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Year 12 student applies learning to a work environment with Mime Company News

Year 12 student applies learning to a work environment with Mime

Post written by Fletcher Pearmaine, Year 12 student at Pimlico Academy. I am currently in year 12 and studying maths, physics, and computer science. I wanted to get an understanding of how computing skills such as data analysis and computational thinking is applied in the working environment. I chose to take a weeks work experience at Mime as they handle tasks such as data analysis and web development, which I am interested in. One of my roles at Mime was to test a website being developed to point out issues and bugs. The website is called Future Folio which is an…
Mime Org
April 3, 2017
Skills Route FIND
Help your students find local schools and colleges that offer the courses they want with Skills Route Company NewsUniversities, Adult Education & Careers

Help your students find local schools and colleges that offer the courses they want with Skills Route

We are experts in education data. We have built Skills Route to make this data accessible to young people to help them make informed decisions. Skills Route FIND is a new tool to help young people find local schools and colleges that offer the courses that they want to study after GCSEs. It uses information that providers have shared with the DfE about the courses they offer through the Post-16 Course Directory. This is combined with contact information, Ofsted ratings and directions from home to give a young person all the information they need to decide whether to explore the school or…
Mime Org
March 16, 2017
George Karkera
An internship with Mime Company News

An internship with Mime

Written by George Karkera who worked as a Consulting Intern in November and December 2016 After finishing my Physics degree and undertaking some postgraduate research, I decided I wanted to explore the world outside of science. I had a real interest in education, particularly educational disadvantage. But I also wanted to make use of some of the skills I had gained through my scientific background. The internship with Mime presented the perfect opportunity to use my data analysis and computing skills in an educational context, where I could make a difference to the life chances of young people. 'It was…
Mime Org
January 31, 2017
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Welcome to the new Mime website Company News

Welcome to the new Mime website

As you can see our website has had a face-lift! This is part of wider re-branding exercise that allows us to better reflect our values through our work and the way we communicate. We are excited to have a new logo and strapline to emphasise our unwavering focus on using data for social good. We feel the new website allows us to showcase our products, services and track record. We'd love to hear what you think. You can contact us here to let us know.    
Steve Preston
December 20, 2016
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Discussing data ‘interoperability’ with the DfE Company NewsData Management & AutomationData Strategy & Advisory

Discussing data ‘interoperability’ with the DfE

We were recently invited to be on a panel advising the DfE on their plans for schools' data "interoperability" (i.e. getting the most out of the data that schools hold without putting additional burden on them). The session was organised by Ark Schools, one of our clients, and included representatives from the Cabinet Office, the Education Endowment Foundation and other companies working with educational data. It was a fascinating discussion, touching on the National Pupil Database, reducing burden on schools, dealing with life after levels and much more. We look forward to watching developments from the DfE.
Steve Preston
August 8, 2015
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Skills Match featured in the Evening Standard Company NewsUniversities, Adult Education & Careers

Skills Match featured in the Evening Standard

If you happen to have picked up a copy of the Evening Standard today you may have spotted on page 53 that our tool Skills Match, developed in conjunction with London Councils, has been featured in a full page article in the ES Jobs section. The article discusses how the online tool aims to guide young people to find fulfilling courses and pathways that will lead to employment whilst addressing the skills gap in London. If you haven’t been able to snag a copy, click here to view the full article.
Steve Preston
June 8, 2015
Skills Match
Skills Match Public Beta Company NewsLocal & Regional GovernmentUniversities, Adult Education & Careers

Skills Match Public Beta

We have spent the last few months working hard on the data model behind Skills Match, following some exceptionally useful feedback from our steering group. We are now happy to announce that Skills Match is now publically accessible and available to use. Skills Match is an interactive tool allowing the exploration of the relationship between skills supply and employer demand in London. We are aware that Skills Match has the potential to revolutionise the way of providing labour market intelligence to careers practitioners. We are making it available for beta testing in order to get as much feedback as possible…
Steve Preston
March 30, 2015
Steve at ODI summit
Mime Consulting at the ODI Summit Company NewsUniversities, Adult Education & Careers

Mime Consulting at the ODI Summit

Last week Steve Preston, Director of Mime, was invited to speak at the ODI Summit on a panel chaired by Martha Lane Fox on 'Open Data for Social Good'. Steve was joined on the panel by Gail Ramster, creator of The Great British Public Toilet Map and Will Perrin, Founder of Talk About Local. In a wide ranging and fascinating discussion, the panel explored advances in open data, and the ramifications of these advances across sectors and across borders. Steve's focus was on the importance of open data within the education sector. He spoke about how lucky we are in the…
Steve Preston
November 11, 2014
Elizabeth Truss MP and Skills Route
Skills Route wins the Education Open Data Challenge Company NewsUniversities, Adult Education & Careers

Skills Route wins the Education Open Data Challenge

We are very proud to reveal that Skills Route has been announced as the winner of the Education Open Data Challenge after 10 weeks in incubation. The team at Mime would like to thank everyone involved in setting up the competition and providing specialist support to help develop the initial concepts behind Skills Route. The team now plan to rebuild Skills Route for the whole country, with more user consultation, working closely with our group of pilot schools. We want to ensure that Skills Route is as valuable as possible to young people, parents and schools. It's important that everyone,…
Steve Preston
June 17, 2014
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Education Open Data Challenge update – Skills Route through to the final Company NewsUniversities, Adult Education & Careers

Education Open Data Challenge update – Skills Route through to the final

Following a weekend of consultation, refinement and website development we are delighted by the latest news from the Open Data Challenge. After a successful pitch by Steve, Skills Route was chosen as one of the three finalists and move forward through the incubation phase with project support from a host of subject matter experts. The whole weekend proved to be really exciting and we particularly enjoyed watching everyone’s ideas come together in the final pitches. It was incredibly useful meeting with the parents from Haringey who generously gave up their time to provide direct project feedback. They were all really…
Steve Preston
March 31, 2014

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