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Web cast - FREE OUR DATA?
Should social researchers have unlimited access to the data that
Government collects about individual UK citizens? Would the benefits of
better evidence on which to base social policy outweigh concerns about
privacy? Experts from academia and government will offer their views and
respond to questions from the audience.
On the internet -
LIVE Web cast available 15th March from approx 6.20pm (GMT) at
http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/free_data/
You can also submit questions during the web cast using the form on our
website.
In person -
Date: 15th March 2007
Location: Lecture theatre G51, Chemistry Building, University of
Manchester, Brunswick Street
Map: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/maps/campusmap.pdf
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Details: http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/
This event is being organised by the ESRC National Centre for e-Social
Science (http://www.ncess.ac.uk/) as part of the ESRC Festival of Social
Science (http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/FSS/) and will be run in
conjunction with The Guardians Free Our Data? campaign.
Chair: Jim Hancock : Ex Political Editor for BBC North West
Panellists:
Charles Arthur: Technology Editor, The Guardian
Peter Elias: Professor of Labour Economy, University of Warwick and
Strategic Advisor (Data Resources) to the ESRC
Duncan MacNiven: Registrar General for Scotland
Jil Matheson: Director of Census, Demographic and Regional Statistics,
Office for National Statistics
Duncan Sheill: Director of Strategy, Ordnance Survey
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