Wanted: British social scientists with better quantitative skills

There are many lessons to be learned from universities around the world, says new British Academy report

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March 21, 2016
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March 21, 2016
Matthew Reisz
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Quantitative skills are becoming ever more essential in the era of big data
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#1 Submitted by Liz McCarty on March 22, 2016 - 8:56am
Thanks, an interesting article on an important subject. HEFCE is working in partnership with the Nuffield Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council to address skills deficits in quantitative methods through the Q-step programme: see http://www.hefce.ac.uk/kess/qss/ .

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