Francis Barton
Advanced Analyst at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Stroud, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrancis Barton is an advanced analyst and data scientist with 14 years' experience applying open, reproducible R-based workflows to public sector research, evaluation and geospatial analysis. Currently at Nottingham University Hospitals after roles at Data Cymru and Citizens Online, he combines rigorous evaluation design with practical data engineering to support social inclusion, rural economy and community projects. Trained in ecology and philosophy, he brings an interdisciplinary, systems-minded perspective that informs information architecture, learning-technology and small-scale farming research. Known for championing open code, documentation and APIs, he blends hands-on scripting with thoughtful stakeholder engagement and teaching experience from higher education. A self-directed learner and former lecturer in playwork, he often surfaces unexpected connections between child development, place-based policy and data practice.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Certificate, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, Postgraduate Certificate, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at University of GloucestershireBachelor of Science (BSc), Ecology and Philosophy, 1st, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Ecology and Philosophy, 1st at The University of Sheffield
French, German, Welsh
Stackoverflow
137reputation
8kreached
10answers
7questions
Github Skills (200)
tidyverse10
visual-studio10
spc10
webextension10
styles10
spatial10
pushpin10
citations10
editor10
latex10
preserve10
critical-css10
r-package10
overlapping10
geos10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
The-Strategy-Unit/communities_demographic_growth_tool
Jan 2025 - Apr 2025
Community Services Dataset (CSDS) data cleaning process
Contributions:31 reviews, 32 PRs, 79 pushes in 2 months
francisbarton/jogger
Nov 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:1 release, 92 commits, 82 pushes in 2 years
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