The Data Lab’s MSc placement programme is open for any Scottish organisation looking to inject state of the art data science technologies, creativity and enthusiasm into your organisation. Through our partners MBN Academy, we can find you a student to work on a data science project. The students will get the opportunity to apply their […]
Skills & Professional Development
Scottish veterans reskilled to fill growing cyber security workforce gap
Scottish Armed Forces veterans are being retrained to help address a significant skills gap in the nation’s cyber security workforce. The new partnership project from Skills Development Scotland, social enterprise SaluteMyJob, Abertay University, IBM and tech start up Skillzminer, has been launched with the aim of filling a business-critical shortage facing employers across the country. […]
A Brief Profiling of Data Professions
Do you recall how many times you’ve read articles titled “This is what a Data Scientist does” or “Differences between a Data Scientist and a Data Analyst”? Such articles usually come with various colourful (and sometimes funnily shaped) Venn diagrams, arbitrarily presenting the overlap of the various data professions and highlighting the distribution of different […]
Driving Value from Data: Take your first steps in unlocking data innovation in your organisation
In our mission to help Scotland maximise value from data we are delighted to launch “Driving Value from Data”, a free online course designed to help unlock data innovation within your organisation. Registration for the first run of the course is now open on FutureLearn. Our CEO Gillian Docherty shares an overview of the course […]
The Data Lab MSc Programme Funding Call for 2020-21
The Data Lab MSc is a collaborative effort between The Data Lab and Scottish Universities, with the aim of developing talented data scientists and engineers to support the Scottish economy. We are opening a call to Scottish Universities who want to apply to receive funding to cover MSc course tuition fees for the academic year 2020-21 […]
MSc machine learning placement produces fantastic results with automatic forecasting
Guest blog by Nick Finch, CTO of DataPA Like most people in the IT industry of a similar age (close enough to 50 to see the hairs poking out its nostrils), I’ve seen a lot of change. That said, it’s hard to think of any technology that has the potential to change so many working […]
Debbie Maltman, recent graduate in Data Science for Business, tells her story at the Scottish Parliament
Debbie Maltman, who recently graduated with an MSc in Data Science for Business (with Distinction), had the opportunity to tell her story at The Data Lab’s Reception at Scottish Parliament on 30 January. Hers is an inspiring story of a journey from redundancy through retraining and securing a job she loves as a data scientist, […]
The Data Lab MSc: Being prepared for life in the world of data science
Roger Adams, currently studying an MSc in Data Science for Business at Stirling, tells us how the course is helping him to get immersed in the world of data science I write this on the train back to Dundee having just finished my last exam of the autumn semester (Big Data: Commercial & Scientific Applications). […]
Summer internships with The Data Lab: two MSc students share their experience
During the summer, two of The Data Lab MSc students spent their 3 month placements with us as Data Science interns, applying their newly gained academic experience to real world problems. They tell us a little about their journey to a career in data science and their experiences working with us. We’re delighted that they’ve […]
Getting to grips with messy data at the Scottish Funding Council
This summer, three students undertook work at the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) on datasets covering students at Scottish colleges and universities. This work was completed with the ‘Performance Measurement and Analysis’ team which looks at many aspects of university and college performance. All three students were from different academic backgrounds and had very different summer […]