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Our Q-step interns look back over their time with us
This summer, we were lucky enough to have Manchester students Rabia Butt and Klara Valentova joined us for a Q-step internship. Q-Step was developed as a strategic response to the shortage of quant...
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Is being the first in your family to attend university a sign of success of Widening Participation?
Morag Henderson and Nikki Shure investigate whether being the first in a family to attend university is a good indicator of the success of the Widening Participation agenda.
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Do the arts help defend against cognitive decline and dementia in older people?
Daisy Fancourt explores whether arts and cultural activities can protect against cognitive decline and dementia.
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Hacking data on nutrition and greenhouse gas emissions
What happened at the GGDOT Hacknight in Manchester, when people explored the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and a dataset looking at greenhouse gas emissions associated with food?
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The income satisfaction paradox among pensioners in Europe
Liisa-Maria Palomäki explores the paradox between higher financial satisfaction and lower income for pensioners in Europe, using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditi...
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The impact of Brexit uncertainty on UK exports
Oliver Exton, one of our Data Impact Fellows, explores how uncertainty over Brexit is affecting firms which export.