UCL Social Data Institute

What skills and experience can be gained from an internship with the Social Data Institute? Lucile Escoffier is currently studying a BSc in Politics and International Relations at UCL and completed an internship with the Social Data Institute at Save the Children in summer 2024. In the latest student spotlight in our series Lucile provides an insight into the rewarding experience of working for Save the Children during her social data institute internship and the valuable insights gained into the operations of a large humanitarian organisation. Lucile outlines the tasks she was involved with, such as data analysis, project coordination as well as the opportunity to work with professionals from different departments. https://buff.ly/4fers6H

Looking for some data expertise? Hire a UCL student with data skills for a project this summer. Every year the UCL Social Data Institute collaborates with start-ups, large corporations, charities, and public sector organisations, including local authorities to place our UCL students with data expertise on short term projects. Students can provide support with data analysis and research, writing up analyses for reports and merging, cleaning and preparing datasets amongst other tasks. To participate in the scheme we ask that: · Internships last around 6 weeks (mid June - September) · Your organisation pays the student a wage of at least the London Living Wage · Interns are assigned a supervisor from your organisation to support their work Interested in hosting an internship or learning more? Find out about the scheme, how it works and how it might benefit your organisation on our website or by contacting us on [email protected] https://buff.ly/41jFMrq

Unlocking potential – the role universities can play in reforming prison education Caroline Parker, Ph.D., Lecturer of Anthropology and Deputy Director of the Social Data Institute at UCL, and author of a new book, Carceral Citizens, is directing a new pilot educational initiative with HM Prison Belmarsh - Unlocking Potential: Leveraging Global Best Practices in Prison Education. Learning from the successes of University-in-Prison programs internationally, Parker’s long-term goal is to create the vital institutional mechanisms that will enable UCL to provide transformative education in the social sciences and humanities for incarcerated learners at Belmarsh Prison, ensuring that those in prison are able to benefit from the world-leading education that UCL has to offer. Read the story in full here:  https://lnkd.in/ehESh_sV

Are you considering applying for an internship with the Social Data Institute? Dylan Walter Jones completed a BSc Philosophy, Politics, & Economics with Social data science at UCL and graduated in 2023. In our latest alumni spotlight feature Dylan tells us about his time as an intern at Islington Council as part of the social data institute internship scheme. He talks about the skills his gained from this experience as well as his best memories of UCL. Dylan also explains the ways in which the internship helped prepare him for his current role as a Press office statistician at the Department of Business & Trade. https://buff.ly/3CBsmfY

The UCL Social Data Institute is looking for new partners to host its 2025 summer internship students. Each year we collaborate with start-ups, large corporations, charities, and public sector organisations, including local authorities to place UCL students with data expertise on short term projects. We currently work with a number of partners and organisations such as the Financial Times, CPI, the British Red Cross as well as a number of smaller more bespoke consultancies and charities. Interested in participating in the scheme? We ask that: · Internships last around 6 weeks (mid June - September) · Your organisation pays the student a wage of at least the London Living Wage · Interns are assigned a supervisor from your organisation to support their work We're always eager to welcome new partners into our vibrant network, so if you're interested in collaborating with us and hosting internship students check out our website for more details or reach out directly on [email protected] as we'd love to hear from you! https://buff.ly/4eCF1wC

The UCL Social Data Institute is looking for new partners to host its 2025 summer internship students. Each year we collaborate with start-ups, large corporations, charities, and public sector organisations, including local authorities to place UCL students with data expertise on short term projects. We currently work with a number of partners and organisations such as the Financial Times, CPI, the British Red Cross as well as a number of smaller more bespoke consultancies and charities. Interested in participating in the scheme? We ask that: · Internships last around 6 weeks (mid June - September) · Your organisation pays the student a wage of at least the London Living Wage · Interns are assigned a supervisor from your organisation to support their work We're always eager to welcome new partners into our vibrant network, so if you're interested in collaborating with us and hosting internship students check out our website for more details or reach out directly on [email protected] as we'd love to hear from you! https://buff.ly/4eCF1wC

Introducing our SODA Alumni spotlight series! What is it like to complete an internship at the UCL Social Data Institute? Dicle Bulut studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics with Social Data Science and graduated from UCL in 2023. We asked Dicle a series of questions about her experience completing an internship with the UCL Social Data Institute where she worked for a non-for-profit organisation. Find out about Dicle’s experience of the internship, the advice she would give to current students applying for the scheme and her current role as a Graduate Data Scientist at British Airways. https://lnkd.in/e7sVAEug

The UCL Social Data Institute is delighted to announce that it has received £530,000 funding from UKRI-DRI for a 3-year Data Storytelling for Digital Research Infrastructure project. Led by Dr Igor Tkalec, the project aims to address one of the UKRI DRI's strategic priority themes around skills gaps and will establish data storytelling as a mainstream approach to the communication of data insight. Through an integrated series of face-to-face workshops across the UK, the project will imbue more than 500 early-career researchers with skills in data storytelling thus enabling them to present data-intensive research creatively and intuitively. The project constitutes a nationally enabling platform to engage with data storytelling and effective communication, a tandem of skills that have been recognized as vital by the industry. https://buff.ly/3YHTgKK

The UCL Department of Geography & the UCL Social Data Institute receive £5.8m in funding from the UKRI to develop the Smart Data Research UK Geographic Data Service. This will help us to better understand the geographic disparities, barriers to opportunity and the circumstances of vulnerable populations across the UK and beyond.   Founding Director of the UCL Social Data Institute, Professor James Cheshire (UCL Geography) said: “It has been my objective to position UCL as a trailblazer in the creation and use of cutting-edge datasets in the social sciences. Working with our partner institutions, these investments present a tremendous opportunity to make us a national leader in this space.”    https://lnkd.in/e3tUkZqS 

Are you a UCL Social Data Institute or the UCL Q-step centre alumni?   If that's you then please do join our LinkedIn alumni group so that we can keep in touch and share the latest news and updates from the UCL Social Data Institute: https://lnkd.in/ePbiRBps