All welcome, and the text of a general press release is attached so that
you can pass this information on to those with any interest.
Access maps available from www.hull.ac.uk or by request
6.00 pm Friday 31 March 2000
Basil Reckitt Lecture Theatre,
Ferens Building (near the University Library)
University of Hull, Cottingham Road, HULL
Professor Denise Lievesley
RSS President and Director of Statistics, UNESCO, Paris
will speak on
Data Access and preservation in a National and International context
This has been called the Information Age, and decisions at the highest
levels rely upon the available data. The talk will cover the importance
of preserving and distributing data in electronic form, and the benefits
to users and data producers. It will discuss the barriers to data access
and some solutions, stressing the importance of archival systems to
ensure that data remain usable over time. Given Professor Lievesley's
new role at UNESCO, the comments will be made in an international
context, speaking about ways in which data are stored and used in
different parts of the world.
ALL WELCOME
Press contacts and Further information from:
Allan Reese, Graduate Research Institute, Salmon Grove,
University of Hull, HU6 7RX.
Tel: 01482 466845/46
Fax: 01482 466846
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Press Release
The Director of the new Statistical Institute of UNESCO (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), based in Paris, will
deliver a lecture at the University of Hull on Friday 31 March, stressing
the importance of collecting and interpreting data from many nations as
the basis for informed international policy. The Director, appointed
last July, is Professor Denise Lievesley, formerly Director of the United
Kingdom Data Archive and a Professor at the University of Essex. She is
also this year's president of the Royal Statistical Society. One reason
for Professor Lievesley being willing to fit a visit to Hull into her
busy schedule was that she was brought up in Beverley where her mother
still lives.
One of the Institute for Statistic's first concerns has been the
Education for All 2000 Assessment. Its task is to review all the data
collected from national governments since the 1990 World Conference on
Education for All, as preparation for the World Educational Forum in
April. This work is vital as a benchmark to enable UNESCO to make future
targets that are realistic and accompanied by appropriate resources, and
to monitor progress.
Another linked concern is the role of women in societies, in terms of
their access to education and their subsequent access to employment on an
equal basis with men. The International Women's Day on 8 March was one
way of raising awareness of these issues.
Professor Lievesley's lecture is open to all, and will be particularly of
interest to anyone interested in education, world development, or
politics and policy determination.
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