Foundation Research Careers in Different Contexts 2014 ESRC Research Methods Conference Aleks Collingwood Before JRF 1 Undergraduate Anthropology and Statistics OBU Research Assistant AnthropologyNutrition Departments OBU ID: 219213
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Working at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Research Careers in Different Contexts2014 ESRC Research Methods Conference
Aleks CollingwoodSlide2
Before JRF (1)
Undergraduate – Anthropology and Statistics (OBU)Research Assistant (Anthropology/Nutrition Departments, OBU)Wan
Smolbag
(Community Educational Theatre, Vanuatu)
Vanuatu National Population and Housing Census 1999
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Before JRF (2)
Office for National Statistics (ONS)Child Health and Medical ResearchSocial Trends
ONS
Longitudinal Study
HealthEthnicity, Identity, Language and ReligionMSc. Demography and Health (LSHTM)National Centre for Social Research (
Natcen)Longitudinal Study of Young People in England Millenium Cohort Study
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About JRF
JRF: background and aimsStructureMy role
How we work
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Project Management
Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion (NPI)
Living Standards in Later Life (IFS)
Social
Policy in a Cold Climate (LSE)
The dynamics of diversity (CoDE)JRF DATA
www.jrf.org.uk/data
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Advisory and User Groups
ONS Ethnicity, Identity Language and Religion, 2011 Census Analysis Advisory GroupONS Census 2011 Analysis and Dissemination Advisory Group
Family
Resources Survey Users Group (NI
)Index of Multiple Deprivation Advisory GroupEnglish Household Survey – Technical design
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Conferences/Talks
Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference - How we ensure the media interprets our statistics correctlySocial Research Association Annual Conference – Social Research in a Digital Age
Housing Statistics Network
Seminar – Housing in an Ageing Society
House of Commons – Constituency data. Panel member. Chair Mark EastonMaking research useful via visualisation – Alliance for Useful Evidence/Reuters
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Consultation responses
ONS Census (Select Committee)Regional Household StatisticsFRS Questionnaire Consultation
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Additional ongoing tasks
Manage internsKeeping our internal data library up to dateTweeting/Blogging
Axing
health statistics is penny wise, pound
foolish, New ScientistFixing the Jobs Market a Must if We're to Overcome the Scourge of In-work Poverty, Huffington Post The cycle between work and the dole is trapping millions in poverty, New StatesmanIt's time for a new model of specialist housing for older people, The Guardian
Help/advise other organisations – eg
Macmillan Cancer
Support
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Research
Careers in Different Contexts2014 ESRC Research Methods Conference
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leks.collingwood@jrf.org.uk
Follow me on twitter @jrfAleks