In the run up to this year’s General Election, the Royal Statistical Society’s ‘Parliament Counts’ campaign called on prospective MPs to commit to attending a workshop on statistics if successfully elected.

In addition to the session for MPs the RSS is running a dedicated session for MPs staff to which you are invited to attend.

Time:    14:00-15:00am, Thursday 22 October 2015

Place:    Room U, Portcullis House

Working with the House of Commons Library, the RSS will deliver the session, which will be an interesting and fun look at the good (and not so good!) use of statistics in public life. The workshop will support parliamentarians to use statistics more effectively in their day-to-day role, as well as providing tips on how to assess whether statistical claims really stack up. It will be entry-level, so no previous experience of statistics or maths is required.

Please do make time to attend this workshop. You can confirm your attendance by emailingaction@rss.org.uk. 

 

Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.

https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/

The House of Commons Service regularly holds regional open days for constituency staff throughout the United Kingdom.

Lunch will be provided and this, along with the registration period, is intended as a chance to network with the House Service, other constituency office staff in your region and visit ‘stalls’ of  services.

IPSA have recognised the day as a training event and as such the costs of travel are eligible to be reclaimed through allowances in the normal way.

More information

• Regional constituency events intranet page

Booking (please include name, constituency, Member, dietary requirements):

• To book your place at the regional constituency event in Sheffield on 13 October, email constituencystaffopenday@parliament.uk by 6 October.
• To book your place at the regional constituency event in Lisburn on 20 October, email constituencystaffopenday@parliament.uk by 13 October.

16 – 22 November 2015 | @Parliament_Week

Organisations across the country are already signing up their Parliament Week events and activities to the Parliament Week website. To help you with planning your own event, why not take a look at the programme so far and get an idea of what you could do in your own area.

To give you even more support, there are  three toolkits to help you come up with ideas for your event, to plan it, and publicise it too.

If you don’t want to organise an event but still want to participate, follow @Parliament_Week on Twitter and get involved in the conversation using #DoDemocracy.

The House of Lords Committee on Social Mobility would like to hear from young people who have not or will not take A-Levels or go to university on what they think about the choices available at age 16.

This online survey will help the Committee to understand what is important to young people in the UK when they are looking for their first job. The Committee will use the findings from the survey to inform the a report they send to Government.

The survey is open to 14-24 year olds until 1 October 2015. It should only take a few minutes to complete.

The survey can be found here: http://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HouseofLordsSocialMobilitySurvey

Help spread the word by sharing information about this survey with children and young people you know and work with.

Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.

https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/

 

Over on the Parliamentary Intranet you can now view the electronic version of What’s On in September.

Look out for the monthly posters displayed across the estate for events, exhibitions and courses running throughout the month of September.

If you would like to submit an event for inclusion in the October 2015 edition of What’s On, please use the submission form available on the intranet. The deadline for this is Friday 4 September.

For more information contact Central Communications by email (centralcommunications@parliament.uk) or on x1707.

The House of Commons Service regularly holds regional open days for constituency staff throughout the United Kingdom – the next one is in London on 11 September.

Further details on the open days page. To book your place at an event or for further information please contact the Central Communications Team by email (constituencystaffopenday@parliament.uk) or on x4801.

Westminster Wanderers are an established and successful Sunday League Club playing in and around Wandsworth and Merton. They’ve asked us to post the following:

We are looking for new players for the 2015-16 season.

We were born out of the Conservative Central Office side of the 1990s but now have Labour, Liberal and Tory staffers on the side as well as civil servants and PR and PA professionals.

We welcome new players and the growth of the club, from one to four sides in a few years, because we are well organised and attract and retain good players.

We play in the Southern Sunday Football League. Our three league teams play to a high standard, train regularly and our home ground is on Tooting Common. Our Vet’s side plays friendly fixtures throughout the year in Battersea Park.

If you are a committed player who wants to be part of a successful club then please contact the Club Chairman Alex Aiken – westminsterwanderers@gmail.com

The club will be running training sessions during August on Tuesday and Thursday nights and plays 8aside on Monday evenings. New players are welcome to come to any of these sessions.

You can see more about Westminster Wanderers in the Southern Sunday Football League pages in the London section of Football Mitoo http://football.mitoo.co/Noticeboard.cfm?countieslist=LondonMiddx,Surrey&LeagueCode=SSFL2014

The Legal Ombudsman for England and Wales was set up by the Office for Legal Complaints under the Legal Services Act 2007. It can now  deal with complaints about lawyers of claims management companies – see the w4mp note.

 

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology is working with the Government Office for Science on a Foresight project to identify emerging technologies that have the potential to give the UK a competitive edge and to improve the delivery of public services.

As part of this review, they are asking researchers, developers, investors, analysts and others who work with emerging technologies for their perspectives.

Please help POST to identify the important technologies of the next decade and beyond, by taking part in their survey: 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/technology-and-innovation-futures.