This is the first in a series of posts about an event: Using Data as a policy maker, which was held in Winchester, in November 2015. This post first appeared on the Open Data Aha! blog. Using data for policy – Aha! Wearing my ‘Open Data Aha!’ hat*, I teamed up with Southern Policy Centre…… Continue reading Using Data as a policy maker – Pt1
Category: Hampshire Hub
Demonstrating the value of open data – GP Pressure Map
I was really pleased to see GP Pressure Map featured on the BBC’s South Today programme on 31st March. GP Pressure Map – part of the Open City Data Platform – was one of the “highs” I mentioned in my final post on the Hampshire Hub: Leaving on a high. The utility, created by Leo Valberg…… Continue reading Demonstrating the value of open data – GP Pressure Map
Leaving on a high
This post was originally published on the Hampshire Hub on 30th March 2015. Deep breath I’m leaving Hampshire County Council, and am stepping down as lead for the Hampshire Hub. There, I’ve said it. Looking back I wrote my first post Hampshire Hub (Thoughts on What a Hampshire Hub might be) in February 2012. In…… Continue reading Leaving on a high
Next steps for the Hampshire Hub
The story so far In my previous post I explained that the Hampshire Hub has been through a few changes, starting life as a ‘thinking aloud’ web site, then regenerating as a ‘prototype’, and most recently what we’ve been calling ‘interim’. Up to this point we’ve been developing the site ourselves using WordPress, with a…… Continue reading Next steps for the Hampshire Hub
Towards a Strategic Hampshire Hub
In an earlier post: Hampshire Hub – a responsive approach I talked a bit about the ‘interim’ Hampshire Hub, and explained what we’re doing with the current site. I mentioned the ‘strategic’ hub, but didn’t go in to much detail about what we’re intending to do in the longer term. Strategic Hampshire Hub I’m pleased…… Continue reading Towards a Strategic Hampshire Hub
Hampshire Hub – a responsive approach
In my previous post, I explained that the emerging Hampshire Hub local information system is based on the ‘thinking aloud’ prototype you may have seen previously. We are developing the interim hub using WordPress, which we intend to stick with until we have procured* the strategic hub platform. The strategic hub will have various bells…… Continue reading Hampshire Hub – a responsive approach
Hampshire Hub – a quick update
If you are a regular visitor to this site, you will probably already know that we are setting up a Local Information System for Hampshire, called the ‘Hampshire Hub’.
Hampshire Hub project Update for HIOWLA Chief Executives
On 2nd November 2012 an update on the Hampshire Hub project was presented to the Chief Executives of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Authorities. You can preview and download the report below. [gview file=”http://www.hampshirehub.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Hampshire-Hub-HIOW-Chief-Executives-Progress-Report-October-2012.pdf”]
Protohub: latest changes
If you are reading this, you hopefully already know that ‘Protohub’ is an experimental site. We are creating a prototype, or ‘mock up’ for the Hampshire Hub and – to begin with – we’re exploring what’s possible using free and ‘nearly-free’ tools. We will shortly be adding an ‘about’ section which will give some background…… Continue reading Protohub: latest changes
Researchers of Tomorrow: the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students
Researchers of Tomorrow is the UK’s largest study to date on the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students (born between 1982 and 1994). JISC and the British Library jointly commissioned the three year study in 2009, which involved 17,000 doctoral students from 70 universities at various stages in the project. Contents include: Executive summary Acknowledgements…… Continue reading Researchers of Tomorrow: the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students