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# Skills Policy Awards Inductions - 27 March 2023

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## Agenda 
| Item | Time | 
| -------- | -------- | 
| Welcome  | 10:00    |
| Awardee project updates | 10:30  | 
| Mentor introductions| 11:30 | 
| Lunch | 12:00 | 
| Ways of working and stakeholder mapping | 13:00 | 
| Skills Team Introductions | 15:00 | 

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## Notes 
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### Welcome :hammer_and_pick: 

- Icebreaker activity 

### Awardee project updates :open_file_folder: 
*5-10 min project introductions and Q&A from Skills Policy Awardees and Q&A.*

- [name= Panos] 
    - Turing Fellow since QMUL joined Turing. Member of the Skills Group at the Turing.
    - Senior Lecturer in Information Management. Research focused on data in organisations including government.
    - Working on data capabilities in organisations and data readiness.
    - MF action: Introduction to Office for AI skills framework development team.

- [name= Emma]
    - Senior Community Manager at Turing. Turing Way Core Team.
    - Address research gap on role descriptors for data science infrastructure roles 

- [name= Eilis]
    - Genetics / biohealth / mat
    - Based in Medical school. Diversification to data science education.
    - EPSRC RSE Fellow - project of work about being an ambassador for better software in research, upskilling researchers in undertaking this work.
    - Project: grown from local observation. Exeter DS education activity across full spectrum of disciplines. Not just preserve of Maths and Comp. Uni structure means modules and programmes are developed in-house with very little cross-talk - difficult to share best practices.
    - MF action: Introduction to POST colleagues interested in pedagogy across disciplines.
    - Widening participation
        - Domain stereotypes.
        - 

- [name= Yo] 
    - Runs an academia-adjacent not for profit, Open Life Science
        - Focus on open* research.
            - *Responsible open which does not take away sovereignty.
    - Currently pursuing doctorate.
    - Importance of community in open work - helping people to build communities and learn soft skills.
    - Focus: widening participation
        - Always easy to circulate a call and attract applicants from people with very similar backgrounds.
        - Very important to attract people with different levels of ability and different backgrounds.
    - One fellow: Belonging and imposter syndrome.
    - Another fellow: Socio-political quant background.

### Mentor introductions :thought_balloon: 
*5 min introductions and Q&A from prospective mentors / support stakeholders.* 

- [name= Rachel Hilliam]: Professor of Statistics (Open University), Vice-President Professional Affairs RSS (Acceditation and Uni Courses), The Alliance for Data Science Professionals (developing and launching chartered status for data scientists and professionals).

- [name= Sue Turner]: 50% not for profit, 50% private background. Frustrated that data is trapped in silos, background in non-STEM subjects / taken data science conversion masters. 

- [name= Cath Sleeman]: Head of Data Science at Nesta, focus on improving labour market information in closing skills gaps, identifying gaps e.g. pathways/movement between careers. Open Jobs Observatory - scraping job ads daily. 3 strands at Nesta (healthy life, a fairer start, sustainable future).  

- [name= Vera Matser]: Head of Skills, The Alan Turing Institute  

- [name= Matthew Forshaw]: Turing secondment to Data Skills Taskforce, gain policy experience. 

### Ways of working :person_doing_cartwheel: 
*Project housekeeping and co-creating and collaborate on best practices for working together.*

#### Code of conduct
- Transparency
- Generosity of spirit 
- Information sharing
    - Confidentiality of conversations / sharing contact details etc 
- Fluid profile of commitment to the awards 
- Respectful of personal time commitments 
- Flexibility in travel
- Hybrid (always virtual option)

#### Communication channels and styles of communication 
- GitHub repository: reporting template
- Slack channel: #skills-policy-awards
    - Email: actions / 'hard' deadlines 
    - Slack: asnych pings 

#### Mentor meetings 
- 1 x hour per month 
- Mentee to arrange w/ mentor 
    - BN to compile resources for effective mentoring 

#### Skills Team meetings
- 1 full hour or 2 x 30-mins?
- Monday 15:00 - 17:00 
- Thursday 09:00 - 11:00 

#### Data Skills Taskforce meetings:
- Awardees / mentors are members of the Data Skills Taskforce during the award
- 16 May 2023 - Professionalisation 
- 18 September 2023 - Widening Participation 
- January 2024 (TBC)

### Project scoping :pencil2: 
https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVMZN62LE=/

#### Identifying and mitigating research gaps 

#### Mapping stakeholders 
- Unit for Future Skills 

#### Complementary overlap between projects 
- Imposter syndrome from role descriptors / job descriptions 
- Community building 
- Professional bodies / institutions 

### Skills Team intros :sparkle: 
*Learn more about Skills Team members and their projects.* 

1. Mishka Nemes - [Overview of the Skills team remits, ethos and strategy](https://www.turing.ac.uk/opportunities/skills) 
1. Harriet McCann - Turing Research Fellowship Programme
1. Sarah Nietopski - [Online Learning Platform](https://www.turing.ac.uk/courses)
1. Ayesha Magill - [Data Science & AI Educators Programme](https://www.turing.ac.uk/data-science-and-ai-educators-programme)
