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Heather Thomson - International Women's Day

Celebrating International Women’s Day – an opportunity to show our support for women

Culture & Values, News 08/03/2022

In honour of International Women’s Day, our Marketing and Communications Manager, Alison Orr  interviewed our Head of Skills, Heather Thomson about her career journey and what she has learned along the way. As the Head of Skills at The Data Lab, Heather Thomson manages one of the largest teams in the organisation and has recently […]

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Lauren Spark TORCH team

Business Women’s Day – Meet the woman putting the ‘Spark’ into Scotland’s data projects

Culture & Values, News, TORCH news 20/09/2021

As the Business Development Executive (BD) for The Data Lab’s TORCH service, no two days are the same for Lauren Spark. Having worked across Scotland’s Data and Analytics space for years, Lauren’s goal is to understand The Data Lab customer’s specific needs and ensure their desired project is a success. But how did Lauren get […]

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Mini Milestones – a year of working from home

Culture & Values, News 25/03/2021

I’ve asked the Teams in TDL to tell me about their achievements for the year of working from home – both from a business perspective and if there are any personal achievements that they are proud of. So, here they are to share with you… When lockdown and working from home started, I think a […]

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Starting a new job with The Data Lab during a pandemic: 1 year later

Culture & Values, News 22/03/2021

A year today, our newly-launched TORCH Business Advisory Service welcomed two new employees to the team – Lauren Spark and Sarah Mackenzie. The ladies joined The Data Lab on the very first day of the official Government lockdown and, as a result, became accidental guinea pigs for our new virtual on boarding process. As they […]

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Companies That Care Day: 12 happy ways TDL are motivating the team behind the scenes

Culture & Values, News 18/03/2021

To say that the last 12 months have been hard on our team would be an understatement. Like so many others, they’ve had to adapt to an entirely new way of working; face-to-face meetings swapped for Zoom calls, morning trips to the office exchanged for ‘fake commutes’, and impromptu workplace chit-chat replaced by office social […]

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Joanna McKenzie A day in the life of a data scientist

A Day in the Life… Data Scientist

Culture & Values, Data Science / Analytics, News 14/12/2020

Joanna McKenzie is our Principal Data Scientist in the Data Science team. She writes about the flexibility required for working as a data scientist and also managing the team. Running the Data Lab’s data science team is a busy and varied role; it is definitely true that no two days are alike! The team delivers […]

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There’s No Such Thing as a Stupid Question

Culture & Values, News, Support to innovate 30/09/2020

Questions are the bedrock of human civilization. Ever since Homo Erectus first emerged we’ve been questioning the world around us; can I eat this? What’s that thing with all the teeth hurtling towards me? What is the meaning of life? – and so on. While only one of those has been definitively answered (42 being […]

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A Day In The Life… Shining the light on TORCH

Culture & Values, News, TORCH news 24/08/2020

Rhona MacLennan is our Principal Solutions Architect, working in the TORCH team. Here she writes about her work and daily life as part of The Data Lab Innovation Centre. Working as part of the TORCH team within The Data Lab offered me the unique chance to build and deliver a new business advisory service focused […]

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A Day In The Life…Marketing Team

Culture & Values, News 31/07/2020

John Callagy works as a Marketing & Communications Offer in the Marketing team. Here he writes about what a typical day looks like for him – if there is such a thing! “No two days are the same at The Data Lab”. A phrase that was uttered to me at the start of my journey […]

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