{"id":6253,"date":"2026-07-10T13:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/?p=6253"},"modified":"2026-07-10T13:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:32:07","slug":"join-us-for-tidytuesday-the-next-r-user-group-meetup-july-21-1500-elm-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/2026\/07\/10\/join-us-for-tidytuesday-the-next-r-user-group-meetup-july-21-1500-elm-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for TidyTuesday: The next R User Group meetup \u2014 July 21, 15:00, Elm House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday 21 July, the R User Group will be hosting its monthly meetup at <strong>Elm House<\/strong> \u2014 this time featuring an interactive <strong>TidyTuesday<\/strong> session focused on practising and improving your skills in the <strong>R programming language<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll explore a fun, real\u2011world dataset from <strong>TidyTuesday<\/strong>, an international community project designed to help you practise data exploration, visualisation, and sharing your insights using R.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The session is open to beginners and experts alike. We\u2019ll start with a short introduction to the dataset and its structure, followed by a hands\u2011on workshop where you can analyse and visualise an accessible but interesting dataset. Example code and workflows will be available to help you get started, and there will be support throughout to help you troubleshoot any issues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Refreshments will be provided, so come along on July 21 at 15:00 in Elm House!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in joining the R User Group? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/l\/channel\/19%3Adff6a564ac78446ba73dc6ca4a69e8e4%40thread.tacv2\/R%20User%20Group?groupId=e7d5f918-4c85-4aa1-9ddd-a34db82b1729&amp;tenantId=b024cacf-dede-4241-a15c-3c97d553e9f3\">Join our Teams space<\/a><\/strong> to stay up to date with future events.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6254\" style=\"width:371px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/image-3.png 514w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/image-3-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2026\/07\/image-3-177x250.png 177w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 85vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 21 July, the R User Group will be hosting its monthly meetup at Elm House \u2014 this time featuring an interactive TidyTuesday session focused on practising and improving your skills in the R programming language. We\u2019ll explore a fun, real\u2011world dataset from TidyTuesday, an international community project designed to help you practise data &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/2026\/07\/10\/join-us-for-tidytuesday-the-next-r-user-group-meetup-july-21-1500-elm-house\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Join us for TidyTuesday: The next R User Group meetup \u2014 July 21, 15:00, Elm House&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2445,"featured_media":6262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,143],"tags":[431,144,429,430,428],"class_list":["post-6253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-user-groups","category-sig-r","tag-programming","tag-r","tag-sig","tag-tidytuesday","tag-user-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2445"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6253"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6259,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6253\/revisions\/6259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}