Celebrating The Data Lab Academy Alumni 20!

The Data Lab Academy Alumni 20 has been created to inspire anyone who wants to join the data industry in Scotland.

The first 20 alumni have been selected in recognition of their inspiring careers in the data sector as well as the support they have offered The Data Lab Academy and our over 1000 alumni.

The Data Lab Academy is for anyone studying one of our approved data science, data or AI programmes across MSc courses and integrated masters courses. It is a unique programme of workshops, networking, events and masterclasses to support your professional development.

You participate alongside your academic studies and earn digital badges to prove your networking, employability, ethics and innovation capabilities. The programme also allows you to apply for a paid industrial placement, putting you in an ideal position to get the best possible job after graduation. 

Funded courses for students have now been released for the 2023/2024 academic year. If you are a student wanting to get involved, click here to learn more about the eligible programmes and how to apply.

Are you an employer looking to get involved? We are always looking for organisations to partner with on our student placement programme. Click here to learn more and submit an interest form to our team.

Senior Analyst at Forecast and opendat.scot Maintainer

Machine Learning Architect at Mangata Networks Scotland

Senior Analytics Specialist and Co-Chair of the Woman at Tesco Network at Tesco Bank

Lecturer in Computing at Glasgow Caledonian University and a PhD researcher

Lead Data Engineer at Bigspark

Senior Data Analyst at Research Data Scotland

Analytics Manger at Trustpilot

Machine Learning Engineer at Weights & Biases

Data Engineer at Innovid

Data Scientist at Bioscript Group

Data and Analytics Manager at NatWest

Co-founder and Trustee at Code The City

Machine Learning Engineer at Yelp

Research Officer at Volunteer Scotland 

Data Educator at effini

CEO and Founder of DataKirk

Senior Data Scientist at Aggreko

Director / COO and PhD Researcher at Tayfusion Digital

Engineering Manager (Data) at Aize

Success Machine Learning Engineering at Weights & Biases

“When I first learned about data analytics, my initial career goal was to become a data scientist. Having gained a more in-depth understanding of the industry during my time in The Data Lab Academy, I switched to data engineering. I’d urge anyone planning to work in data to consider which of the various career paths in the industry are right for them.”

Tommaso Ricci – Data Engineer at Innovid