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The next meeting of the Glasgow local group of the Royal Statistical Society will be on Thursday 11th October. Hopefully, you’ll be able to join us then at the University of Glasgow in the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, at the Institute of Health and Wellbeing. Full details and registration link below and at our website: https://sites.google.com/site/rssglasgow/events Best wishes, RSS Glasgow Local Group committee [log in to unmask] ########################## Date and Time: Thursday 11/10/18 at 17:00-18:30, followed by drinks and nibbles. Location: Ben Cruachan seminar room, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Top Floor, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3AX Speaker: Kim Bradford Smith, Senior Statistics and Evidence Lead, Inclusive Societies Department at Department for International Development and Dr Hannah Worthington, Lecturer, Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, University of St Andrews Registration: Please register using the following link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-data-challenges-of-uns-sustainable-development-goals-tickets-49641590333 Summary: The Sustainable Development Goals were designed to finish the job that the Millennium Development Goals began, with a particular focus on Leave No One Behind. Alongside the policy step change, the data needs of the SDGs are also a significant step change - moving from 8 to 17 goals and increasing the number of indicators to be measured from 60 to over 230. Three years into the 15 of the SDGs some of these indicators (tier 3) still remain undefined, and even for those indicators with clear methodology and tools to collect them are a challenge in developing countries. Leaving No One Behind adds a layer of complexity to these by requiring disaggregation of the data in several dimensions. Kim Bradford Smith will talk about the challenges of disaggregation and what the UK Department for International Development is doing to help improve disaggregation and create a real focus on the most vulnerable across the globe - such as those with disabilities. Hannah Worthington will talk about using cohort effects in population models for grey seals to identify reasons for the apparent delay in first-time breeding. Hannah will also discuss the difficulties in estimating the total population size of injecting drug users, along with one possible solution. ############################# You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.