Via the Regional Studies Association...
Does your next MP have a good enough grasp of the numbers?
www.rss.org.uk/RSS/Influencing_Change/Lobby_election_candidates/RSS/Influencing_Change/Lobby_election_candidates.aspx?hkey=51a5581b-e36f-4f6b-92d0-8e9299133fcd
What a great idea!
Alex
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From: Daniela Carl <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 27 March 2015 at 09:23
Subject: In the Run up to the Election
To: [log in to unmask]
Dear Alex,
As a UK based RSA member, we wish to alert you to some of the things
that the Royal Statistical Society is doing in the run up to the
General Election and how you might get involved.
First, the Royal Statistical Society has launched a campaign to ask
election candidates to sign up to take some basic statistical training
(which they will provide in Parliament) if they get elected. The Royal
Statistical Society believes that all MPs should have a basic level of
understanding about data, statistics and evidence in order to be able
to govern effectively. You can help ensure the next MP for your own
constituency is statistically aware by using our online tool now to
email them now
www.rss.org.uk/RSS/Influencing_Change/Lobby_election_candidates/RSS/Influencing_Change/Lobby_election_candidates.aspx?hkey=51a5581b-e36f-4f6b-92d0-8e9299133fcd.
The Royal Statistical Society would also be grateful if you could
raise awareness of the campaign by circulating in your networks and
through social media (#ParliamentCounts)
Secondly, the Royal Statistical Society are working in partnership
with The Conversation to hold an ‘evidence based’ pre-election debate
on migration. Confirmed panellists include Megan Clement (The
Conversation), Naomi Jones (NatCen) and Patrick Worrall (Channel 4
Fact Check). The event takes place on Tuesday 21st April from 6pm –
7.30pm at the RSS. If you would like to attend, please email
[log in to unmask]
Finally, the Royal Statistical Society has written to the main
political parties and asked them to abolish pre-release access to
official statistics, whereby some Ministers and others can see
official statistics before everybody else. New research
www.statslife.org.uk/news/2103-survey-on-public-trust-in-ons-supports-end-to-pre-release-access
shows that 71% of the public think that official statistics should be
made equally available to everybody at the same time and the Royal
Statistical Society thinks this would be an important move in
maintaining trust in official statistics. Abolishing pre-release
access is part of the Society's wider Data Manifesto
www.rss.org.uk/RSS/Influencing_Change/Data_manifesto/RSS/Influencing_Change/Data_democracy_sub/Data_manifesto.aspx?hkey=5dd70207-82e7-4166-93fd-bcf9a2a1e496
which is what the Society thinks the next Government should do to make
the most of the data opportunity.
We hope you can help the Royal Statistical Society by promoting what
they are doing to your networks, and in particular contacting your
parliamentary candidates
www.rss.org.uk/RSS/Influencing_Change/Lobby_election_candidates/RSS/Influencing_Change/Lobby_election_candidates.aspx?hkey=51a5581b-e36f-4f6b-92d0-8e9299133fcd
to ask them to sign up to statistical training if they are elected.
With best wishes,
Daniela
Daniela Carl
Deputy Chief Executive
Regional Studies Association
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University of Liverpool
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