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So, despite saying we'd take a break from our State of the Sector analysis this year, we couldn't let all that juicy data go to waste. Get ready for the launch! For the first time, this year's report will include a full comparison across the not-for-profit, commercial and public sectors.

One thing that's changing for us, is the range of organisations using the tool to assess how they're doing and make plans. Increasingly, the tool's being used by commercial organisations (including big well-known brands), large public bodies, charities large and small, and everything in between.

Read her blog on the importance of data to equality, diversity and inclusion here:
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And if you're interested in talking more about the intersectional EDI data project we're developing, please get in touch!

Our Co-CEO Sian Basker has been reflecting on Du Bois's work, while considering the power of data to reveal injustice (as well as how data alone can’t drive change).

What about you? What keeps you up at night? Go on, share your worst fears!

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They included
☠️ Personal/sensitive data breaches
☠️ Payments of the wrong value / going to the wrong people
☠️ Any kind of change in tools or systems going wrong
☠️ Senior leaders making decisions without robust data
☠️ Losing skilled staff and starting over again with digital and data literacy

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... the effects of slavery, and advances in education.

His groundbreaking charts, graphs and maps were exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exposition – a world fair celebrating the achievements of the past century to accelerate development into the next.

He received his PhD from Harvard University in 1895 and conducted extensive research into the experiences of Black communities in America. His book W.E.B Du Bois’s Data Portraits – Visualising Black America delivered a powerful representation of African American people, inequality, racism,...

Whilst our other icons are alive today, we can’t celebrate icons in data without mentioning Du Bois, the father of data visualisation.

An American sociologist, historian, author and activist, he was perhaps the most important Black protest leader of the early 20th Century.

Donald is a co-founder of the social enterprise Reach Society, which aims to encourage and inspire Black boys and young Black men to realise their potential through mentorship, careers and networking programmes.

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He is especially interested in the way the immune system changes with age and is a member of the British Society for Research on Ageing.

Donald is an Associate Professor of Immunology, who carried out post-doctoral work at Cancer Research UK and Imperial College, London. His research involves the identification of cell ‘markers’, which can help us learn about how the body protects itself from diseases such as cancer and infections.

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She speaks inspirationally on how dyslexia affected her school life and is an ambassador for the charity Made by Dyslexia.

In 2009, she received an MBE for services to science and science education. She’s also a Commissioner for the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.

Maggie has written numerous books, presents the BBC’s The Sky at Night, and engages with many children and adults to inspire new generations of astronauts, engineers and scientists. Her talks lead her to myth-bust about careers, class and gender, whilst explaining how and why she became a scientist.

... and being the lead scientist at Astrium – managing observation instruments on a satellite which measured wind speeds to help investigate climate change.

Maggie is a space scientist and science communicator, who's worked on many projects throughout her career. These include project managing development of hand-held instruments to detect landmines, developing a high-resolution spectrograph for the Gemini telescope...