to become a member in order to strengthen its prestige and data analytics representation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation to the IADS Big Data seminar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Jerry Coakley presented an overview of the services offered by the Centre to academic staff, researchers and students at University of Essex. Raised the profile of the Centre with potential data service users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Presentation to the IDRP meeting of the Chief Fire Officers Association (now the National Fire Chiefs Council) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 60 attended the session run by James Cornford and a number of contacts have been made following the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/NFCC%20Guidance%20publications/Sector%20imp... |
| Description | Presentation to the Office for National Statistics, Titchfield, Strategic Data Curation, Admin Data Research, Data as a Service teams |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Cornford presented to the ONS. About 60 people attended the talk on behavioural aspects of data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Presentation with UK Trade and Industry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to explore how the Centre helps improve financial technology businesses in the region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Presentationat LARIA workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was given on 'Assessing Green Infrastructure Provision in the East of England'. This generated questions and some follow-up discussion e.g. with representatives from the Local Government Association and Norfolk County Council. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Productivity insight network event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop on productivity and use of technology. Academics were invited to discuss potential impact of new technologies on management practices. Discussions were very helpful to focus the debate on how AI will influence productivity in the future. (VS) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Professorial Inaugual Lecture Series: Algorithms from Nature for Practical Optimisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | The lecture stimulated thought on the subject matter TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://lakesidetheatre.org.uk/events/pil-lecture-professor-abdellah-salhi/ |
| Description | Promise Through Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This talk explored issues in Big Data and analytics including implications of the use of technology and Big Data for individuals. It has sparked discussion with colleagues that are interested in the use of data, but from a different perspective and it is envisioned that these discussions will lead to future joint work in this space. Presenter will be contributing a talk on this topic as part of the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Christmas Lectures event that is organised every year at the University of Essex for secondary school pupils from across the region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Promotions in Alcohol Sales: Lessons from the Scottish Experiment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | MM presented at a seminar held at UEA. Q & A session afterwards highlighted the impact of the data source from the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://competitionpolicy.ac.uk/home/-/asset_publisher/0NA1e4YmmykM/blog/ccp-seminar?inheritRedirect=... |
| Description | Public Dialogues #1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The group engaged in discussions about an area relatively unknown to them. The facilitators, Hopkins Van Mil to produce a report later in the year. Members of the group went away from the workshop better informed and with a more educated view on how data can be used in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/news-public-dialogue-3/ |
| Description | Public Dialogues #2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The group engaged in discussions about an area relatively unknown to them. The facilitators, Hopkins Van Mil to produce a report later in the year. Members of the group went away from the workshop better informed and with a more educated view on how data can be used in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/news-public-dialogue/ |
| Description | Public Health England Annual Conference, Sep 12-13 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Rural Deprivation Work by Andy Jones at Public Health England's Annual Conference in collaboration with Norfolk County Council (who provided some of the data for this work). There was interest from a number of those present including the following who all approached the speaker for more information during the conference o Director Public Health at Northumberland County Council o Devon CSP o South Norfolk district councillor |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Public Health England Challenge Lab |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The University of Essex facilitated a Challenge Lab on behalf of Public Health England which was organised via the Research & Enterprise Office. The two-day event enabled practitioners and experts from a mix of sectors to explore urgent Public Health issues associated with, for example, mental health, wellbeing, ageing and environment and cross cutting data, systems and risk challenges. During this two event small interdisciplinary teams bringing together University of Essex academics from across the disciplines and sector professionals discussed and delved into challenges and co-developed projects to potential solutions. Attendees included Public Health England, University of Essex, NHS, Local Businesses and NGOs. At the end of the event teams pitched their project to secure funding to test their propositions in practice to a panel comprising Dr Christine McCartney, Public Health England, Professor John Preston, Deputy Dean (Research) (Social Sciences) and Vanessa Cuthill, Director of the Research and Enterprise Office. Up to £10,000 was available for each project and each pitch was videoed. The Panel then gave their feedback to the Project Teams, who were then invited to submit their application forms for funding, which addressed PHE Challenges, Interdisciplinary Research and Impact. Organisations included Public Health England Community Voluntary Services, Brentwood Borough Council, EPUT, Warwickshire County Council, Transport for West Midlands, TSSS, NHS, Essex Fire and Rescue, Suffolk & North East Essex STP, Provide CIC, Community 360, Healthwatch Essex. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Public Lecture. Big Data, Big Questions: Approaches to Big Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This public lecture given by academics at UEA and chaired by the Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP helped to raise the profile of the Centre and encouraged debate and discussion around areas such as privacy, consent and how data is collected and used by academic researchers. The lecture helped to raise the profile of the Data Research Centre within the local academic, business and public sector audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-approaches-to-big-data-climate-change-health-care-and-privacy/ |
| Description | Putting a price on nature: Where should we plant Britain's new forests? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | After the activity the group viewed and discussed their recordings displayed on the big screen. Event over ran allotted time due to considerable discussion and questions. People picked up a range of leaflets from the stand, including a flier about valuing nature, ESRC material on social science and ESRC magazine Britain In 2014. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!putting-a-price-on-nature/c1vcd |
| Description | Putting a price on nature: What does nature do for us? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked some lively debate as some people were still unsure about the monetary approach to values. Many of the organisations invited, spoke of how this approach could be useful in the work they are doing with local communities. New contacts with external organisations interested in applying the research findings and techniques used in day to day operational activites. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearchcentre.com/#!putting-a-price-on-nature/c1vcd |
| Description | Python Packages in Finance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Richard Skeggs delivered a training presentation to attendees of the EFiC Conference, to upskill them on the Python packages available for Finance. He demonstrated how the packages work, and advised on the pros and cons of using each package. Attendees were given exercises to take away with them, to enable them to practise using the packages in heir own time. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-efic-conference-in-banking-and-finance/ |
| Description | RTPI discussions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Shared information around potential for data research around planning. Gained knowledge of activity in the sector.. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Radio Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Following on from participation in the AI and Health conference at the Institution of Engineering Technology, Beatriz de la Iglesia was invited to record a radio interview with Peter Warren, one of the organisers, for Future Intelligence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Re-imagining Regeneration in the East: What's Your Vision? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Vania Sena and Professor Abdel Salhi delivered two workshops to the attendees of the East of England Conference, to demonstrate the benefits of using an Agent Based Model to understand the agents involved in the growth of a High Street |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Recent Developments in Crowdfunding: BLG Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this conference international academics share their papers on alternative finance considering, peer to peer lending, debt financing and equity crowdfunding. The event attracted international academics as well as prominent business leaders in the alternative finance area. Following the event Professor Douglas Cumming and Professor Jerry Coakley are to work on a joint paper looking at Seedrs secondary market for crowdfunded shares. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Regeneration in Coastal Communities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Discussed the differences in economic trends between coastal areas that have performed well and coastal areas that have been less successful. Attendees gained an understanding of strategies that can be used to promote regeneration including targets, policies and proposals.. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/coastalwebinar/ |
| Description | Regulating Big Data: the view from Brussels |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Not aware of any yet. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-regulating-big-data-the-view-from-brussels/ |
| Description | Research Council UK press officer day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Raising the profile of the Centre with media contacts and other research councils |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Attended the RGS Annual Conference to exhibit the work of the Centre, and to raise awareness of the Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Royal Statistical Event. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attended event 'Making it easier to use administrative data'. Good networking opportunity, established new contacts across key audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society, RSS 2016 International Conference , The conference for all statisticians and users of data, 5-8 September 2016, University of Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited discussion contributed to benchmarking in cluster analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.events.rss.org.uk/rss/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=46&eventID=1&traceRedir=2&eventID=1 |
| Description | Royal Statistical Society, RSS 2016 International Conference , The conference for all statisticians and users of data, 5-8 September 2016, University of Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited discussion contributed to benchmarking in cluster analysis. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://events.rss.org.uk/rss/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=46&eventID=1&traceRedir=2&eventID=1 |
| Description | Santander presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Understanding and Managing Big Data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Scrutton Bland Budget Breakfast Meeting - Presentation by Jerry Coakley |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Jerry Coakley gave a short talk on the autumn statement and the implications for SMEs drawing on the research that the Centre is doing. The talk encouraged debate on the panel and with the audience. TBC |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/scrutton-bland-budget-breakfast/ |
| Description | Seasonal Planning Challenge Lab - System-wide Health and Social Care Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | For the first time, strategic partners across Essex came together to map data and interventions across the whole patient pathway in order to build resilience over the winter period. Facilitated by the ESRC BLG DRC, we united researchers from across the Centre and university with key decision makers and NHS commissioners to shape the future of healthcare in the acute, community and primary care sectors. A carefully planned agenda teased out essential information in a constructive manner enabled through renowned NHS facilitator Neil Sellen. Members of the North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance shared insight, data and behaviour tracking to identify opportunities for whole-system change. A full day of round table discussions and interactive workshop debates led to a visual representation of the patient pathway including areas of risk and areas of opportunity. As a county and led through the North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, the alliance need to identify 'pinch points' for Essex. These hot spots could allow the organisation's to reduce solo-working and collaborate to find opportunities for early intervention based on 2017/18 winter statistics across the patient journey, thus improving system resilience. The aim, through the commissioning board is to revise service delivery approaches, with new ways of managing seasonal service delivery being devised for testing/adopting models. Through a day of stimulating debate and insight, we supported the team's to explore the local data landscape. The workshop was built on the premise that the collective knowledge of the system partners is far greater than one individual and that at present, there is no joined up approach to data collection. North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group wish to find research driven solutions to aid understanding as to where seasonal planning and service delivery plans need to be strengthened. This is in order to build improved whole system resilience as part of the Winter Plan 2018/19. Delegates included senior leadership team members and heads of transformation from across the North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance as well as community interest companies and charities with an invested interest in winter resilience and/or currently provide NHS funded care. This includes the CEO and Deputies from: • East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust • East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust • Tendring District Council • Essex County Council • Colchester Borough Council • Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust • Anglian Community Enterprise • EPRR • Essex Police • Essex County Fire and Rescue Service • West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group • Care UK • Essex Local Medical Council • NHS England • Alzheimer's Society • Essex Cares • Integrated Care 24 • Community 360 • CVST • Healthwatch Essex • Swan Ltd • Open Road • GP Primary Choice • Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group • Public Health England • Virgin Care • North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group Next steps The overall aim of the workshop enabled the North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (and Winter Planning partners) to predict and prevent, or predict and implement, mitigating actions to reduce impact on the system thus improving residence. The Centre will offer a follow up workshop to summarise key findings and winter resilience plan once North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group have formulated the report. The Centre will work with North East Essex Health and Wellbeing Alliance to identify suitable funding through the data analytics innovation scheme to bring one or more (depending on the feasibility) research projects to fruition. The Challenge Lab also allowed the researchers from the Centre to recommend an approach or system to collect and use historical data to shape the Winter Plan 2018 as well as collect real-time data in order to effectively manage demand on services and collaborative working between all system partners. The workshop was also an opportunity to introduce other stakeholders to the centre to explore any other research projects and training where partnerships are not already in place for example: Colchester Borough Council, Care UK, Essex Local Medical Council, NHS England and Alzheimer's Society, thus raising the overall profile of the centre. Interest in the workshop continues to grow, with a number of national and regional leads looking to adopt this best practice as part of their process planning on an annual base. As a result, we are now in early discussions with other clinical commissioning groups to roll out this model across the region. Future collaboration with the Centre Following a successful consultation with the teams of North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group and the challenge lab, the Centre is currently exploring a number of DAIV funded research projects. Partners from across the system have requested further input from the Centre including involving the Centre at strategic meetings. Feedback from all delegates was very positive, with follow up challenge labs discussed for the end of the winter season. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Seminar at OCRE-Observatory and Research Center on Entrepreneurship EDC Business School, La Defense, Paris |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Jerry Coakley presented the monthly keynote seminar to 30 faculty members and 10 PhD students. students. He discussed a paper titled: "Equity Crowdfunding in the UK". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Seminar by Professor Diana Kronbort at UEA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | In this seminar Professor Diana Kornbrot from the University of Hertfordshire will consider the application of mixed model analysis to ordinal survey data. The seminar encouraged debate. None |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/seminar-by-professor-diana-kornbrot/ |
| Description | Seminar in UEA - "The joys and challenges of family life: views of adoptive parents" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The presentation reported on the analysis of adoptive parent survey data carried out by Prof Beth Neil and Dr Marcello Morciano from the BLGDRC. The talk focused on outcomes of adoption and factors influencing child outcomes, analysed using a two factor structural equation modelling techniques. The seminar was well attended and includied adoption practitioners working for local authorities or voluntary adoption organisations, post graduate students and those with a personal interest in adoption, as well as academics from the school of social work. One result of the seminar was a request to discuss the research and practice implication with Norfolk County Council Adoption team. This meeting will take place in February 2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Seminar: meta-analysis - past, present and future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Elena Kulinskaya from UEA presented a seminar to University of Essex staff and students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-meta-analysis-past-present-and-future/ |
| Description | Seminar: CUSUM-type methods aimed at catching deviating performance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In this seminar, Professor Elena Kulinskaya will be discussing her research on cumulative sum control chart -type methods aimed at catching deviating performance. The seminar will also include short presentations by postgraduate research and taught students as well as postdoctoral students from the Data Science/Statistics group within Department of Mathematical Sciences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-cusum-type-methods-aimed-at-catching-deviating-performance/ |
| Description | Seminar: How big data is empowering society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was the third of a seminar series on the uses of big data and presentations were led by Professor Julien Forder to around 40 attendees followed by a Q&A session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/bigdatacan/ |
| Description | Seminar: Using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) to identify older care home residents and investigate trends in survival compared with community-dwelling older people. Ferran Espuny-Pujol, Ruth Hancock |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Seminar -people attended this session at UEA which sparked questions and discussions. Practitioners, Students and staff at UEA formed the main cohort for this seminar. Question and answer session informed queries for future data probes. 26/06/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Sheffield Housing Plus evaluation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Contribute to planning of evaluation of Sheffield's HousingPlus service Raised awareness of Centre |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Sheffield Housing Plus evaluation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Contribute to planning of evaluaiton of Sheffield's HousingPlus service. Raised awareness of the Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Sheffield housing plus evaluation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Evaluation of Sheffield's HousingPlus service |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Small Business Saturday - What could small businesses learn from data? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | As part of BLGDRC's campaign for Small Business Saturday a press release was prepared and distributed to local media contacts, it was also shared on our website. The press release was titled: "On Small Business Saturday: What could small businesses learn from data?" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/on-small-business-saturday-what-could-small-businesses-learn-from-dat... |
| Description | Smart Town Centre project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | August 2017 - Abdel Sahli presented at a seminar in Indonesia. Explained the Agents Model used to represent the interactions between the stakeholders of a town centre. Used a demonstration to support the arguments for the approach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) Steering Group -16th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) is one of 38 LEPs, the biggest LEP outside London, established to "provide the clear vision and strategic leadership to drive sustainable private sector-led growth and job creation in their area". The Centre was invited to present to representatives from across councils and LEPs in the south east. The meeting took place at Westminster. The presentation focused on the opportunity to collaborate with the Centre through DAIVs, events, webinars and training. The presentation ended with a Q&A. Discussions explored how the organisations themselves could benefit from DAVIs as well as encouraging their network members (of businesses located within their catchment areas) to take advantage. As a result of the presentation, the Centre has strengthened its list of contacts within LEPs and councils. The Centre is also discussing how we can be involved in business focused networking sessions to promote the opportunities we present. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Southend Borough Council Training - Data Analytics and Predictive Analytics (Day Two) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Southend-on-sea Borough Council has identified a number of data analytics skills gaps within their team. Through the expertise of the centre and as part of the council's continued relationship with the university, the centre delivered a suite of training designed to address key areas in order to optimise the organisation's data analysis. The main objectives were to provide ICT staff with an overview and introduction training in R, Python, SQL and data analytics to prepare them for the technology and organisational changes as part of the Council's Transformation Programme. Format A two day interactive workshop providing delegates with foundations in Data Analytics and Predictive Analytics. Summary In this training, delegates were introduced to key R packages for data visualisation, e.g. in terms of graphs and charts. This workshop was hands on from the beginning with industry-led examples throughout. It will be aimed at delegates having basic knowledge about R from the previous training. Course Overview 1. Introduction to common R packages. 2. Data access & manipulation operations using R tool a) data import in R b) data visualisation with ggplot2 c) data transformation with dplyr d) data tidying 3. Creating charts and graphs in R 4. Data structure and data.frame 5. Using R to extract data from web APIs The session received positive feedback, with all delegates reporting improved understanding and growing interest in the field. As a result of the session, the council data analytics leads have requested that we work with them during 2019 to identify further skills gaps to design and deliver a programme of training based on their needs. The council has also expressed an interest in partnering with the centre through the DAIV scheme and has named us on a larger scale government bid to secure funds for research into traffic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Southend Borough Council Training - Introduction to Python - 12th February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Southend-on-sea Borough Council has identified a number of data analytics skills gaps within their team. Through the expertise of the centre and as part of the council's continued relationship with the university, the centre delivered a suite of training designed to address key areas in order to optimise the organisation's data analysis. The main objectives were to provide ICT staff an overview and introduction training in R, Python, SQL and data analytics to prepare them for the technology and organisational changes as part of the Council's Transformation Programme. This session was a one day interactive workshop providing delegates with an overview of Python. Facilitated by the Centre's academic, the training was hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout, covering: • An introduction to Python and Jupyter Notebook • Different data structures in Python, building matrix and arrays • Importing data from excel, csv, txt • Creating, amending and exporting Data Frames • For Loops, If Statements • Coercion of data types Feedback from all delegates was very positive with attendees rating the session as 9-10 out of 10. As a result of the session, the Centre has been invited to collaborate on a wider council data analytics project in 2019. This includes being named on a government bid to secure funding for an impact analysis of road/traffic. Future training sessions are already planned for Feb-March 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Southend Borough Council Training - Introduction to R - 5th February 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Southend-on-sea Borough Council has identified a number of data analytics skills gaps within their team. Through the expertise of the Centre and as part of the council's continued relationship with the university, the Centre delivered a suite of training designed to address key areas in order to optimise the organisation's data analysis. The main objectives were to provide ICT staff an overview and introduction training in R, Python, SQL and data analytics to prepare them for the technology and organisational changes as part of the Council's Transformation Programme. Format A one day interactive workshop providing delegates with an overview of R. In this session delegates were introduced to R and R Studio. The workshop was hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout. Course Overview • An introduction to R and R Studio • Different data structures in R, building matrix and arrays • Importing data from excel, csv, txt • Creating, amending and exporting Data Frames • For Loops, If Statements • Coercion of data types All 10 delegates completed feedback forms reporting improved knowledge. Further sessions are planned for 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Southend Borough Council Training - SQL (Day One) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Southend-on-sea Borough Council has identified a number of data analytics skills gaps within their team. Through the expertise of the centre and as part of the council's continued relationship with the university, the centre delivered a suite of training designed to address key areas in order to optimise the organisation's data analysis. The main objectives was to provide ICT staff an overview and introduction training in R, Python, SQL and data analytics to prepare them for the technology and organisational changes as part of the Council's Transformation Programme. Format A two day interactive workshop providing delegates with an introduction to SQL. Summary This was an interactive workshop providing delegates with a good understanding of Transact-SQL language, which is used to communicate with SQL Server. Course Overview • Describe key components of SQL Server. • Write a single table SELECT statement. • Write a multi-table SELECT statement. • Write DML statements. • Write DDL statements. • Write queries that aggregate data. • Write sub-queries. • Create and implement views • Use set operators to combine query results. • Create and implement stored procedures. • Add programming constructs such as variables, conditions, and loops to T-SQL code. This was the first day of two. All delegates were fully engaged in the activities and reported an improved understanding of SQL and growing interest in the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Southend Borough Council Training - SQL (Day Two) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Southend-on-sea Borough Council has identified a number of data analytics skills gaps within their team. Through the expertise of the centre and as part of the council's continued relationship with the university, the centre delivered a suite of training designed to address key areas in order to optimise the organisation's data analysis. The main objectives was to provide ICT staff an overview and introduction training in R, Python, SQL and data analytics to prepare them for the technology and organisational changes as part of the Council's Transformation Programme. Format A two day interactive workshop providing delegates with an introduction to SQL. Summary This was an interactive workshop providing delegates with a good understanding of Transact-SQL language, which is used to communicate with SQL Server. Course Overview • Describe key components of SQL Server. • Write a single table SELECT statement. • Write a multi-table SELECT statement. • Write DML statements. • Write DDL statements. • Write queries that aggregate data. • Write sub-queries. • Create and implement views • Use set operators to combine query results. • Create and implement stored procedures. • Add programming constructs such as variables, conditions, and loops to T-SQL code. This was the second day of two session. All delegates were fully engaged in the activities and reported an improved understanding of SQL and growing interest in the field. Feedback forms all reported that delegates enjoyed the session. Delegates were also encouraged to subscribe to the YouTube channel and engage in future events. The Data Analytics lead has expressed a wish to work with the Centre post-transitional funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Southend Borough Council Training on Data Analytics and Predictive Analytics (Day One) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Southend-on-sea Borough Council has identified a number of data analytics skills gaps within their team. Through the expertise of the centre and as part of the council's continued relationship with the university, the centre delivered a suite of training designed to address key areas in order to optimise the organisation's data analysis. The main objectives were to provide ICT staff with an overview and introduction training in R, Python, SQL and data analytics to prepare them for the technology and organisational changes as part of the Council's Transformation Programme. Format A two day interactive workshop providing delegates with foundations in Data Analytics and Predictive Analytics. Summary In this training, delegates were introduced to key R packages for data visualisation, e.g. in terms of graphs and charts. This workshop was hands on from the beginning with industry-led examples throughout. It will be aimed at delegates having basic knowledge about R from the previous training. Course Overview 1. Introduction to common R packages. 2. Data access & manipulation operations using R tool a) data import in R b) data visualisation with ggplot2 c) data transformation with dplyr d) data tidying 3. Creating charts and graphs in R 4. Data structure and data.frame 5. Using R to extract data from web APIs The session received positive feedback, with all delegates reporting improved understanding and growing interest in the field. As a result of the session, the council data analytics leads have requested that we work with them during 2019 to identify further skills gaps to design and deliver a programme of training based on their needs. The council has also expressed an interest in partnering with the centre through the DAIV scheme and has named us on a larger scale government bid to secure funds for research into traffic. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | St Helena Conference Call - 17th January 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a conference call with St Helena to explore the data analytics research project to be funded through the DAIV scheme. Using the insight of academics (also on the call) and directed by the CEO of the charity as well as their strategic lead, the call focused on how the charity wishes to create an atlas of health for their delivery area (Essex). This atlas will shape patient pathways, policy and services in Essex. The CEO of St Helena is also the chair of the Alliance for north east Essex. This system-wide collaborative group includes a range of public sector organisations, charities and private sector organisations involved in providing health and/or social care services within the delivery footprint. As a result, the conference call has also led to subsequent meetings with the Alliance and Mark to explore larger scale projects and student placements as well as potential membership within their working group. The conference call has resulted in a full proposal being drafted ahead of the transitional-funding in April. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Statistical Week 2016 (September 13-16th, Augsburg, Germany) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Opening plenary panel discussion of the conference. To share information and inform decision making. Plenary Debate Data Science and Statistics (Martin Goodson, Hans Peter Kriegel, Berthold Lausen, Claus Weihs) contributed to the development of the field data science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.statistische-woche.de/fileadmin/2016/BookofAbstracts_Augsburg |
| Description | Statistical Week 2016, Augsbury, Germany |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Opening plenary panel discussion of the conference. Plenary Debate Data Science and Statistics (Martin Goodson, Hans Peter Kriegel, Berthold Lausen, Claus Weihs) contributed to the development of the field data science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.statistische-woche.de/fileadmin/2016/BookofAbstracts_Augsburg.pdf |
| Description | Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age - A new method for data linkage and analysis of linked data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. The seminar was given by Professor Harvey Goldstein and he presented a new method for linking two or more data files based on a correspondence analysis algorithm. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.facebook.com/events/198121267279654/ |
| Description | Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age - China workshop on big data analysis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. Approximately 20 people attended the seminar. The seminar included two presentations by professors from China. The first presentation was on 'adverse drug reaction early warning using user search data' and the second presentation was on 'Achieving mobile social media popularity to enhance firm customer acquisition'. The discussion afterwards focused on the validity of the statistical methods used and suggestions to analyse the data differently. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/computing/news-and-events |
| Description | Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age - Experiments on Strategic Interaction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. Approximately 20 people attended the seminar. The seminar was given by Professor Peter G Moffatt (one of the organisers of the seminar series) and he presented an extended model of the 'standard guessing game' on the type of strategic interactions, where there are large numbers of agents, whose success in decision-making depends crucially on the correctness of their beliefs regarding the strategies adopted by other agents. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age - Making sense of big healthcare data - analysing longevity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (BLG DRC) cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. There was a great turn-up of approximately 40 people who were from the school of computing sciences, mathematics, economics, medical school, pharmacy, psychology, and social work. The seminar was given by Lisanne Gitsels, a postdoctoral researcher working for the BLG DRC. The purpose of the talk was to discuss how big healthcare databases are beneficial to research and how to design a cohort study on longevity by making use of routinely collected healthcare data. The presentation lasted for about 25 minutes followed by a discussion for another 25 minutes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/computing/events-and-seminars/-/asset_publisher/Tn5SWp1zkiIz/blog/making-sense-... |
| Description | Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age - Polygenic scores from the UK biobank and social outcomes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The seminar was part of the School of Mathematics at the University of East Anglia and the ESRC funded Business and Local Government Data Research Centre cross-faculty seminar series on 'Statistics and Data Science in the Digital Age'. Approximately 25 people attended the seminar. The seminar was given by Dr David Hugh-Jones and he presented work on how social outcomes can now be usefully predicted with DNA. This stirred up the debate of nature/nurture and what the data on social outcomes actually captures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Suffolk County Council DAIV Consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Centre facilitated a conference call to explore follow on training and a research project with Suffolk County Council funded through the DAIV scheme. The Centre brought together renowned academics and council heads of service to explore how we can mobilise and optimize a suicide database to create a real-life intervention to benefit the local community. As a result of the consultation, the council was issued a DAIV application form and guidance on how to complete it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Suffolk County Council training workshop ' An introduction to Risk and Predictive Modelling' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To raise awareness of the university's skills and expertise in the area of predictive modelling and inform the local council how the university could provide support with the various initiatives they were working on |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Supporting Local Authorities through Data Driven Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Business and Local Government (BLG) Data Research Centre joint seminar with the Local Government Association (LGA) brought together researcher and local authority decision makers to understand, explore and define the questions for future research to address local problems. The seminar introduced the research topics of the Centre followed by presentations from local authority decision makers and a representative from Nesta . The afternoon session saw attendees split into focus groups that created some lively discussions resulting in informed changes in behaviour and requests for future collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-supporting-local-authorities-through-data-driven-solutions/ |
| Description | TEDx University of Essex, Talk by Professor Vania Sena |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Vania Sena presented a 10 minute talk on using data for the common good. The talk stimulated thought and debate on the different uses of big data. The talk stimulated thought and debate on the different uses of big data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-tedx-university-of-essex/ |
| Description | TEDx University of Essex, Talk by Richard Skeggs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Richard Skeggs presented a 10 minute talk on the Internet of Things and why we will always need an analysts. The talk stimulated thought and debate on the different uses of big data. The talk stimulated thought and debate on the different uses of big data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/event-tedx-university-of-essex/ |
| Description | TEDx talk to sixth form summer school students |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions on the subject matter and other related topics. Helped students to formulate their own discussion and give tips for research topics they may have. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Talk Big Data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alongside other ESRC funded projects, the BLG arranged and delivered a series of five panel discussions that focused on Big Data and related issues, such as how it can be used in business, privacy issues, how it can benefit research, how it can be used for humanitarian action, and its presence in society. One of the sessions was delivered as part of the Festival of Social Sciences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/news-events/big-data-big-questions/ |
| Description | Talk Big Data Event 2 - Big data in business : help or hindrance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Press release entitled 'What can Big Data do for Businesses?' distributed to local media in order to promote the second Talk Big Data event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/what-can-big-data-do-for-businesses/ |
| Description | Talk Big Data Event 3 : Changing lives through big data research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release entitled 'How is Big Data research changing lives' to promote third event in Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/how-is-big-data-research-changing-lives/ |
| Description | Talk Big Data event 4 - Big Data, Big Brother |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release entitled 'Big Data, Big Brother' was released to publicise the fourth event in the Talk Big Data series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/how-is-big-data-research-changing-lives/ |
| Description | Talk Big Data final event - Big Data and Society: Is it a Game Changer? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release entitled 'Big Data and Society - Is it a Game Changer' was issued to promote the final event of the Talk Big Data Series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/big-data-and-society-is-it-a-game-changer/ |
| Description | Talk Big Data launch - Big Data. Big Questions. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | PR to launch the Talk Big Data lecture series held at the University of Essex. Two small pieces were published in local newspapers. A variation was also sent to specific contacts at local charities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/big-data-big-questions/ |
| Description | Talk/ presentation: Andrew Fearne: Agri-Tech Week 2018: Big data and the supply chain. Objective data for decision support. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Customer insights are creating the opportunity for objective information about consumer buying behaviours. Professor Andrew Fearne of UEA outlined the opportunities this creates for the value-chain in improving the connection between consumer and producer, however he warned that consolidation in the industry is creating greater risk for producers. An obsession with efficiency and price could result in UK retailers ultimately sourcing from lower cost food production areas outside UK. To address this UEA has developed a portal (www.whobuysmyfood.com) which has assisted over 700 SMEs over last 14 years to use consumer insights to inform production. 8/11/2018 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.agritech-east.co.uk/agri-tech-week-2018-big-data-and-the-supply-chain/ |
| Description | Telephone consultation with Suffolk County Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Telephone consultation with Suffolk County Council to discuss potential bespoke training sessions on R and statistical analysis tools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Tendring District Council housing (sheltered and strategic) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Further development of potential research project for sheltered schemes and initial discussion on using data to inform strategic housing plan. Progressed potential projects. Discussed detailed data requirements Agreed to pursue further. Council to investigate further data availability. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tendring District Council housing scoping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To investigate the Council's appetite to work on data research projects with the Centre. Identified two key areas for further investigation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Tendring District Council sheltered housing schemes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discuss potential research into low demand sheltered housing schemes. Agreed broad approach. Council to identify available data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Tendring Enterprise networking event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Raising profile of the Centre and business engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Tendring superfast broadband |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BLG DRC responded to an article in the local press about an increase in superfast broadband coverage |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/can-tendrings-superfast-broadband-boost-business/ |
| Description | The Big Data concept of Modern Marketing Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A blog post by guest blogger - Prince Kapoor (Digital Marketing Manager and Recruiter) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/the-big-data-concept-of-modern-marketing/ |
| Description | The Care Pathways of Children Entering Care - Where Do They End Up? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a webinar, organised by 'Making Research Count' at Bedfordshire University. The findings from the two papers by Neil, Gitsels and Thoburn were reported. These analysed the care pathways of children in one local authority. The talk sparked a lot of discussion regarding the implications of the research for social work practice with children in care. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.beds.ac.uk/iasr/mrc/resources-past-events/event-recordings/webinar-care-pathways-seminar... |
| Description | The Challenge of Sharing Data on Vulnerable People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | James Cornford spoke at the BLG DRC Conference, about data sharing as behaviour, exploring the implications of the main behaviural social science traditions for data sharing. The aim was to create a checklist for those engaged in data sharing and to help explain why sharing data is often so difficult. James was approached by two organisations - Office for National Statistics and the Catalyst project at Essex University - to run workshops based on his talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZdD8QtLYo8 |
| Description | The Fire Research Conference, RE17 at Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 30 attended the session presented by James Cornford and a number of contacts have been made following the presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/NFCC%20Guidance%20publications/Sector%20imp... |
| Description | The Quiet Revolution: AIM SMEs Rule the UK SEO Market (with Sofia Stamou) Presentation at 15th INFINITI Conference at Valencia, Spain, June 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 30 academics attended this Small Firms session. The paper's findings were discussed by Dr Wu, University of Bradford, UK. The paper sparked quite a bit of discussion and debate as participants were surprised by two findings. One was the extent of secondary equity offerings (SEOs) by SMEs on London's Alternative Market (AIM). The other was the prevalence of private placements (where new shares bought by institutions only) in SEO activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://infiniticonference.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/i2017-final-programme.pdf |
| Description | The changing world of work: How is it affecting our health? |Involvement in the policy roundtable hosted by Understanding Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The centre participated in an event organised by Understanding Society to explore how the changing world of work is affecting our health. The event took please on 6th June 2019 and brought together policy makers, industry, health organisations, transport bodies, trade unions and charities. A combination of roundtable discussions and presentations included leading biosocial research findings, policy implications and the opportunities/barriers to policy adoption. Presenters included Prof Meena Kumari, Prof Alice Sullivan, Prof Tarani Chandola, Tahera Razavi, Gill Weston and Anthony Laverty. The centre engaged in table discussions and networked with policy leaders. New contacts made and contact details exchanged. The event was also useful to widen the engagement circle and support Understanding Society for future collaborative events/research and data analytics. A number of new contacts were formed and centre information shared with attendees. In particular, Julie Bailie (IPS Projects Manager of the Centre for Mental Health) expressed an interest in working with us through the DAIV. Follow up emails exchanged. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The family in the digital economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | The future of Big Data Blog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A blog post by our senior data manager. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/the-future-of-big-data/ |
| Description | The impact of medical advances and health interventions on longevity and population projections' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This impact workshop held at the Actuarial Research Centre brings together a multidisciplinary circle of professionals, including actuaries, statisticians, medical and public health professionals, insurance companies and governmental bodies. The goal of the workshop is to explore how various wide scale medical advances or health interventions, for example changes in NICE guidelines, may change longevity and necessitate therefore changes in population projections, and a variety of policies and business models, from public health to pensions and insurance products, and what is the role of observational data in assessing these changes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.actuaries.org.uk/learn-and-develop/research-and-knowledge/actuarial-research-centre-arc/... |
| Description | The importance of data in research and its positive impact on policy and business |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speaker, Pr Slava Mikhaylov, discussed the importance of data in research and its positive impact on policy and business. There were many questions and further discussions at the event. Request received from the CCG for a copy of the presentation which prompted further discussion. Follow up conversations with the ONS to discuss ADR partnership and potential opportunities for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCIEJKC-7rQ |
| Description | The role of P2P debt in entrepreneurial finance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | JC gave a presentation at the Investment,Funding and Industrial Policy annual conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The role of crowdfunded debt in early stage entrepreneurial finance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 30 academics attended this Lending Markets session. The paper's findings were discussed by Elod Takats, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Switzerland. He liked the paper as debt crowdfunding (or Peer-to-Peer Lending) is a topic in which the BIS is interested and is conducting its own research. His view was that we had sufficient data and material for several papers. The paper sparked quite a bit of interest as many participants were not familiar with this new source of funding for private (unlisted) SMEs. There were a number of requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://infiniticonference.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/i2017-final-programme.pdf |
| Description | To borrow or not to borrow? Financial Literacy and Awareness of Government Initiatives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Pr Claudia Girardone presented at the BLG DRC conference. Audience asked questions and discussions followed. A panel discussion took place following the completion of the presentations from the Local Economic Growth stream prompting further questions and audience discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9LxtvxDgOY |
| Description | Training Seminar: Mining Data from Online Sources using R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In this seminar, Richard Skeggs, senior data manager at the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre will be discussing mining data from online sources. Using practical examples and demonstrations Richard will introduce delegates to various methods for mining data using the software R. The seminar will show examples of the types of mining methods that can be used to explore data from online sources such as Twitter and other sources, using APIs or scripts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/dataminingseminar/ |
| Description | Training course - Introduction to Analytics for the Public Sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | To improve the data skills of junior analysts in the public sector. Focusing on four key areas, each subject compliments the other areas to give a rounded knowledge of using data analytics in their work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/news/training-webinars/ |
| Description | Training course - Python and Java |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This one day training course improved the programming skills of academics and non-academics. Focusing on four key areas, attendees gained a rounded knowledge of using Python and Java. Both of the subjects covered included practical sessions and computer workshops. Attendees gained knowledge and experience of programming languages that are immediately actionable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/training-introduction-to-java-and-python/ |
| Description | Training: Big Data Visualisation - Tools and Techniques |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In this seminar, Dr Kamaran Fathulla discussed various data visualisation techniques for big data processing, including using Python programming and its Panda data structure to access Twitter data. Attendees gained an understanding of the various tools and techniques with specific insight into the power of Python as a Big Data manipulation tool |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/sasnet-datavis/ |
| Description | Training: An Introduction to QGIS WMCA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One day bespoke training course organised for the West Midlands Combined Authorities on QGIS with Professor Andrew Lovett |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Training: Application of SQL - Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Application of SQL - 29th August 2019 The newly restructured joint department within Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies are looking to enhance their use of more modern techniques in order to provide reports to the organisation. Use of software and technologies such as Microsoft Power BI, SQL and Programming languages such as R and Python are beginning to emerge as useful tools within the department and thus the team is keen to bridge skills gaps and build internal capacity to optimise their potential. The training delivered by the Centre's researchers built a foundation for staff to further understand what software and technology can offer and ensure their correct and efficient use within the context of Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies. The Data Insight Manager identified a number of priorities to be addressed through the training which encompasses the needs of the newly formed mixed team. • Training a large group of staff around the building of Power BI Reports. This is to enhance the department functionality around developing and building self-service business intelligence reports for the organisation to consume. • The newly formed data analytics team (Data Insight Team) is looking to bridge skills gaps in order to enhance their use of SQL, R and Python. SQL has become the 'bread and butter' for the team and they are now looking to ensure its efficient use. Building on this concept the team is keen to introduce data science approaches to analysis and specific reports within the team in the future. Therefore are looking to understand how to use R and/or Python to achieve this. The current process within the organisation includes support from ICT department for R elements. However, the restructure of teams presented new opportunities for additional expertise to be built within the team. As a result the training will also serve as a platform to explore the direction of travel for the service, specifically addressing the pros/cons of proceeding with R or transferring to Python for the future analytics. The training could lead to an ongoing relationship with the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre including continued training and/or support with a larger data analytics research project in line with the organisation's strategic vision and priorities for 2019-20. This was the fourth session delivered to the group and focused on SQL. A well received interactive workshop provided delegates with introductory to intermediate level knowledge tailored to the public sector. Feedback forms found all delegates has increased in their knowledge and found course content and delivery model useful. The teams plan to use this new found knowledge to improve the data analytics and research techniques within their counties, directly influencing how the police services work in partnership with one another and tackle crime across the region. Outcomes not only include building a relationship with this priority stakeholder, but also expand to planning a challenge lab related to county lines criminal activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Data Science - Transport for West Midlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 4th November 2019, the Centre delivered a training session to Transport for West Midlands. This brought together a range of partners from data analytics teams across the the west midlands including Public Health England, Councils, Transport and crime. An interactive workshop providing delegates with intermediate level training on R designed to build upon previous training delivered by the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre. Introduction Regression Classification Cross-validation 15 delegates attended a very well received training session. During lunch, discussions turned to wider collaborative projects such as challenge labs and DAIVs as well as further training for 2020. The nature of the sessions would be to directly inform data analytics teams and build expertise to address key challenges. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust training on C# |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | As part of the merger between Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust and Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, the Business Informatics Department are moving to a Microsoft Azure Warehouse, which is new to the existing Business Informatics Team based at Colchester. The Head of Business Informatics has identified one of the specific skills gaps within the team as being C#. C# is required by the team as this system is used in the production of U-SQL. Using the expertise of the ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre and its network of renowned researchers and data analysts, the Centre partnered with the Trust to offer bespoke training on C# in order to upskill its staff, enabling them to maximise C# potential in the context of the healthcare system. Training summary This one day training programme provided delegates with a foundational knowledge of C#, exploring user-defined types, Lambda-expressions and LINQ as well as an overview on advanced features. The delegates and hospital lead reported finding the session really useful. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Training: Enhancing R - Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 14th November 2019, the Centre delivered an interactive training session to Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies. 8 delegates from the data analytics teams from the partner constabularies attended the session delivered by Dr Philipp Broniecki and Dr Luke Abbs. The session built upon previous sessions delivered to the constabularies. feedback from the constabularies data analytics lead (Ben Terry) was very positive and he is keen to engage with the centre moving forward. The teams plan to use the skills learnt to enhance their data analytics capacity to explore a number of projects including county lines, knife crime and understanding trends in crime data. The agenda included:Introduction to the Session Subset selection Regularisation Tree-Based Methods Model Averaging Hackaton Prediction Exercise It is also worth noting that the constabulary has expressed an interest in undertaking a challenge lab in 2020 which is currently being explored with the outreach lead. All training delegates reported an improved understanding and scored the session 8 or more out of 10. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Enhancing R - Transport for West Midlands |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 5th November 2019, the Centre delivered a training session to Transport for West Midlands. This brought together a range of partners from data analytics teams across the the west midlands including Public Health England, Councils, Transport and crime. An interactive workshop providing delegates with intermediate level training on R designed to build upon previous training delivered by the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre. 8 delegates attended a very well received training session. During lunch, discussions turned to wider collaborative projects such as challenge labs and DAIVs as well as further training for 2020. The nature of the sessions would be to directly inform data analytics teams and build expertise to address key challenges. The training included: Subset selection Regularisation Tree-based methods Monte Carlos Hackaton Prediction Exercise |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Follow Up R - ECDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 27th September 2019, the centre facilitated a training session for members of ECDA. This intermediate level training session built upon previous training delivered by the Centre. the aim was to bridge skills gaps in the data analytics departments within Essex County Council and Essex Police in order to support collaborative working across the county. The session included: Data Sub-setting and Logical Conditions Tidyverse Introduction: simple data manipulation, renaming, summarizing, aggregating Merging Data Reshaping Data Regular Expressions The session received positive feedback with delegates reporting an improved understanding of data. The council and police have already requested follow up training and have plans to work in partnership with the centre moving forward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to Data Science - ECDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 24th September 2019 the centre delivered a training session for members of ECDA. These consisted of Essex County Council and Essex Police data analytics delegates. The session built on previous training delivered by the centre and included: Regression Classification Cross-Validation Subset-Selection Regularisation 18 delegates attended the session, all of whom reported an improvement in their understanding of R and data science. Further sessions are planned for 2019 and this continues to strengthen our relationship with the council and police whilst bridging workforce skills gaps for more effective research and data analytics within the public sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to Data Science - Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 12th November 2019, the Centre delivered an interactive training session to Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies. 8 delegates from the data analytics teams from the partner constabularies attended the session delivered by Dr Philipp Broniecki and Dr Luke Abbs. The session built upon previous sessions delivered to the constabularies. feedback from the constabularies data analytics lead (Ben Terry) was very positive and he is keen to engage with the centre moving forward. The teams plan to use the skills learnt to enhance their data analytics capacity to explore a number of projects including county lines, knife crime and understanding trends in crime data. The agenda included: Introduction to the Session Cross-Validation Regression Classification All delegates reported an improvement in understanding. it is also worth noting that the constabulary has expressed an interest in undertaking a challenge lab in 2020 which is currently being explored with the outreach lead. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to R - Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The newly restructured joint department within Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies are looking to enhance their use of more modern techniques in order to provide reports to the organisation. Use of software and technologies such as Microsoft Power BI, SQL and Programming languages such as R and Python are beginning to emerge as useful tools within the department and thus the team is keen to bridge skills gaps and build internal capacity to optimise their potential. The training will build a foundation for staff to further understand what software and technology can offer and ensure their correct and efficient use within the context of Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies. The Data Insight Manager has identified a number of priorities to be addressed through the training which encompasses the needs of the newly formed mixed team. • Training a large group of staff around the building of Power BI Reports. This is to enhance the department functionality around developing and building self-service business intelligence reports for the organisation to consume. • The newly formed data analytics team (Data Insight Team) is looking to bridge skills gaps in order to enhance their use of SQL, R and Python. SQL has become the 'bread and butter' for the team and they are now looking to ensure its efficient use. Building on this concept the team is keen to introduce data science approaches to analysis and specific reports within the team in the future. Therefore are looking to understand how to use R and/or Python to achieve this. The current process within the organisation includes support from ICT department for R elements. However, the restructure of teams could present new opportunities for additional expertise to be built within the team. As a result the training will also serve as a platform to explore the direction of travel for the service, specifically addressing the pros/cons of proceeding with R or transferring to Python for the future analytics. The training could lead to an ongoing relationship with the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre including continued training and/or support with a larger data analytics research project in line with the organisation's strategic vision and priorities for 2019-20. The Centre facilitated the first of the sessions on 7th September 2019 to 14 delegates from across the constabularies. The introduction to R was well received with feedback forms providing positive feedback on all aspects of course content and delegate packs. Conversations with the data analytics leads were further opportunities to promote the wider work of the Centre and discuss potential Challenge Labs and/or DAIVs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to R, Basics Data Types and Structure, Basic Operations, and how to import data from CSV delivered to Business Seminar Students of University of Essex and Southend County Council delegates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Haider Raza, facilitated a bespoke session on R, basics data types and structure, basic operations and how to import data from CSV delivered to the Business Seminar Students of University of Essex and a number of external delegates from Southend County Council. A total of 37 delegates took part in the session with positive feedback from all. As a result of the positive feedback, we have been invited to deliver a second session in November 2018 with further council delegates attending. Southend County Council has requested to collaborate with the centre and explore further bespoke training focused on using council data and exploring research opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to SQL - Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Introduction to SQL Training 28th August 2019. The newly restructured joint department within Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies are looking to enhance their use of more modern techniques in order to provide reports to the organisation. Use of software and technologies such as Microsoft Power BI, SQL and Programming languages such as R and Python are beginning to emerge as useful tools within the department and thus the team is keen to bridge skills gaps and build internal capacity to optimise their potential. The training delivered by the Centre's researchers built a foundation for staff to further understand what software and technology can offer and ensure their correct and efficient use within the context of Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies. The Data Insight Manager identified a number of priorities to be addressed through the training which encompasses the needs of the newly formed mixed team. • Training a large group of staff around the building of Power BI Reports. This is to enhance the department functionality around developing and building self-service business intelligence reports for the organisation to consume. • The newly formed data analytics team (Data Insight Team) is looking to bridge skills gaps in order to enhance their use of SQL, R and Python. SQL has become the 'bread and butter' for the team and they are now looking to ensure its efficient use. Building on this concept the team is keen to introduce data science approaches to analysis and specific reports within the team in the future. Therefore are looking to understand how to use R and/or Python to achieve this. The current process within the organisation includes support from ICT department for R elements. However, the restructure of teams presented new opportunities for additional expertise to be built within the team. As a result the training will also serve as a platform to explore the direction of travel for the service, specifically addressing the pros/cons of proceeding with R or transferring to Python for the future analytics. The training could lead to an ongoing relationship with the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre including continued training and/or support with a larger data analytics research project in line with the organisation's strategic vision and priorities for 2019-20. This was the third session delivered to the group and focused on SQL. A well received interactive workshop provided delegates with introductory to intermediate level knowledge tailored to the public sector. Feedback forms found all delegates has increased in their knowledge and found course content and delivery model useful. A second session is planned to build on this SQL introduction. The teams plan to use this new found knowledge to improve the data analytics and research techniques within their counties, directly influencing how the police services work in partnership with one another and tackle crime across the region. Outcomes not only include building a relationship with this priority stakeholder, but also expand to planning a challenge lab related to county lines criminal activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to Stats - ECDA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following the successful training delivered to Essex County Council and Police, the centre was asked to facilitate training through Essex Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA). The session was delivered on 18th September 2019 to 10 members of the network. The agenda included Data Types and Levels of Measurement Central Tendency and Dispersion Covariance and Correlation Hypothesis Testing T-tests Linear Regression Delegates reported enjoying the session and an enhanced knowledge of statistics which they plan to use within their organisations to better analyse public sector data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Introduction to Stats - ECDA (cohort 2) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following the successful training delivered to Essex County Council and Police, the centre was asked to facilitate training through Essex Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA). The session was delivered on 19th September 2019 to 10 members of the network. The agenda included Data Types and Levels of Measurement Central Tendency and Dispersion Covariance and Correlation Hypothesis Testing T-tests Linear Regression Delegates reported enjoying the session and an enhanced knowledge of statistics which they plan to use within their organisations to better analyse public sector data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Minerva training on Python - a one day session focused on practical application of Python |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | As part of the strategic vision of Minerva Analytics Ltd, the directors wish to bridge skills gaps within the team of analysts and the technical team by providing training on Python. This training formed one part of a phased project which will see the team autonomize data gathering and create additional resource within the team for in-depth reports for the business, thus giving the company a competitive edge in their market. Format A one day interactive workshop providing delegates with an overview of Python as well as practical application of the programmes within the context of the company. As a result of the training, all delegates felt equipped to use Python within their role and able to support the company's vision. Feedback forms following the session were all very complementary. As a result further sessions are being arranged in order to explore other areas of data analytics and best practice. The company is also looking to work with the Centre on a DAIV as well as attend the annual conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Training: Statistical Analysis in R - Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The newly restructured joint department within Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies are looking to enhance their use of more modern techniques in order to provide reports to the organisation. Use of software and technologies such as Microsoft Power BI, SQL and Programming languages such as R and Python are beginning to emerge as useful tools within the department and thus the team is keen to bridge skills gaps and build internal capacity to optimise their potential. The training will build a foundation for staff to further understand what software and technology can offer and ensure their correct and efficient use within the context of Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies. The Data Insight Manager has identified a number of priorities to be addressed through the training which encompasses the needs of the newly formed mixed team. • Training a large group of staff around the building of Power BI Reports. This is to enhance the department functionality around developing and building self-service business intelligence reports for the organisation to consume. • The newly formed data analytics team (Data Insight Team) is looking to bridge skills gaps in order to enhance their use of SQL, R and Python. SQL has become the 'bread and butter' for the team and they are now looking to ensure its efficient use. Building on this concept the team is keen to introduce data science approaches to analysis and specific reports within the team in the future. Therefore are looking to understand how to use R and/or Python to achieve this. The current process within the organisation includes support from ICT department for R elements. However, the restructure of teams could present new opportunities for additional expertise to be built within the team. As a result the training will also serve as a platform to explore the direction of travel for the service, specifically addressing the pros/cons of proceeding with R or transferring to Python for the future analytics. The training could lead to an ongoing relationship with the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre including continued training and/or support with a larger data analytics research project in line with the organisation's strategic vision and priorities for 2019-20. The Centre facilitated the first of the sessions on 8th September 2019 to 14 delegates from across the constabularies. The introduction to R was well received with feedback forms providing positive feedback on all aspects of course content and delegate packs. Conversations with the data analytics leads were further opportunities to promote the wider work of the Centre and discuss potential Challenge Labs and/or DAIVs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Training: Suffolk County Council training (day 2) Statistical Analysis in R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Day 2 of Suffolk County Council training on R: In this session delegates were introduced to some basic statistical analysis tools and techniques that can be used within R. Course Overview • Recap over session 1 • Statistical analysis techniques and tools • Functions • Correlation and regression • Models such as predictive analysis Led by Suffolk County Council, the Centre supported the council by delivering a system-wide training session for analysts working across the public sector, including Suffolk County Council, police, hospital and the CCG. As a result of the training, the delegates were able to use R in the context of their work and reported finding the session really useful. Feedback forms were all very positive. Delegates also requested further information about the work of the Centre including the DAIV scheme and conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Training: Suffolk County Council training session (day 1): An Introduction to R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Led by Suffolk County Council, the Centre supported the council by delivering a system-wide training session for analysts working across the public sector, including Suffolk County Council, police, hospital and the CCG. Topics: Day One: An introduction to R, statistical analysis software (refresher session for those already familiar) Day Two: Statistical analysis in R Format: Two full day training sessions with practical exercises where appropriate. Session 1 An Introduction to R In this session delegates introduced to R and R Studio. The workshop was hands on from the beginning with practical examples throughout. Course Overview • An introduction to R and R Studio • Different data structures in R, building matrix and arrays • Importing data from excel, csv, txt • Creating, amending and exporting dataframes • For Loops, If Statements • Coercion of data types As a result of the training, the delegates were able to use R in the context of their work and reported finding the session really useful. Feedback forms were all very positive. Delegates also requested further information about the work of the Centre including the DAIV scheme and conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Transform, Engage, Accelerate |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Jerry's talk encouraged people to visit and interact with those on the stand. The Centre had a stand at the exhibition that generated a number of leads. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.eelga.gov.uk/events/transform-engage-accelerate/ |
| Description | Transformation Challenge Award - new generations requirements |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Essex County Council are trying to identify children at risk in the local area by using data from other government organisations This is pilot scheme. If successful it is planned to roll this out throughout Essex and Suffolk. The Centre is assisting with producing evidence based policy making on child protection. The Centre is providing ongoing advice on software and hardware requirements and implementation for their risk stratification platform. As a result of this involvement, the Centre has been named in HEFCe bid as providing services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Turning Data into Decisions in AgriFood |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Andrew Fearne presented a talk entitled 'From insight to action - putting big data in the hands of small businesses' at this conference. The conference bought together practitioners, academics, business and policy makers. Harnessing the power of Big Data to generate new insights, practices and products is one of the key priorities of today's AgriFood supply chain. Numerous sensors and connected devices are deployed to help AgriFood companies to collect data related to production, processing, and distribution of AgriFood products, referred to as Internet of Things (IoT). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.soci.org/Events/Display-Event?EventCode=PEST520 |
| Description | |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Raising awareness of forthcoming events, items of interest, outputs from the Centre e.g. blogs, research papers, etc. Engaging and collaborating with other Centres e.g. campaigns. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://twitter.com/blgdataresearch |
| Description | UK Trade and Investment: Digital Agenda Forum London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and interest from some members of the devolved authorities. Enhanced awareness of Big Data in relation to UKTI activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Understanding Society Conference 2019 - Information stand |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The centre was asked to have an information stand at the Understanding Society conference held on 2nd - 4th July 2019. The event brought together over 100 academics, researchers, policy makers, councils, ESRC, UKDA,, NatCen and research councils for a 3 day conference featuring over 26 sessions, 83 speakers and 94 papers. This international conference focused on sharing research based on longitudinal household panel studies. The centre hosted an information stand in the networking area across all 3 days and was able to provide literature and speak to other delegates about the services we provide. The event enabled the centre to further promote itself within the research, industry and policy sector. Networking proved fruitful with a number of new contacted sourced and relationships built with partner departments such as UKDA and Understanding Society. The event was also an opportunity to attend the workshops and lectures to pick up on emerging papers and findings, best practice and interest levels in themes related to research which could be useful when considering future centre events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Understanding open source GIS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Andrew Lovett delivered a webinar that discussed developments in open source GIS, in particular reviewing data and software sources. It included a demonstration of the QGIS software, an increasingly popular GIS software solution. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/osgiswebinar |
| Description | University of Kent 2017 Freshers' Fair Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Outreach and Engagement team ran an exhibition stand at the University of Kent Freshers' Fair, to raise awareness of the Centre, and to further market the Big Data Can series. This led to over 100 people signing up to the newsletter, and a rise in the Big Data Can sign ups. This also led to individuals asking the Centre to have exhibition stands at future events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | University of Kent Postgraduate Researchers' Induction Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Outreach and Engagement team had an exhibition stand at the University of Kent Postgraduate Researchers' event to raise awareness of the Centre, the services that we offer to researchers, and the Big Data Can series. This led to more people signing up to the newsletter, and more sign ups to the Big Data Can event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | University of Swansea Business School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | February 2019 - JC presented a seminar on 'Seasoned equity crowdfunded offerings' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Use of routinely collected primarey care data to model longevity and longevity improvement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop at the Mortality and Longevity Symposium, organised by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. There was so much interest in the topic by the audience (approx. 50 people) that the presentation turned into a lively Q&A session. There were a number of requests for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Using Administrative Datasets to Evaluate Social Care in England: Challenges and Opportunities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jose Luis Fernandes presented at the BLG DRC Conference. There was a panel discussion at the end of the sessions when the audience raised some interesting questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Using Big Data to analyse the effect of Business Support on SMEs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A blog post by Research Fellow Fola Malomo was published on the BLG website as part of the Centre's Small Business Saturday activities. This focussed on a recent research project to analyse the effect of a specific business support mechanism on the performance of SMEs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/using-big-data-to-analyse-the-effect-of-business-support-on-smes |
| Description | Using food sales data to explore local food environment: what can we learn? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Around 25 people attended a session presented by Andy Jones, and there was considerable discussion around the analysis and data. Subsequently two different research teams have made contact with further questions about the data, and with potential collaboration opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Using food sales data to explore local food environment: what can we learn? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Work using Supermarket sales data to investigate associations between sales of unhealthy foods, obesity and the consumption of fruit and vegetables was presented at the International Medical Geography Symposium in Angers, France. Approximately 25 academics and students attended the session, which prompted much interest. Numerous questions were asked by the audience, and we have since started a collaboration with scientists from the University of Edinburgh (who were in the audience) using similar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Vimeo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Promotion of our past webinars. Opportunity offered to contact webinar speaker. Encourages viewers to register for future webinars. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://vimeo.com/blgatessex |
| Description | Virtual CogX, AI for Sustainable Development, Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli participated in Virtual CogX, an event focused on Artificial Intelligence, and she participated in a panel discussion on "Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development". This was on the 10th of June 2020. The panel included a Q&A session with the panel participants and was attended by over 100 participants representing a wide audience coming from academic, industry, policy makers and postgraduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://cogx.live/homepage/ |
| Description | Visit to NHS North East Essex CCG |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AB was Invited to speak to the National Health Service North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group. Spoke at length about the work of the centre and the projects we are currently undertaking. This sparked a number of questions and discussion as to how the Centre can work with the CCG, and which services they may wish to pursue as we approach January 2019. Materials were left and a number of attendees have requested follow up phone calls/emails to see how they might access the DAIV programme.. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Visit to Policy Connect |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Policy Connect is a cross-party think tank which seeks to influence policy. They collaborate with Government and Parliament, through All Party Parliamentary Groups and across the public, private and third sectors to develop policy ideas. They work in health; education & skills; industry, technology & innovation, and sustainability policy. They manage the All Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics, although their work on sustainability will be of interest to the Centre. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, with lots of desire and scope for collaboration. Policy Connect are keen to engage with the conference, to circulate it's taking place with their members and stakeholders, and, where possible, to participate themselves. We looked at the Parliamentary calendar and discussed where the Centre may wish to focus it's feed into Parliamentary/Governmental consultations. Policy Connect fed back that they were keen to host/partner on events that aren't focused on Brexit (as he says they have reached "saturation point" on that and that his members want variety.) We examined whether or not there might be scope for a Parliamentary impact/dissemination event and Policy Connect said they would be happy to organise, promote and co-badge. We agreed the best time would be either October or January, depending on the purpose of the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | WMCA: An Introduction to R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One day bespoke training course delivered for West Midlands Combined Authorities introducing delegates to R by Richard Skeggs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Waste Busters Intervention Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop with range of staff from Braintree District Council and Essex County Council to develop potential interventions for improving waste behaviours. Progressed intervention design conversations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Webinar - Analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RH presented this webinar to highlight the potential of the data available from the CQC and other sources, analyses of: competition in the care home market; and the dynamics of the care home market, were presented. An increase in interest was reported after the event, and led to several follow up meetings on collaborations and link ups re: potential Innovation Voucher opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-analysing-the-market-for-care-homes-for-older-people-using-ca... |
| Description | Webinar: Alternative Finance Revolution |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Professor Jerry Coakley analysed the alternative finance phenomenon and argued that it marks the beginning of a revolution in the financing of small businesses in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/financewebinar/ |
| Description | Webinar: An introduction to R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr R Calabrese presented a webinar on-line to an international audience covering the software 'R' and its applications. The audience submitted questions and the post-webinar survey recorded an uplift in attendees knowledge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-an-introduction-to-r/ |
| Description | Webinar: Survival Benefits of Statins |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar, Lisanne Gitsels (author) discussed the recent research "Survival Benefits of Statins for Primary Prevention: A Cohort Study" in detail, explaining the reasons for carrying out the study, how the research was conducted, as well as the findings and how these can be applied in "real-life" scenarios. Enquiries received for more information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/statinswebinar/ |
| Description | Webinar: Using Python to analyse and manipulate big data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Dr Kamaran Fathulla demonstrated the power and versatility of Python programming language to access, manipulate, and visualise Twitter data. Attendees gained an understanding of the programming constructs and techniques used to tap into Twitter data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/pythonwebinar/ |
| Description | Webinar: Analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Professor Ruth Hancock will be analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data. A well-functioning market for care home places for older people is important if Local Authorities are to discharge their duty to support older people with care needs. Considerable controversy exists over Local Authorities' roles in shaping the market and meeting the fees of care home residents who are eligible for Local Authority funding. In this webinar we will illustrate how data about care homes from the Care Quality Commission, can be analysed to shed light on some aspects of the care home market. We will also illustrate how those data can be enhanced by combining them with data from other sources such as NHS Digital, LaingBuisson market surveys and ONS locality data. Two topics will be used to highlight the potential of the data: competition in the care home market; and the dynamics of the care home market. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-analysing-the-market-for-care-homes-for-older-people-using-ca... |
| Description | Webinar: Assessing Green Infrastructure provision in the East of England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Professor Andrew Lovett will be discussing the results from his recent research which considers the Green Infrastructure provision in the East of England. He will discuss what is meant by green infrastructure and provide examples of local authorities which are looking into ways their own green infrastructure data can be analysed in order to improve provisions and services. In his research, Andrew looked at new methodologies to map green infrastructure on a regional scale by combining data from Ordnance Survey, MasterMap and OpenStreetMap. Results for the counties of Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk were compared with data from the recently released Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace product, particularly in terms of variations between local authorities and associations with a range of socio-economic and environmental indicators. The webinar will include a Q&A session to allow time for you to ask Andrew questions about his research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/giswebinar2018/ |
| Description | Webinar: DAIV Application Process |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Centre delivered a webinar for those who have expressed an interest in applying for the Data Analytics Innovation Voucher (DAIV). The webinar covered all aspects of the application process as well as case studies of successful DAIVs in the past, terms and conditions and FAQs. At the end of the webinar, attendees had the opportunity to ask questions. All feedback was very positive, we received five new emails immediately following the webinar to request an application form. We also received countless thank yous from attendees who found the slides professional and informative. Over 18 organisations attended the webinar all of whom were engaged throughout. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Webinar: Data mining with R |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Richard Skeggs presented a webinar on-line to an international audience covering data mininig in the software R. The audience submitted questions and the post-webinar survey recorded an uplift in attendees knowledge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-data-mining-with-r/ |
| Description | Webinar: Diversity in AI, From Algorithms to Fair and Trusted AI Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Fasli was the keynote speaker in the "Diversity in Artificial Intelligence" webinar which was organised by Profusion. Prof Fasli talked about the challenges of deploying AI technologies, biases in the various stages of applying AI and prompted the audience to examine their practices. The webinar was attended by about 70 participants coming from industry, but also other sectors. Following on the webinar, there was a lively discussion between participants and Prof Fasli answered questions and provided commentary. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Webinar: Linear and Non-Linear Forecasting using Stata |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Marianna Marra presented a webinar on-line to an international audience covering linear and non-linear forecasting using Stata. The audience submitted questions and the post-webinar survey recorded an uplift in attendees knowledge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-linear-and-non-linear-forecasting-using-stata/ |
| Description | Webinar: Machine Learning with Mahout |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Richard Skeggs will give an overview of what Apache Mahout is and the functions that are available. He will also discuss what the framework can be used for and highlight some cases studies. The webinar will include demonstrations and examples using the Apache Mahout software. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/machinelearningwebinar/ |
| Description | Webinar: Mind the Gap |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The BLG Data Research Centre hosted a webinar featuring Isha Mishra, PhD Researcher at the Essex Business School, University of Essex which focused on what is meant by skills gap, how the skills gap affects social welfare and the ways in which local council (including Essex County Council) uses this information to address skills gap. The webinar, titled Mind the Gap: Skills Gap in the Labour Market, included a deep dive into best practice in labour market analysis and practical application of initiatives within the public sector followed by a live Q&A with the audience. The purpose of the webinar was to promote the work of the Centre and widen engagement through this virtual platform. Whilst the webinar was open to the general public internationally, the marketing was focused on the core audience of students, academics, councils, those with an invested interest in the subject matter of labour markets as well as the research community. Attendees included four councils in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Webinar: Natural Language Processing in Theory and Practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Dr Aline Villavicencio from the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering at University of Essex, introduces natural language processing (NLP) and explores her recent work on cognitively motivated NLP. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-natural-language-processing-in-theory-and-practice/ |
| Description | Webinar: Technological Innovation and Multinational Enterprises in the Information Age: An Era of Global Connectivity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar, Professor John Cantwell, from Rutgers University, will argue that the character of global-local relationships in knowledge development has been transformed in the information age. While developing technological knowledge still depends critically on local networks or clusters, the international connectivity of a place has now become vital to the functioning of local innovation systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Webinar: The Spread of Influence Through a Networked Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Professor Ali Rana Atilgan explores his recent work on networks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/networksocietywebinar/ |
| Description | Webinar: The way forward: Simulations for analysing business data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Abhijit Sengupta presented a webinar on-line to an international audience introducing them to agent based modelling and its applications. The audience submitted questions and the post-webinar survey recorded an uplift in attendees knowledge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/webinar-simulations-for-analysing-business-data-the-way-forward/ |
| Description | Webinar: What Affects Bank Debt Rejection? Bank lending conditions in UK SMEs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In this webinar Mingchen Sun will present his recent research on bank lending conditions. Using the UK Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) Finance Monitor data over 2010-2016, Mingchen's research explores developments in bank credit market conditions focusing on common causes of bank debt rejections within UK SMEs. Following the global financial crisis the factors affecting rejections remain similar while business overdrafts and term loans show slightly different trends. Mingchen will present evidence that younger, smaller and more innovative SMEs are more likely to be rejected; while partnerships and firms with higher initial credit balance and female owners are more likely to be approved. The research shows that rejection rates over the period under investigation have been broadly similar for micro-firms compared to other SMEs, while start-ups appear to have suffered dire credit conditions, particularly prior to 2014 with little improvement over the most recent years. This is worrying as young start-ups drive innovation and supporting them would boost job creation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Wellies On and Community Music Consultation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Following a presentation at the Community 360 network event earlier in 2019, Ellie (CEO of Wellies On) and board member Maricia (also CEO of Community Music) attended a consultation to discuss their data analytics needs. The session explored their key data collection practices and the impact of their work as well as methods of research to demonstrate 'need'. As well as the DAIV, the centre was able to recommend the spotlight evaluation tool as well as the evaluation services offered by the wider university. The consultation resulted in the clients feeling more informed as to how best to begin the data collection process, an EOI for the DAIV as well as a follow up email with useful contacts for wider KTP. The clients have also expressed an interest in supporting research student placements as well as attending the workshops planned for August-September. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | What Works Training session at London Borough of Islington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | JV delivered a lunchtime learning session to members of Council staff including those from Public Health. There was a good level of engagement with the session with many people speaking tot he presenter afterwards. Audience reported a change in understanding of how quantitative research could provide useful insights. Audience were particularly interested in learning more about the standard process he had for producing evidence of the effectiveness of interventions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | What Works? Part of BLG DRC Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Jim Vine provided attendees with an understanding of the concepts that are most important when intending to establish whether particular interventions are effective. He outlined a process framework which is useful in maximising the robustness and impact of findings, provided an overview of techniques that are available to establish what works, and gave a brief introduction to other types of evaluation that are useful alongside evaluation of effectiveness. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.blgdataresearch.org/blgsummerschool2017/ |
| Description | What is Big Data? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | R Skeggs was invited to speak at Brunel about the growth of Big Data, its use within business, the trends that will make an impact in 2018. The talk provoked a number of interesting questions and discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Whole of Essex information sharing framework (WEISF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presented Centre services and raised profile across Pan-Essex organisations including police, fire services, borough councils. The Centre were Invited to a follow up workshop that led to collaboration on a project with ECC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Women of the Future 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presenting and engaging at the annual event 'Women of the Future' organised by UEA, ResNet, and John Innes Centre (JIC). The event is for year 10 girls and aims to inspire them about STEMM academia and industry. The girls and their teachers were enthusiastic about all the different research possibilities within STEMM and asked many questions about our experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Women of the Future 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presenting and engaging at the annual event 'Women of the Future' organised by UEA, ResNet, and John Innes Centre (JIC). The event is for year 10 girls and aims to inspire them about STEMM academia and industry. The girls and their teachers were enthusiastic about all the different research possibilities within STEMM and asked many questions about our experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Working group on data mapping |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on sources of local economic growth data. Raising awareness on alternative souces of data to map local economic growth. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Working group on mapping innovation assets in the Eastern region |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussed methodologies to map innovation assets. Impact - changing methodologies to capture intangible assets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on Entrepreneurship - Asian Development Institute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | (VS) Presentation on Third Age entrepreneurship for a workshop organised by University of Leicester with ADBI. Further collaboration with U of L and ADBI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/business/news-and-events/events/2018/smes-finance-symposium |
| Description | Written contribution to 'Hard Evidence' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Comments from three people to date on the Hard Evidence web site Replies to one comment appear to result in the commentator better understanding our analysis. Otherwise we are not aware of impact directly attributable to this activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://theconversation.com/hard-evidence-do-elderly-disabled-people-get-the-state-support-they-need-... |
| Description | Your Voice: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) Outreach and Engagement Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Centre participated in the engagement eventwith EPUT. At this meeting the discussion topic was 'Coping with depression and anxiety - mental health crisis, how can we help you?'. As well as presentations from the lead psychiatrist and psychologist who discussed diagnosis, interventions, the range of treatments available and what is involved for a patient, there was also the opportunity to speak directly to the Chair, Deputy, Chief Executive, Directors, Senior Managers and Governors; hear about future plans; ask questions during the Q&A session. Attendees included STP strategic mental health leads, councils, charities, community group leaders, patients, public and carers who each represented different regions of the Trust's delivery footprint. By attending the event, the Centre was able to discuss the use of data analytics to improve service delivery, analyse impact, predict demand and allow delivery partners across the region to work collaboratively across the patient referral pathway. This use of data analytics could be complement using the 'lived experience' of service users to redesign services. Strategic directors expressed an interest in exploring this concept further. Contact details and resources were exchanged. Engagement extended to social media where conversations continued between partners and stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | consultation with SPACES project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | consultation to evaluate future work project with SPACEs project, based across local authorities and business partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | interview with BBC Radio Norfolk - Adoptions in Crisis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Beth Neill participated live in studio radio interview on the BBC Radio Norfolk Breakfast show 26 September 2017. This was in response to a news story reporting that one third of adoptive parents in a large survey were "in crisis". She was able to comment on this drawing on research carried out at UEA, including the statistical analysis of survey data carried out in collaboration with Dr Marcello Marciano from the BLGDC. Beth "tweeted" about the interview and this was re-tweeted by several people who have follower numbers in the thousands. Radio Norfolk has reportedly 186,000 listeners per week |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |