Past events
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Mapping Crime Data in R: Live code demonstration
11:00 - 13:00 16 February 2024
Do you want to display crime data on maps but don’t know how? Crime data often contains spatial components. As a result, analyses of crime data can create patterns that are clearly linked to geography. Naturally, putting the data or analysis on a map makes a lot of sense. Unfortunately, if you have...
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Data in the spotlight: Large scale social surveys
10:00 - 11:30 14 February 2024
Did you know that data from major social surveys such as the British Social Attitudes survey, the Labour Force Survey and the Health Survey for England can be accessed for research and teaching? These UK surveys provide a rich source of data from representative samples on important social and economic...
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Research Café - Manchester's DNA
12:30 - 14:00 14 February 2024
Are geneticists historians? How does archaeology and history deal with the new data being generated in the lab? Does biomolecular investigation open up a new type of humanities scholarship? Scientific approaches are challenging what we know, and how we know, about the past. Join us for an informal...
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Careers Panel: Work and life in the humanitarian sector
14 February - 26 April 2024
A discussion with experienced professionals from humanitarian and human rights organisations, for University of Manchester students and interested members of the public. SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Michelle Farrington - Public Health Promotion & Community Lead (and Interim Deputy Humanitarian Director) at Oxfam...
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Data Science in Practice
14:00 - 15:30 14 February 2024
Fifth event in the Data Science in Practice Series, organised by the Department of Social Statistics for any student interested in the use of Data Science in commercial settings. This week the speaker will be Aidan O'Brian, Senior Data Scientist at TalkTalk. 14th of February, 2pm, University Place...
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