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When it comes to plotting geospatial data, Python offers a wide range of options e.g. GeoPandas, Folium, Cartopy and Plotly. Each of these libraries offers a different way of plotting geospatial data, for example, Folium is built on the powerful leaflet.js …

This article has been co-written by Rachel Wilcock and Juan Mateos-Garcia. Introduction Nesta’s fairer start mission has one goal driving the work it does: to narrow the disadvantage gap between children on free school meals (FSM) and their peers. The work is focused on children aged 0–5, as we know that…

When it comes to low carbon heating, heat pumps are a hot topic. But which areas are fastest at adopting heat pumps and which areas are lagging behind in uptake? The map below shows how common it is for homes to have a heat pump across Great Britain. The brighter…

A company research series Should a Software Engineer work at Nesta? As a computer science student, I was hooked after seeing the global programs initiated by Nesta. The subsidiary projects of Nesta. The websites created for those programs, for example: https://findingctrl.nesta.org.uk/ and https://www.bi.team/. The reason behind researching Nesta was to ensure the company I want to apply…

We’ve just been awarded the runner-up prize of £80,000 by Nesta and the Department of Education in the CareerTech challenge! Emma and I are thrilled and honoured to receive this prize. Tris Dyson, Managing Director of Nesta Challenges, shared these kind words about our app: “Would You Rather Be is…

I recently raised £550k for my startup, Would You Rather Be! This includes a £500,000 venture capital (VC) investment from Forward Partners and three angel investors. We’re also one of twenty proud finalists of Nesta’s CareerTech Challenge prize, who have awarded us a £50,000 grant. I started this project last…

A clear blue sky greeted us on the morning of day two and after a good night’s sleep we were ready for another full day of exploring and learning. Not sure if it was something, we did on day one but the monkeys were nowhere to be seen!

“How many people can you get on a motorbike weaving along the road?” To date, the answer is four but the best one was three people and a push bike. “How many people are holding on to the side of that truck?” …

A report by Michelle Eaton and Camilla Bertoncin https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/State_of_Offices_of_Data_Analytics_ODA_in_the_UK_WEB_v5.pdf The UK’s public sector faces enormous pressures. Reductions in budgets, soaring demand for certain services, and rising citizen expectations are all requiring public sector organisations to rethink how they deliver their services, deploy their assets and make best use of their…