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 […]
Skills & Talent
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 […]
Linking Athens and Aberdeen with a remote approach to Marine Scotland database
A database which will help Marine Scotland monitor the status of zooplankton well into the future has been compiled by an RGU MSc placement programme student working remotely from his home in Athens. Georgios Orfanakis, an MSc student studying Data Science at the university, moved back to Greece to continue his studies when RGU moved […]
Why firms should support extra learning post-Covid
Raymond Martin is a graduate of The Data Lab’s MSc Programme at Edinburgh Napier University. He believes that the power of academic learning combined with business is incredible. For me, it’s had a transformative impact on my career. When I first started in customer insights, my knowledge was superficial and developed through on-the-job learning. I was […]
How Scots students are helping make business greener
Published in The National by Multimedia Journalist Emer O’Toole A group of students from a Scottish university are in the process of creating an app that will allow businesses to share resources to be more eco-friendly. Six students from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh won the Data Lab’s global Innovation Week competition in June which tasked […]
MSc Success Stories: Dr Natalie Polack, Information Analyst at Public Health Scotland
Dr Natalie Polack joined The Data Lab MSc Programme in 2017, undertaking her course at Stirling University on a part-time basis. This allowed her to balance studying with parenting, and to navigate the pressures that come with completely changing the course of your career. In 2019, she completed a six-month remote placement with Public Health Scotland, which […]
Help us shape new data skills programme for the region’s workforce
As part of our development process for the Data Skills for Work programme, The Data Lab would like to hear from employers in the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region to establish the demand for data skills, how this is currently being met, identify any skills gaps, and how upskilling and/or retraining can be used […]
Learning how to apply data science and AI skills to real life business problems
We fought hard to make sure our MSc students didn’t miss out on their Innovation Week this year – so we rose to the challenge and achieved something unique by delivering it entirely online. The MSc students from 12 universities across Scotland formed virtual teams, applying data science and AI skills to solve a real-life […]
We all need data skills to prepare for the jobs of the future
Blog by Anna Scott, the Project Delivery Manager at The Data Lab for the DDI Skills Gateway (Data Skills for Work) When I joined The Data Lab last November to set up the Data Skills for Work (DSW) programme, I had no idea how timely the development of an upskilling and reskilling programme like this […]
A quick start guide to creating a successful online course
After 2 years of running workshops on the value of data, our Executive Education Advisor Craig Paterson wanted to develop a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) in order to reach more people across the globe. After 2 years of running data workshops, how hard could developing an online course with a global reach be? Answer: […]
