Happy Birthday, Data Expeditions! Some reflections.
10th November marks the 3 year anniversary of the very first data expedition. What have we learned in the last 3 years? Anyone who followed School of Data closely in…
In memory of Michael Bauer
It was with great sadness that we learned last week that we had lost one of our greats. Michael Bauer passed away suddenly on 13th September 2015 while running the…
User Experience Design – Skillshare
“User Experience Design is the process of enhancing user satisfaction and loyalty by improving usability, ease of use and pleasure provided in the the interaction between the user and the…
School of Data Fellows: Applications are CLOSED!
Yesterday – 10th June, we closed our first ever round of applications for fellows. We are astounded by the response and wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone…
We’re hiring: Open Development Toolkit Lead
This is a joint position between Development Initiatives & Open Knowledge Foundation The Open Knowledge Foundation and Development Initiatives are seeking an Open Development Toolkit Lead to support users of…
Think Tanker’s Data ToolBox
I’m in Prague at the Policy Research, Technology and Advocacy Event @ the Hub, run by Open Society Foundations Think Tank Fund. It’s a fascinating event with some of Europe’s…
Join us for training at Open Government Partnership Summit!
For any participants participating in the Open Government Partnership Summit in London tomorrow – 30th October. Join us for a training session on how to work with company data. What’s…
The European Journalism Centre Announces Free Online Data Journalism Course
The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its free online data journalism course Doing Journalism with Data: First Steps, Skills and Tools.…
Welcome to our new Writer & Analyst
Let’s also welcome another new member of the School of Data team, Neil Ashton. You may remember Neil as the editor of the blog’s Data Roundup for the first half…
Welcome to our new Project Coordinator
This is a quick introductory post to welcome Milena Marin to the School of Data team. Milena is based in London and joined Open Knowledge Foundation as Project and…