The UK re-joining the Horizon research funding scheme benefits Europe too – the data backs it up: Amorn Suriyan / Shutterstock The UK has just rejoined the EU’s flagship research funding programmes, Horizon Europe and Copernicus. This is great news for science, the EU and the UK. The reasons are simple: science progresses through the …
Concrete in schools: how missing data and poor funding contributed to today’s closures: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock In September 2022, schools in England were at risk of bankruptcy as their day-to-day spending threatened to overtake their regular income. A hasty autumn budget included additional revenue funds for schools, coming as a relief to many school leaders. …
SA’s payments gold mine: The alchemy of data into growth: The African payments industry, by furnishing diverse, robust and user-friendly platforms, is catalysing entrepreneurship and financial independence, while also enhancing income for entrepreneurs. Over the past five years, mobile payments have seen tremendous growth in South Africa. As of 2023, the South African mobile payments …
Linking police and healthcare data could help better identify domestic abuse – new research: Healthcare professionals can play a vital role in identifying and helping people who are experiencing domestic abuse. HTWE/Shutterstock Identifying domestic abuse victims earlier could help to reduce future emergency medical admissions. Our new research shows how this could be done before …
Ghana’s population is young and rapidly urbanising – policies need to match the data: Ghana’s population can be described as rapidly urbanising and young Wikimedia Commons/Flickr Ghana’s population has reached 30.8 million according to the 2021 population census. This is a 6.1 million increase from the 24.7 million recorded in 2010. Understanding population trends is …
Nigeria’s growing population can be an advantage, with better data and a policy focus on young people: Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nigeria’s population is currently estimated at over 222 million, with the median age – the age at the midpoint of the population – 18.1 years. This poses challenges and opportunities. Akanni Akinyemi explains …
Ukraine war: Kremlin’s threat to interfere with undersea data cables may be bluster, but must be taken seriously: In what is more than likely to turn out to be an attempt at escalation in the confrontation between Nato and Russia over the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued recently on his Telegram …
Loan sharks: new data reveals they are often work colleagues or ‘friends’: 'Are you sure you don't want more?' Alex Segre Malai Gambrill doesn’t sound like your typical loan shark. She was a woman in her early 50s working in a hospital in Gillingham, not far from London. She lent £3,000 to a colleague and …
The legal aid sector is collapsing and millions more may soon be without access to justice – new data: A sector on the verge. edwardolive/Shutterstock The UK government has announced changes to legal aid access in England and Wales, updating means test thresholds to account for inflation. These thresholds are the maximum amount of capital …
Census data in West Africa is badly out of date: 5 reasons fresh population statistics are crucial: Guineans living in Ivory Coast wait for their turn during a census on March 26, 2010 in Adjame, a popular district in Abidjan. SIA Kambou/AFP via Getty images West Africa, an area composed of 16 countries, is one …
What does high immigration mean for the government’s popularity? What data on voting habits tells us: The news from the Office of National Statistics that net migration reached a record high of 606,000 in 2022 is likely to have embarrassed the government, particularly the home secretary, Suella Braverman. For years, successive prime ministers have promised …
African scientists are working to pool data that decodes diseases — a giant step: African scientists need a central repository where the genomic data they capture can be uploaded and shared. iStock/Getty Images Plus Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; …
Explore data visually with Python tools: Explore data visually with Python tools bill-wang Wed, 04/19/2023 – 03:00 Open source tools have been instrumental in advancing technology and making it more accessible to everyone. Data analysis is no exception. As data becomes more abundant and complex, data scientists always look for ways to simplify their workflow …
Child sexual abuse: what the data tells us about perpetrators and victims: Amir Bajric/Shutterstock The government has announced plans to make it a crime not to report child abuse. As part of this, the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has vowed to “stamp out” grooming gangs who perpetuate child exploitation. Ending child sexual abuse is of …
5 Raspberry Pi projects to do with this open source data tool: 5 Raspberry Pi projects to do with this open source data tool Anais Fri, 04/14/2023 – 03:00 Tiny computers are practically out-sized by their own potential. There’s seemingly nothing they can’t do, regardless of your industry or interest. For instance, did you know …
Astronomers used machine learning to mine data from South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope: what they found: SAURON: radio intensity (purple) from MeerKAT overlaid on an optical image from the Dark Energy Survey. Michelle Lochner / The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration 2005 New telescopes with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution are being unveiled around the world – and …
Is democracy on the ballot in west Africa? What the latest data tells us: An armed soldier at a polling station during the counting of votes in March 2018 in Freetown. Issouf Sanogo/AFP via Getty Images Democracy indices compiled by respected organisations have suggested that around the world, there’s an increase in authoritarianism or democratic …
Open source maps and open data help humanitarian response: Open source maps and open data help humanitarian response hleson Fri, 03/24/2023 – 03:00 Every day people use “open” to have an impact in their world. The Türkiye and Syria Earthquake Response includes over 9,000 people editing OpenStreetMap (OSM), partners providing open licensed satellite imagery, people …