Leeds Data Science

Leeds Data Science Society is one of the hottest societies at the University of Leeds, focusing on spreading the joy of data science across disciplines.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Annoucement: We will roll out our free data science training scheme ("Data Hero Scheme") to all undergraudate and MSc students in the University of Leeds. Over the scheme, we plan to do some data science projects together for the public good. Stay tunned for the application day.

[Ning @NingData]

Career vaccination! It's always my mission to empower people with necessary data skills to lead the change in their work and community. In 2021, I realise that this mission is becoming more critical as many of university students feel anxious about finding a job. (1)

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

A fantastic job opportunity! — Data and Insight Coordinator - Leeds University Union https://t.co/MKiT0BUw5a

[Alex Selby-Boothroyd @AlexSelbyB]

Last day to apply for a trainee data visualisation role with @TheEconomist's data team
https://t.co/kU9CFBFczY

[Leeds Institute for Data Analytics @LIDA_UK]

We're hiring! @LIDA_UK Data Science #internships now open for applications. Are you a graduate/career changer interested in data science for public good, looking for a springboard into industry #DataScience? #applynow👉https://t.co/3IzblQ7JNR. @CDRC_UK @data_can_hub @turinginst

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

This is a great opportunity for ECR and PhD students!

[The Alan Turing Institute @turinginst]

*Deadline extended to 9 June 23:59 BST*

Calling all #EarlyCareerResearchers! Applications still open for the Turing-@LIDA_UK Data Study Group

#ECRs: Join #TuringDSG to rapidly develop your #DataScience skills using real-world data

Apply: https://t.co/aageGpaOjt

(Remote event)

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

'Huge shortage' in digital skills says Apprentice winner https://t.co/vWp6urOphb

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

We're so happy to see one of Data Hero Scheme students sending in the "homework". They have 1-2 hours online coding session with us every Sunday. All of them are @UniversityLeeds undergraduate and master students. Now some are having a head start. #RStats https://t.co/XeMHkmt8VP

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

After 2 weeks of Data Hero Scheme, students are still going strong on learning coding. We will finish our project 1 teaching in this weekend and start teaching database and other programming languages. We're also basking some free advanced data science training for this summer.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Our 2nd week training is coming up this weekend. We're trying a different venue to deliver our teaching - connection stability is a new challenge. The other thing is that we aim to finish project 1 material and record some short videos for all the participants.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Thank you for the 80+ students attended our 1st Data Hero Scheme session on Sunday. For those who couldn’t make it this time, hopefully we get to see you in the next session. It’s just the beginning of something great and we’re glad to be with you in this journey. Keep going!

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Data Hero Scheme is finally starting to teach next week. The weekend cohort enrolment is looking really good. Thank you everyone!

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Yes. It’s expensive to learn coding if you join one of those bootcamps or take a full-time degree. This is why we as data science educator are trying to reduce the learning burden by teaching data science at a minimum cost like free. https://t.co/ysPdYHru07

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Congratulations, Dr Otley! Amanda has been a tremendous supporter for us over the years (one of the guardian angels) and a lot of members have benefited greatly from her tutorial. It’s a special day for her and her family. We wish her all the best (and get her back soon 😆)!

[Amanda @amandaotley]

Super excited to have passed my PhD viva today 🥳🙌 Thanks so much to my examiners @alexsingleton and @LP_Burns and Graham Clarke for chairing, and of course thanks to my amazing supervisors @drshellm, Andy Newing and @Mark_Birkin 🎉

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Data Hero Scheme: We have decided to accept 95% of the applicants. The decison has been sent out just now. The small 5% will be invited to join us in the later stage.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

We're considering to accept all 150 Leeds students into the Data Hero Scheme. Career vaccination time!

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

We have finished our Data Science Career Talk this week. The talk was amazing - a lot of tips and insight. Thank you Lu! Stay tunned for the next episode everyone! Have a nice weekend!

[Ning @NingData]

Finishing my Data Science Career Talk with @luuuuliu. Lu was recommended to me by one of my peers in the research centre as I was looking for somone to participate in a data challenge. When you put yourself out there, showing your skill and determination, luck would come to you.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Thank you everyone for registering this event. We didn't expect such large number for the career talk. We will close the registration 1pm today and send out the livestreaming link.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

We have our 2nd Data Science Career Talk on Friday 13:00, 12 March. It's with our former team member @luuuuliu, who is a senior software developer at London Stock Exchange Group. The event is open to register and Zoom link will be sent on one day before:
https://t.co/4tYhofPc1K

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

It looks like we're hitting another landmark on this event - a high number of registration! Thank you everyone! We shall talk to you on Friday 1pm.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

We have our 2nd Data Science Career Talk on Friday 13:00, 12 March. It's with our former team member @luuuuliu, who is a senior software developer at London Stock Exchange Group. The event is open to register and Zoom link will be sent on one day before:
https://t.co/4tYhofPc1K

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

If any organisation or company is interested in partnering with us on our data science training scheme, please DM or email us.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Data Hero Scheme (update): we're reaching the 100 mark for registration. This is both exciting and sad because we feel the love but we cannot take up all the students as we're currently underfunded. Hopefully this will change soon. We shall let you know our decision on Friday.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

Data Hero Scheme (update): we're reaching the 100 mark for registration. This is both exciting and sad because we feel the love but we cannot take up all the students as we're currently underfunded. Hopefully this will change soon. We shall let you know our decision on Friday.

[Leeds Data Science @LeedsDataSoc]

For #IWD2021, we wanna thank several PhD students who’ve made great contribution to our development over the years. Fun fact: they’re ALL in geography #IWDGeographers. All the best for your PhD: @amandaotley @VerityTether @SarahCGadd, @AnnabelWhipp @FrancescaPontin @vickijenneson

[Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @RGS_IBG]

Are you joining us for #IWD2021 tomorrow? We're running a week-long campaign where you can name a woman who has inspired you geographically and share why! From 8 to 12 March, we'll retweet your posts using the hashtag #IWDGeographers. How to take part👉 https://t.co/tGv7jGQlyA