What is DataFace?

DataFace equips teachers and students with the skills and confidence to interrogate data – big and small – and present their findings creatively. It draws on core data skills, broader power skills and data visualisation techniques to encourage students to find the stories they care about through the gathering and presentation of data.

Working with four core datasets focused on environmental responsibility, gender equality and the cost-of-living crisis along with a range of short teaching videos, students develop their skills and produce a creative visual outcome. 

Schools deliver the project and hold an in-school data visualisation project. The winning group from each school then participate in an exhibition and competition at Cheltenham Science Festival.

Through DataFace students will:

  1. Understand the relationship between data and everyday life.​
  2. Develop a sensitivity to the ethics and security implications of data science.​
  3. Increase data literacy.​
  4. Develop employability skills, specifically: creativity & innovation, teamwork, communication, problem solving, decision-making & initiative.​
David McCandless, Data Journalist

David McCandless, Data Journalist

"This is a brave and innovative programme which has great potential. I am looking forward to supporting it in any way that I can."

Teachers

Teachers

"This is so exciting because we need to ask ourselves if we are teaching our young people for the real world. This is about resilience, thinking skills, metacognition."

Pilot School Pupil

Pilot School Pupil

"We really enjoyed the DataFace project as it required our team to work together using a mix of creative and technological skills."

Delivering to more than 1500 year 9 pupils within these schools:

Watch here for real DataFace student experiences:

DataFace resources available here:

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DataFace Brief

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DataFace Teacher Introduction

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DataFace Video Contents

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