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ESRC Festival of Social Science 2020 We were very pleased to welcome 15 Year 12 social science students to our ESRC Festival of Social Science online workshop on 12th November. Workshop participants engaged in lively discussion and activities which explored: what makes people happy at work? and insights that quantitative data can provide in relation...
Opportunity: DSSGx Turing UK Data Science for Social Good Fellowship Deadline: 31 January 12:00 Period: 12 week programme 15 June - 5 September 2020 Stipend: Competitive Location: University of Warwick, (UK) The UK Data Science for Social Good summer fellowship (DSSGx) is a paid project-based 12-week training programme designed to produce data scientists with strong...
The deadline for applications has been extended to midnight on Mon 29th April for the following Q Step summer research project placements: ENV-GEO-RN-01: Forecasts of domestic water demand - sensitivity testing of sub-national population projection models ENV-ITS-AS-04: Travel behaviour, local road condition, and public satisfaction LUBS-A&F-IUG-01 “It does matter if you’re black or white”- Critical...
Student applications to the Q Step summer placement scheme are now open. For further details and to apply go to: https://mycareer.leeds.ac.uk/leap/placements.html?page=schemes&id=61 Any questions to: Andrea Denny - a.j.denny@leeds.ac.uk
Applications to Q Step Summer Placement Projects will go live on Tuesday 17th April 2018. Please see the Q Step Summer Placement Scheme 2018 tab for information about eligibility, application process and timescales for recruitment and selection of placement students. All research project briefs will soon be added to the 2018 Placement Projects tab. Deadline...
What makes a dream job, and what makes people satisfied at work? These were the questions explored by a group of year 12 students at Wilberforce 6th Form College, Hull, in a recent session run at the College by the Q-Step team. Dr Danat Valizade, Q-Step Lecturer, and Professor Chris Forde, Co-ordinator of Q-Step at...
Q-Step and the Leeds Data Science Society ran a joint workshop on 7th June on the topic of HR Data Analytics. Attended by around 30 participants, Professor Chris Forde, Q-Step Co-ordinator at the University of Leeds presented on ‘HR data analytics: past, present and future’. The presentation and subsequent question and answer session looked at the growing...
As our successful Q Step Summer research placement students prepare for their 2016 summer research placements, a former student intern, Nataliya Mykhalchenko, presents research findings from her 2015 Q Step research project at a talk at the University of Leeds. Click here to read more: 2015 Summer intern presents research findings 3 May
Exciting collaborations are being planned by the Q Step Centre and two University of Leeds student groups - the Data Science Society and the Student Data Lab. Click the links above to find out more about how they support undergraduate and postgraduate students and how you can get involved.
Q Step lecturer in Quantitative Methods, Dr Albert Varela, is taking part in a School of Sociology and Social Policy discuss on the EU Referendum on Wednesday18th May, 14:00 - 16:00, Mechanical Engineering Room LTA(1.33). June 23rd 2016 may prove an important date in British and European history. On that day, all UK citizens have...