Data Skills Credits – for providers

Funding for training and education providers. Get up to £12,000 for the delivery of digital and data upskilling courses to support learners in our target groups. 

Background 

Since launching our Data Skills Credits small grants scheme in 2020, Data Skills for Work at The Data Lab has supported over 1500 learners to access digital and data short courses, delivered by our trusted network of training and education partners.    

Applications Now Open: Data Skills Credits Funding for the Tay City Regions!

We’re excited to announce that applications are now open for Data Skills Credits funding. This funding supports individuals and businesses looking to enhance their data skills and drive digital innovation.

Don’t miss out - apply before 5pm on Monday 14th November. 👉 Apply here

What we want to achieve 

Our core objective is to benefit working adults who want to upskill themselves in data to address the demands of the changing world of work. We want to ensure the region has the workforce skills to underpin a strong digital economy, drive improved economic performance and inclusion across the region and to influence the acceleration to Net Zero through digital skills to help with carbon management.   

We want to partner with training and education providers who can offer data upskilling short courses to learners who belong to learner in our target groups, which includes: women, people with a disability, people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and neurodivergent individuals. 

Data Skills Framework

Data Skills Credits are designed to help learners to develop data citizen, data worker and data professional skills. Through our work and research with employers in the city regions, we have created a Data Skills Framework, which outlines four key skill areas – technical, ethical, leadership, and strategic – mapped to different experience levels. It provides a clear path for learning and development, helping to build a data-driven workforce for the future.