08 January 2018 6.00pm
SPE Continuous Development Progamme Launch
Venue: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS
Professor Peter Urwin from Westminster Business School kicked off the SPE’s Continuing Professional Development series in January with a two-day seminar on using data for the purposes of quantitative evaluation. The aim of the course was to help attendees better understand data analysis to inform strategic policy-making. Peter’s approach is highly example-based, helping to explain how macro models and cost benefit analysis can be used to judge the economic impact of policy decisions.
Peter Urwin
The student feedback on the course was very positive – including both the pace of learning and the type of material covered, the latter being a combination of both new material and a refresh of students’ existing knowledge. There was a good mix of professional versus academic context to the course and attendees appreciated the ability to update their statistics skills through worked examples.