Data Skills for Global Development Training Programme

The quantity and forms of data available globally is increasing exponentially and global development is amongst the areas seeking to harness its potential. Human capacity and judgement is critical at all stages of data work. This course has been designed to help learners develop their data skills in order to make a difference in global society and is open to anyone with an interest in learning about how data and data skills can contribute to global development. It is likely to be of particular interest to early career global development professionals/job seekers and higher education students studying social science related disciplines.

• This course has several objectives, among which it is worth highlighting:
• • To increase awareness of the importance of data skills in jobs held by social sciences graduates
  • To facilaite learners to acquire skills related to searching, preparing and analysising data.
  • To enable learners to share results through effective data visualization and communication aimed at non-specialists

This course is an output of the Development Counts: Data Skills for Global Development Research Project which was co-funded by the ERASMUS+ programme of the European Union under grant agreement 2019‐1‐UK01‐KA203‐061973.

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