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The Data Lab has partnered with New York’s globally renowned, The Data Incubator (whose courses are reputedly harder to get into than Harvard), to develop the three-week data Boot Camp as part of a...
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Due to the success of our MSc program in 2015/16 we will be increasing sponsorship for up to 90 Masters students in 2016/17. Given the scale of the program we are inviting proposals from suppliers to...
View ArticleWhat The Data Lab MSc project means for Waracle's clients
You probably hear about ‘Big Data’ in the news every day and perhaps wonder what it’s all about. Waracle Optimisation team are pretty much obsessed with data and swimming in it! Whether it’s data for...
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We asked participants to tell us why they would like to take part in the course, and how they would use the data science Boot Camp training in their current roles. After going through all the...
View ArticleWhere to Study Data Science in Scotland?
What is it?Our web application allows you to search for a specific degree by the modules and programming languages that are taught. It allows you to highlight the courses that you think look...
View ArticleNew Tools for a New Year
Whilst more data than ever before is available at the click of a button, the issue of how to gain insight and visualise these findings is becoming the biggest issue we now face.There are many tools...
View ArticleCall for Proposals: Hack Weekends
The Data Lab MSc is a fully funded challenge-based learning programme, now entering its second year. It aims to tackle the skills gap in data science and provide students with an education geared...
View ArticleUrban Tide's time with a Big Data MSc student
TELL US ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND AND YOUR DEGREE PROGRAMMEI graduated from a BSc course in Computing Science back in 2007 and worked in the oil and gas industry for 8 years as a systems engineer and...
View ArticleLearning Journey to New York December 2016
The Big Data & Analytics Summits bring together analytics executives and data scientists working all over the world, offering unique insight into the innovations that are driving success in these...
View ArticleThe Data Lab welcomes 90 future Data Scientists at the 2016/17 MSc launch event
The Data Lab MSc has been developed specifically to build a high-quality pool of ‘data talent’ in Scotland that is equipped with the skills, experience, networks, creativity and confidence to succeed...
View ArticleOpen Data Training: we loved it, we want more!
Building on the lessons learned and experience gained delivering the open data training pilot, Urban Tide launched a new set of open data training sessions and workshops, each of which has been...
View ArticleThe DMA - Events and Training in Scotland
EFF Week – Edinburgh; Creating a culture of marketing effectivenessEFF Week lands in Scotland at Edinburgh’s Summerhall and – as part of a DMA / IPA collaboration – you’ll hear from marketing leaders...
View ArticleData Science PhD and EngD funding call opens!
To find out more read our guidance document.To apply, please complete the PhD / EngD Project Application form.The closing date for this round is 17:00 on Friday 6th January 2017. If you miss this,...
View ArticleThe Data Lab MSc – Summer Placements
50 of the 90 students will be offered their placement with organisations based in the South-West of Scotland. This is linked to the funding and the aim of encouraging direct employment for students...
View ArticleData Science Boot Camp Upskills Scottish Data Scientists
The pioneering training initiative aims to allow Scottish businesses to fast track potential returns by using data analysis to drive insight and decision-making across industry. With the economic...
View ArticleDATA APPRENTICESHIPS: Developing Data Talent for Scotland
Employers will seek, above all, analysts who can ask the right questions of the data. Whilst technical skills remain important, the job market will reward the candidate who can demonstrate ‘real world’...
View ArticleThe Data Lab and The University of St Andrews announce the launch of the 2017...
The Data Lab and the University of St Andrew’s vision for the EngD is an industry-focused doctoral research programme with unique benefits: an unmatchable, in-depth research training experience for...
View ArticleOnline Learning Funding Call
We know that Scotland needs more people with the skills to manipulate, organise and analyse an ever increasing amount and variety of data. This demand is not confined to traditional computing...
View ArticleLearning Journey: Strata + Hadoop San Jose, March 2017
Strata + Hadoop World is a 4-day immersion in the most challenging problems, intriguing use cases, and enticing opportunities in data today. Over a hundred of the most interesting people in data will...
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