City Q-Step Centre

Yesterday’s celebration of our 2nd year @CityQstep students who have been on placement this term applying their data skills. Well done to them, and a big thank you to the organisations who hosted them!

Well done to Marika Akter, for co-authoring research on how the public understands the economy, as part of her placement with @Survation. Marika is a 2nd year student @CityQstep studying for a BSc Criminology & Sociology with Data Analytics degree. x.com/Survation/stat…

diverse-cdt.ac.uk are recruiting for 10 fully funded PhD students for The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity in Data Visualization, starting October 2025.

Did you see our @CityQstep graduate Miles Johnson putting his question to Sunak and Starmer at the election TV debate? From 1hr26min here youtube.com/live/heP8-evLK… Well done Miles 👏

Our 2nd year @CityQstep students showcasing their data placement posters. Well done to them, and a big thank you to the organisations who hosted them! 👏

Good luck to our 2nd year @CityQstep students who begin their data placements this term. And a big thank you to the organisations hosting them! 👏🙏

Why Maths and Quantitative Methods are not the same: TASO Research Intern and City Q-Step student Miles Johnson reflects on his unexpected journey into the world of quantitative methods taso.org.uk/news-item/why-…

Sociology at @CityUniLondon has been ranked in the national top 5 overall for Sociology research by #REF2021 #1 in London for Sociology research impact #1 in London for Sociology overall Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved! timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-…

When charities use data, they discover great things that can change the way we help those in need. @IndependentAge used @usociety data and found more pensioners being pushed into longer-term poverty #Data2Life understandingsociety.ac.uk/2022/01/28/mor…

Two in five pensioners spent at least one year of the last decade in poverty according to our new research with @CityUniLondon. Today we can reveal that many people in later life live precariously, just one step from falling into poverty. Read more: bit.ly/3zUk65d

New on #FirstView by Matt Barnes and Andy Ross: The Problems with Troubled Families: Rethinking the Analysis Behind the 120,000 Troubled Families Statistic cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New from us: a place to share all things quant. Links to bloggers, podcasters, teachers, data analysts, data producers - and data. Plus blogs from us and friends. Visit us soon at quantscorner.blogspot.com

In our latest blog @MattBCityQStep argues that pay is only one part of the discussion on how key workers are rewarded for the work they do moving on from the pandemic. bit.ly/2XzrLEf

Job quality of key workers (2). Within health sector; care workers on low pay and with poor job quality – also disproportionately women and from ethnic minorities. @MattBCityQStep @n_ndebele79 @ekharrison Working paper openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/2425… #keyworkers

Many key workers not only receive low pay but also experience lower job quality than the average employee. New research by @CitySociology Dr Matt Barnes, Nhlanhla Ndebele & Dr Eric Harrison @MattBCityQStep @n_ndebele79 @ekharrison Working paper openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/2425… #keyworkers

Our research report using @usociety data is available to download here openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/2386… @MattBCityQStep

New research for @IndependentAge by @CitySociology Matt Barnes, Nhlanhla Ndebele and @ekharrison using @usociety data to explore life for under-represented groups of older people e.g. with health conditions; carers; BAME; low income; without children independentage.org/in-focus

Insights from an intern - City Q-Step student Aisha Shafi reflects on her recent placement with the Institute of Student Employers ise.org.uk/page/blog-insi…

@CitySociology MSc Research Methods student @GianAddario with his geographical analysis for the Islington People’s Rights exhibition. 'Fifty years of tackling poverty in the borough' now showing at Islington Museum, until 21 January ipradvice.org.uk/ipr50/

Welcome to our new @CityQstep researcher Sara Rodriguez! Induction week treat - coffee and a briefing with @sgallacher65