About this event

Wondering if you can use your skills for a career in Data Science? Looking to move your career in a new direction? Join this session to hear insightful talks to help you explore the evolving landscape of data science careers.

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Programme:

10:00 - 10:05: Introduction

10:05 - 10:20: Luke Stoughton

10:20 – 10:35: Dr Emma Karoune

10:35 – 10:50: Questions and Discussion

Audience Level:

Beginner

Learning Outcomes:

Gain top tips to build a career in data science

Speakers

Luke Stoughton, Global Head of Recruitment, The Information Lab

Dr Emma Karoune, Senior Researcher (Research Community Building), The Alan Turing Institute

Left to right: Luke Stoughton, Emma Karoune

Luke Stoughton (he/him)

Luke has worked at The Information Lab for nine years, the first five years as a Consultant specialising in Tableau and Alteryx (data visualisation and manipulation) before moving into Recruitment for The Data School, The Information Lab’s trainee consulting program. He studied a BA in Spanish and an MSc in International Relations, both at the University of Southampton. Before joining The Information Lab he worked in analytical roles in the banking and higher education sectors. He enjoys spending time with his family, playing cricket and playing the guitar.

Dr Emma Karoune (she/her)

Emma works as a Senior Researcher focusing on Research Community Building in The Alan Turing Institute's Tools, Practices and Systems Programme. She brings her open research and community building skills to projects including People in Data, the AI for multiple long term conditions research support facility, the Clinical AI Interest Group, the Turing-RSS Health Data Lab, the DECOVID project and Scoping the future of Health-AI. She co-leads the Research Community Management team within the Tools, Practices and Systems Research Programme. She is a core contributor to The Turing Way (an open-source community-led guide to reproducible research), and a member of the Book Dash Working Group, helping to build resources and training for other researchers.

Emma is working closely with the Turing Skills Team to lead projects such as Professionalising traditional and modern data science roles and People in Data that aim to define diverse data roles and their skills as well as provide greater recognition for people working in these roles. Emma is also a Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, an Elixir-UK FAIR Data Stewardship Training Fellow and a member of the Hidden REF committee.

Talks

1.  The myth of CVs and adopting an aptitude-based approach to recruiting data consultants, Luke Stoughton

Exploring how CVs aren’t the only way to recruit in the tech industry. We’ll see how The Data School has been a pioneer in aptitude-based recruiting and how people from non-traditional backgrounds can have successful careers in tech.

2. Exploring diverse data science roles and their skills, Dr Emma Karoune 

This talk will present some of the research from Emma's Skills Policy Award Project - Professionalising traditional and infrastructure research roles in data science. Emma will present a case for a move away from the current unhelpful and misleading narrative around data science roles dominated by the 'the data scientist' to the much more realistic 'data science team' made up of individuals performing diverse roles with specialised skills to enable more impact and greater sustainability for data science research. She will also introduce her new project 'People in Data' that aims to convene an open community of data professionals, which promotes a culture that values and prioritises data and recognises people that work in data roles as essential to research.

Bristol Data Week 2024

This event is part of Bristol Data Week 2024, organised by the Jean Golding Institute. Running from Monday 3rd June – Friday 7th June 2024, this will be our 7th annual Data Week; an interactive programme of speakers, training and workshops open to all and completely free of charge.

Keep up to date with sessions happening throughout Bristol Data Week on the Jean Golding Institute website follow us on Twitter @JGIBristol and use #BristolDataWeek.