Data Skills for Work supports workers in adapting to the demands of increasingly digitalised, automated, and data-driven workplaces.
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This course is aimed at those in the Tech sector or with an intermediate Python Programming knowledge.
Data science is a multidisciplinary subject that combines, computer science, statistics and business knowledge - data science allows the generation of insights from data. This course in data science will cover each of the three key areas of the subject - domain knowledge, statistics and computer programming.
This course, gives you an introduction to Data Science, during the course, you will gather data and analyse datasets as well as learn to create visualisations of the results to present your findings, and report on what you have found and how it can make a difference to you or others.
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Almost 800 of the learners were based in Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland. 68% of learners are women or gender diverse and nearly a quarter (24%) of learners are of ethnic minority.
Featured case study
In collaboration with the Data Skills for Work Programme, Fife College ran an Introduction to Data Skills for Work Bootcamp for women returners.