Liam Cottrell | Data Scientist – liamco.io

Welcome to my portfolio! 🙂

I’ve been an MSc Data Science student at UWE Bristol since January 2025, and I use this blog to keep track of my projects and learning.

I’ve just finished my final project: prospie, an AI-powered tool designed to help charity fundraisers by speeding up the process of finding suitable grants 🔎

Feel free to take a look at my work, and don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Recent projects

Exploratory Data Analysis for prospie

data science

fundraising

python

data analysis

insights

For my MSc final project, I wrangled, cleaned and analysed data retrieved from the Charity Commission and 360Giving APIs, and extracted from charity accounts.

Using machine learning to prevent child victimisation in Los Angeles

python

assignment

machine learning

classification

scikit-learn

logistic regression

naive bayes

random forest

Being a victim of crime as a child can cause long-lasting trauma, contributing to poor health and education outcomes (Morgan and Zedner, 1992). Children who are victimised…

Mapping participant journeys for a cancer wellbeing charity

data analysis

excel

volunteering

business intelligence

insights

tableau

As part of my volunteer role as Data & Insights Officer at Penny Brohn UK, I carried out a mapping project to investigate how the charity’s services are used. I gathered the…

Analysis of student data for an education provider

data analysis

r

assignment

linear regression

anova

For my MSc Statistical Inference module, I completed the following assignment. The brief was:

An exploration of 50 regions

assignment

data analysis

python

linear regression

This is the second half of my final assessment for the MSc module Programming for Data Science. The brief was to investigate a dataset of indicators for 50 regions, identify…

Modelling & Mapping a NoSQL Database

assignment

data modelling

mongodb

python

nosql

databases

This is my reflective diary for Component 6 of the assessment for MSc module Data Management Fundamentals. The brief was to map and model a NoSQL database for a time series…

An analysis of the Longbeach Animal Shelter dataset

tidy tuesday

r

linear regression

data analysis

This week’s #TidyTuesday is an exploration of data from an animal shelter in California. I spent an unreasonable amount of time learning how to build a waffle plot.

Worst. Analysis. Ever: An Exploration of Simpsons Episodes in R

data analysis

tidy tuesday

r

doh

I have officially undertaken my first data analysis project - looking at some Simpsons data for #TidyTuesday. I’ve been learning R for a grand total of two weeks so this is…