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University of Leeds Press Office@unileedsnews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today's #MilburnReview reveals a "perfect storm" facing young people, with more than a million not in employment, education or training #NEET. Research from @lida-leeds.bsky.social shows inclusive schools could be key 🏫👇 theconversation.com/the-school-y... @uk.theconversation.com

A new UK-wide mentoring scheme through our Health Community PROMOTE project has launched and we're looking for mentors and mentees to take part!

"Training a machine learning model is fun, you cleaned the data, engineered the features, tuned the hyperparameters and finally trained the model that works.

Enjoy gaming? ✅ Love a true crime podcast? ✅ Currently learning Python? ✅ Why not put these together and learn new data skills as the NLP Detective!🕵️‍♀️

"Everything I had built lived inside my notebook. To explain it, I had to walk through code, describe the model, and interpret the results step by step. It made sense to me, but I could see how quickly it became unclear to anyone else 🤯.

It's that time of year again 🥁 Our Data Scientist Development Programme is open for applications! Our award-winning programme is an opportunity for graduates and career changers looking to pursue a career in #DataScience and #AI.

Recent developments surrounding the UK Biobank data breach have brought renewed attention to the importance of secure data management in research. These events underscore a fundamental challenge in modern data science: balancing accessibility with security.

Looking to up your data quality skills? 📈 We're hosting practical 6-Step Data Quality workshops across the UK - delivering training in efficient and rigorous methods for investigating data quality that can save time, reduce cost by avoiding re-work and improve results.

We're proud to celebrate LIDA Data Scientist, Chenrui Xiao, who was awarded the GoFundGeo grant during the @gisruk.bsky.social 2026 Conference in April.

We had a great time this week at our annual #Data & #AI Careers Festival! It was great to see so many of you both at the exhibition and turning up for our keynote speakers. We heard some great conversations and tips on:

Global #DataScience and #AI research collaboration is accelerating, and international partnerships are generating insight at an unprecedented scale. As data needs grow and security expectations evolve, Trusted Research Environments (#TRE's) are playing an increasingly central role.

International Women's Day: 'Give to Gain' means "emphasizing the power of reciprocity and support. When people, organizations, and communities give generously, opportunities and support for women increase. Giving is not a subtraction, it's intentional multiplication. When women thrive, we all rise."

Calling all NHS Data Scientists, Analysts, Engineers and AI pro's 📈 We're mapping career pathways in health data and identifying what helps (or blocks) progression, particularly into leadership.

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting the Department for Transport (DfT) Senior Analyst Team at Virtuocity. It was a fantastic opportunity to showcase our ongoing work, share insights, and explore how advanced simulation and behavioural research can support evidence-based transport policy.

LIDA AI ON CATCHUP - NEW EPISODE Our Scientific Machine Learning group recently hosted a presentation on AIFL, a deterministic LSTM-based model under development for global daily streamflow forecasting. Maria Luisa Taccari spoke from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - ECMWF.

Work with health or biomedical data in the UK? PROMOTE (MRC‑funded, led by @lida-leeds.bsky.social) is mapping real career paths in biomedical data science across academia, industry & healthcare. Share your experience: tinyurl.com/ecnsvtk6 More info: tinyurl.com/5xvn9x4r

PROMOTE - Progressing Routes and Opportunities through Mentoring, Openness, Training, and Equity

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Got data, but not enough time or expertise to unlock its value? We are opening a limited consultation window for organisations interested in joining our Data Insights Programme.

Process mining for health: one year of the LIDA Academic Fellowship Our first Academic Fellowship in #Processmining for #Health at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social focuses on applying methods to #HealthRecords, to better understand real clinical pathways across @england.nhs.uk services.

📊 UK Health & Biomedical Data Scientists - can we get your input? 🧬 Do you work with health or biomedical data? Use statistics, maths, AI or ML in healthcare or life sciences? Support health research as a data engineer?

⌛ Final chance to join our Intelligent Insights session next week! If you work in the private, public or third sector and don't have the internal resource to explore important data and AI questions in your organisation, join us on Monday 12th January to hear about our short data insights projects.

🚀 Leadership update - Data | Business | Public Good Please join us in welcoming Dr Richard Hodgett as the new Academic Chair of the Data Scientist Development Programme from January 2026.

🚀 Unlock the Power of Your Data 30min webinar for private, public & third sector leaders - multiple dates Feeling the pressure to make smarter decisions with tighter budgets and limited capacity? You’re not alone - and you don’t need to do it all in-house.

🚀 Students aren’t just learning AI ethics - they’re shaping it. Our new MSc in AI Ethics and Society is co-created with learners from day one. Find out how pizza sparked pedagogy: bit.ly/4pxTiAp #EthicalAI #SocietalFutures #MastersAtLeeds #FutureLeaders #PostgradLeeds

Co-creating the new AI Ethics and Society MSc - Leeds Institute for Societal Futures

Student ideas are influencing our programme before the first lecture begins. We worked with the Student Partnerships Team to involve students from the outset At Leeds Institute for Societal Futures we...

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Welcome to the LIDA Annual Showcase 2025 A celebration of a year of impact, innovation and collaboration across data science, AI, research and education at University of Leeds. 📊 What’s inside:

A year after securing MRC Biomedical Data Science Leadership funding, PROMOTE has entered an exciting new phase. PROMOTE is focused on strengthening career pathways for biomedical data scientists through mentoring, equity, collaboration and training across academia, industry and the health sector.

📢 Outstanding award win Dr Hall, Associate Professor and Lead of the LIDA Health Community at @universityofleeds.bsky.social, has been awarded a £2million @wellcometrust.bsky.social Fellowship - a prestigious fellowship recognising exceptional mid-career researchers becoming leaders in their field.

✨ What an inspiring day of Women in Data & AI! We were thrilled to host an incredible, diverse, and truly interdisciplinary group of women for our first-ever Women in Data & AI Summit here in Leeds. We're looking forward to hosting more events and opportunities for women in the north of England.

💡5 Lessons from a Year in Data💡 How do you stay motivated when there’s always more to learn and be confident in what you do? "Starting something new, especially in a field as extensive as data, forces you to confront not only what you do not know, but also what you thought you did."

🆕 Women in Data & AI Summit 2025 Join us for a brand new event celebrating and spotlighting women driving innovation in data science and artificial intelligence. We're bringing together academia, industry, and the public sector to share knowledge, build connections, and inspire future leaders.

✨ “What do you want to be when you grow up?” For many young girls, the answer could be scientist, engineer, or #data leader - if they’re given the chance to explore early. When girls are encouraged to follow their curiosity in #STEM, the results ripple far beyond the classroom.