Cluster analysis with international education data – challenges and insights

Hi Everyone! Here is the second of our July events!

For our second event this month R-Ladies welcomes Jenny Shen, who will give a seminar about Cluster analysis with international education data – challenges and insights.

Cluster analysis is a statistical classification technique where points with similar characteristics are grouped together in clusters. In this talk, Jenny will talk about how cluster analysis is used to uncover and communicate meaningful insights, in Nous’ work with the Department of Education to understand, quantify and map global student flows. She will discuss how they’ve approached this challenge, used R to go from data to cluster analysis, and how the insights are communicated.

With a background in Finance, Jenny developed her R skills on advanced analytics projects during her time at Nous Group. She has used R to analyse global education and jobs data sets (including UNESCO, LinkedIn and Burning Glass) for government and businesses. She engages with stakeholders to contextualise and communicate data-driven insights to inform strategic decision-making. Prior to Nous, Jenny worked in Grant Thornton Consulting, PwC Consulting in Hong Kong and volunteered as a Consulting Director at 180 Degrees Consulting.

This event will be hosted by our fantastic sponsor Nous. Pizza and drinks will be supplied for the evening. Arrive any time from 5:30pm for a 6pm start.

See you all there!

R-Ladies Melbourne