Narinder Kaur: joined The Data Lab MSc programme in September 2019, undertaking an MSc in Big Data Technologies at Glasgow Caledonian University. In the summer of 2020, she undertook a remote Industrial Placement at Hymans Robertson. I first came across The Data Lab through a bold advertisement which left me wondering what this innovation centre […]
Skills & Talent
Innovation Week 2021 – enabling students to connect and collaborate
From GIS to Git, Data Challenge to Data Visualisation, AI Strategy to Yoga – you can pack a lot into a The Data Lab MSc Innovation and Development week We wanted our The Data Lab MSc students, after a difficult year, to connect and collaborate with their cohort and get a sense that they are […]
Fully funded Masters scholarships in data science and AI for Scottish residents
This informal session took place on Tuesday 11 May at 13:00 – watch the recording: Find out how you could enhance your existing skills, or develop new skills in data, through a fully funded MSc scholarship through The Data Lab MSc programme in 2021/22. An increasing number of career pathways and specialisms can be unlocked […]
Digitech PhD industrial placements
Driving entrepreneurship and innovation using data The Data Lab have been selected as partners to deliver on The Data Driven Entrepreneurship (DDE), PhD placement programme. The DDE PhD work placements, is one of eleven projects, financed by the Scottish Funding Council and DDI, with the aim to drive innovation and entrepreneurship using data. The Digitech […]
SME funding available to invest in data
Following the Scottish Government’s announcement of a further £1M investment in The Data Lab to help businesses invest in data analytics and AI, we are delighted to announce £300K of funding available to support SMEs to progress on their data journeys. This opportunity will fund placements with postgraduate masters students, allowing them to undertake short data […]
Motivated data students seek organisations with real life data problems
We have 160 students studying a range of MSc courses in AI, data science and data engineering, including in health and social science domains, at universities across Scotland. We’re looking for organisations with ideas for short 8-12 week data science projects so our students can put their technical skills to work in the real world. […]
MSc Placement Programme Success Stories: Ecaterina Vidrascu
Ecaterina Vidrascu joined the Data Lab MSc placement programme in May 2020, while undertaking her course in Data Science at Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University (RGU). She did her placement as an Alexa Skill Developer at TL Tech – Smart Home Solutions. It was so successful that TL Tech offered her a permanent position and she […]
Welcoming our new MSc students in a year like no other
Our new cohort of data talent was given the warmest virtual welcome On Wednesday 28 October, we welcomed the year of 2020-21 onto The Data Lab MSc Programme. In a year like no other, in a global COVID pandemic, ensuring that this cohort of new data talent gets the maximum from our programme is more […]
Upskilling and reskilling the workforce in data – new leadership training for SMEs and the Third Sector
New training has been developed to help leaders understand the potential for the use of data within their organisation, and understand how to upskill their team, ensuring they have the right mix of data skills to drive value. The training has been developed by The Data Lab as part of the Data Skills for Work […]
New resources to help navigate the ever changing world of work
A new set of career and qualification guides have been produced by Skills Development Scotland in partnership with The Data Lab, ScotlandIS and Scottish Enterprise to showcase a range of possible career options for Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI). With COVID changing the employment landscape many people might be thinking about changing career, polishing their skills or learning something new. From […]
