Using Administrative Data in the Third Sector

Description:

Course places are limited and registration by 15 June 2015 is strongly recommended.

Course number: ADRCE-training018 Lyon

Course Summary

The course will consider how administrative data can be of use to researchers with an interest in the third sector, charities and social enterprises. It will introduce key issues of administrative data, the concept of safe use and the different ways to access data. It will explore a number of examples of how third sector researchers and third sector organisations have used administrative data, including impact evaluation.  It will end by looking to the future and identifying ways to improve access to administrative data and how to design research studies using administrative data.  The course is aimed at those conducting or commissioning research related to the third sector and those with some research experience of using administrative data considering applications in the third sector. No prior experience of using administrative data is required

Course Contents

The course covers:

• Types of administrative data relevant to the third sector (central and local authority data, Charity Commission etc.)
• Safe use of administrative data
• Accessing administrative data for third sector related research – different types of data labs (ONS, Justice Data Lab etc)
• Designing and commissioning research for the third sector

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will:

•  Demonstrate the potential of using administrative data for research on the third sector
• Describe the different sources of administrative data
• Identify the different approaches to accessing administrative data
• Understand good practice in designing/commissioning administrative data research for the third sector

Computer Software and Computer workshops

This course does not require access to computers for course participants.

The Presenters/Speakers

Dr Prabhat Vaze Co-founder and Director of Belmana

Belmana is an analytical consultancy set up by two former government Directors of Analysis bringing experience of appraisal, evaluation and statistics/performance measurement in a number of policy areas. Before setting up Belmana in 2012, Prabhat was Director of Analysis at the Ministry of Defence, 2009-12, leading statistics and economics at Defence. He oversaw MOD work linking veterans’ data to Ministry of Justice prison records in 2010; he was also responsible for MOD's statistical work on the mental health of service personnel and veterans, which linked across administrative datasets.

Prabhat was Chief Economist at the Office for National Statistics, 2001-5, and led the setting up of the Virtual Microdata Lab, a setting where over 40 years of business data has been linked for cutting edge econometric and policy work. From 2001, the lab made secure access possible to researchers working in productivity, low pay, skills, and innovation, with hundreds of accredited academics, consultants and officials using the lab. His particular involvement was in ensuring this innovative environment met stringent legal, privacy and IT standards, involving key stakeholders from government, business, academia and others. Prabhat’s own research evaluated aspects of the National Minimum Wage using labour market microdata. Prabhat has also held posts at Department for Transport, Universities of Witwatersrand and Edinburgh and at the Reserve Bank of India’s research institute. Prabhat holds an economics PhD.

Tracey Gyateng,   New Philanthropy Capital

Tracey is the project manager for NPC’s Data Labs stream of work. Her main role is to open government data to  voluntary and community sector (VCS) providers to enable them to understand the impact of their work. This involves supporting the successful implementation of the Justice Data Lab, run by the Ministry of Justice; understanding the data needs of the VCS, especially those organisations working in the homelessness sector; and working to establish further Data Labs in employment, health, substance misuse and education.

Before joining NPC, Tracey was a research fellow at the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, Birkbeck, University of London. During this time, she was engaged on several research projects primarily focused on youth justice. She has over twelve years’ experience in the field of social research, primarily conducting quantitative data collection and collation, and undertaking statistical analysis

Professor Fergus Lyon, CEEDR, Middlesex University

His research interests include social and community enterprises, provision of public services by social enterprises, clustering and networks of enterprises, ethnic minority enterprise, business needs assessment, and enterprise support policy.  Recent funders include the Economic and Social Research Council, Office for Civil Society, Department of Health, Capacity Builders, HMT, DBERR, DEFRA, DFES, CLG/ODPM, South East of England Development Agency, Commission for Rural Communities, and Department for International Development. In 2007 he was seconded to the Prime Ministers’ Strategy Unit (Health team) in the Cabinet Office. He was  the social enterprise lead on the £10m Third Sector Research Centre. He is also a founder and director of a social enterprise preschool. He has authored over 120 publications including 30 substantial reports for policy makers funded by UK and international donors, 18 papers in established international journals, 17 book chapters, a number of shorter policy briefings and a two books on social research methodologies. He started his academic career at University of Durham after working for the UK’s Department for International Development. He has a PhD from University of Durham and a masters degree from the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia.

Target Audience

The course is for researchers in academic institutions, third sector organisations, public sector bodies and private businesses, who want to learn more about administrative data. It will focus on the approaches to administrative data rather than the technicalities of linking and analysing administrative data.

Course Materials

Participants will receive written course notes.

Terms and conditions: 12 Cancellation and Refund of Events and Services

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Cost:

This course is being offered free of charge. Registration is required via the link below.

Website and registration:

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Region:

Greater London

Keywords:

Evaluation Research, Secondary Analysis

Related publications and presentations:

Evaluation Research
Secondary Analysis

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