Dr Isabel Sassoon
@iksassoon.bsky.social
Data scientist & Senior Lecturer. Royal Statistical Society Fellow. Views are my own.
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
Data wrangling is undervalued, and the consequences can be huge. Rosemary Tate & Roger Halliday call for a culture shift in data science, including “data amnesty” & editorial reform.
Read more on our Real World Data Science site: realworlddatascience.net/foundation-f...
#DataQuality #RWDS
Read more on our Real World Data Science site: realworlddatascience.net/foundation-f...
#DataQuality #RWDS
Why We Should All Be Data Quality Detectives – Real World Data Science
Data serves as the foundation of our work. So why isn’t its quality given the prominence it deserves?
realworlddatascience.net
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Data wrangling is undervalued, and the consequences can be huge. Rosemary Tate & Roger Halliday call for a culture shift in data science, including “data amnesty” & editorial reform.
Read more on our Real World Data Science site: realworlddatascience.net/foundation-f...
#DataQuality #RWDS
Read more on our Real World Data Science site: realworlddatascience.net/foundation-f...
#DataQuality #RWDS
Shana tova’ - Happy New Year 🍯🍎
September 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Shana tova’ - Happy New Year 🍯🍎
#academicSPAM another example for the collection, following up on something "sent" to me on the 10th of March. Signed off with "A brief confirmation from you—regardless of your decision—would be greatly appreciated and will help us avoid further follow-ups. "
August 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
#academicSPAM another example for the collection, following up on something "sent" to me on the 10th of March. Signed off with "A brief confirmation from you—regardless of your decision—would be greatly appreciated and will help us avoid further follow-ups. "
...on the topic of #academicSPAM this is one of many that purport to an email on the 10th of March. I wonder if the phrasing used in these even works?
August 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
...on the topic of #academicSPAM this is one of many that purport to an email on the 10th of March. I wonder if the phrasing used in these even works?
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
NEW POST: "Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies?" by @drckt.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies? — The Learning Scientists
I’m currently preparing teaching for the upcoming academic year. One focus for me has been student self-regulated learning and time management skills. So, as I’m developing resources for students and...
www.learningscientists.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW POST: "Reblog: How To Convince Students To Use Effective Study Strategies?" by @drckt.bsky.social
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
www.learningscientists.org/blog/2023/6/...
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
📣Our Real World Data Science platform is back
The world of data science has been a dizzying place lately, so we paused to take stock. Now we’re back - ready to rejoin the conversation with renewed clarity & purpose
Read our editor's blog & call for ideas
realworlddatascience.net/the-pulse/ed...
The world of data science has been a dizzying place lately, so we paused to take stock. Now we’re back - ready to rejoin the conversation with renewed clarity & purpose
Read our editor's blog & call for ideas
realworlddatascience.net/the-pulse/ed...
July 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
📣Our Real World Data Science platform is back
The world of data science has been a dizzying place lately, so we paused to take stock. Now we’re back - ready to rejoin the conversation with renewed clarity & purpose
Read our editor's blog & call for ideas
realworlddatascience.net/the-pulse/ed...
The world of data science has been a dizzying place lately, so we paused to take stock. Now we’re back - ready to rejoin the conversation with renewed clarity & purpose
Read our editor's blog & call for ideas
realworlddatascience.net/the-pulse/ed...
Wise words from @catherinedevries.bsky.social on the crappy first draft open.substack.com/pub/catherin... #research #academia
Your First Draft Is Supposed to Be Bad. Congratulations!
Letting Go of Perfection So the Real Work Can Begin
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wise words from @catherinedevries.bsky.social on the crappy first draft open.substack.com/pub/catherin... #research #academia
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
Last year we ran a survey on UK HE redundancies.
Based on 349 responses, the UNIVERSITIES DEGRADED REPORT uncovers awful conditions, targeting of marginalised groups, & far more cuts than estimated.
People's stories matter. We can hold leaders to account. Please share widely tinyurl.com/48nzf7ew
Based on 349 responses, the UNIVERSITIES DEGRADED REPORT uncovers awful conditions, targeting of marginalised groups, & far more cuts than estimated.
People's stories matter. We can hold leaders to account. Please share widely tinyurl.com/48nzf7ew
Universities Degraded: Staff Experiences & Employer Practices of Redundancies in UK Higher Education
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Conducted between August and October 2024 and publicised mainly by members of the University and College Union (UCU), the ‘Survey for UCU Members on HE Redundancies’ invited response...
zenodo.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Last year we ran a survey on UK HE redundancies.
Based on 349 responses, the UNIVERSITIES DEGRADED REPORT uncovers awful conditions, targeting of marginalised groups, & far more cuts than estimated.
People's stories matter. We can hold leaders to account. Please share widely tinyurl.com/48nzf7ew
Based on 349 responses, the UNIVERSITIES DEGRADED REPORT uncovers awful conditions, targeting of marginalised groups, & far more cuts than estimated.
People's stories matter. We can hold leaders to account. Please share widely tinyurl.com/48nzf7ew
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
We don't win awards very often, but we won a Policy Impact Award the other day for our work :).
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Senate House opens the doors to Brunel's brightest ideas
Brunel Research Showcase and Impact Awards
www.brunel.ac.uk
June 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We don't win awards very often, but we won a Policy Impact Award the other day for our work :).
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The dept of computer science at Brunel University of London was recently awarded #AthenaSwan silver! Proud to be part of the team - read about it in the press release www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Brunel's Department of Computer Science awarded Athena Swan Silver
The department has been awarded Athena Swan Silver Award by Advance HE, in recognition of the department
www.brunel.ac.uk
June 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The dept of computer science at Brunel University of London was recently awarded #AthenaSwan silver! Proud to be part of the team - read about it in the press release www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
On hunger as a weapon of war, a murderous attack on a Jewish museum - and the blindness of hatred. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A biblical hatred is engulfing both sides in the Gaza conflict – and blinding them to reason | Jonathan Freedland
Israel starving Palestinians, two killings at a Jewish museum: both are atrocities. But vanishingly few can see it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
On hunger as a weapon of war, a murderous attack on a Jewish museum - and the blindness of hatred. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Not read the article but how exactly are universities being irresponsible over public money? Is this informed by actually looking at how much universities and their staff do? 😡
Letting unis go bust will be popular with voters right up until the economic and societal affects hit them square in the face.
This is exactly why outsourcing politics to focus groups and those who cannot adjust from campaigning to governing is disastrous.
This is exactly why outsourcing politics to focus groups and those who cannot adjust from campaigning to governing is disastrous.
What this tells you is that the Higher Education Minister knows there's going to be an irradiated crater where our universities used to be pretty soon. She's looking for someone else to blame.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...
May 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Not read the article but how exactly are universities being irresponsible over public money? Is this informed by actually looking at how much universities and their staff do? 😡
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
Universities call in clowns to stave off circus?
Answers for best analogy on a postcard, lads! I'm going with "Universities call in butchers to stave off meat" as a starter
April 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Universities call in clowns to stave off circus?
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
Today is Day One of humanity’s Idiolithic Era.
April 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today is Day One of humanity’s Idiolithic Era.
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences!
DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
1/2
DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
1/2
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences!
DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
1/2
DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share.
independentsage.org/wp-content/u...
1/2
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
In a first for any research council we know of, EPSRC shared their data with us and the Alan Turing Institute to delve into what it shows about equity and diversity in application processes.
📖 Read about our findings: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
📖 Read about our findings: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
March 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
In a first for any research council we know of, EPSRC shared their data with us and the Alan Turing Institute to delve into what it shows about equity and diversity in application processes.
📖 Read about our findings: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
📖 Read about our findings: rss.org.uk/news-publica...
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Edinburgh University to seek £140m in savings
Unions said the plans would result in "devastating cuts" and called for Edinburgh University to use some of its assets instead.
www.bbc.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Dr Isabel Sassoon
As predicted here for many months, the number of universities now making active redundancies has now risen to 90. It rise to 100 very soon. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
qmucu.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As predicted here for many months, the number of universities now making active redundancies has now risen to 90. It rise to 100 very soon. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
Frustratingly sad state of affairs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Frustratingly sad state of affairs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...