data education in colleges
Data Education in Colleges
The Data Education in Colleges programme has delivered data skills across SCQF levels 3 to 8 to 6,384 learners based in Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland.
Colleges in Edinburgh, Fife, Scottish Borders, and West Lothian, funded as part of the Data Skills Gateway initiative, provide the opportunity to support inclusive growth ambitions by exploring ways to target key client groups for the DDI Skills Gateway.
These will include:
- Young people engaging in a School College Partnership
- Individuals from various backgrounds upskilling and reskilling
- Unemployed individuals
- People with disabilities
- Women returners
Recognition
Over the past 5 years, Data Education in Colleges has been shortlisted for 5 awards – both in Scotland and UK-wide – and won the College Development Network award for Skills Development in 2022.
a selection of previously delivered training
Capital City Partnership - Introduction to Power BI
Delivered over 2 x 2.5 hour afternoon sessions. Online Delivery
OPEN UNiveristy - Introduction to Power BI
Delivered over 2 x 2.5 hour afternoon sessions.
Online Delivery
Excel for managers
Delivered as part of the 2023/34 Professional Learning Programme to lectures around Scotland. 1 sessions focussing on using Excel in an Education setting
women in data and digital innovation
Women only version of the PDA Data Science - SCQF Level 7 This Professional Development Award is delivered over 18 weeks with an embedded Introduction to Power BI unit.
Data Kirk - developing Meta-Skills
Evening session with the fantastic students from Data Kirk
Empowering educators with Microsoft 365
Delivered as part of the 2023/34 Professional Learning Programme to lectures around Scotland. 3 sessions covering various Microsoft 365 applications, and their integration together.
NHS Intro to excel
Full day session for NHS staff contextualised around a medical dataset
seven minute sessions
Coming soon... short.. sharp... to-the-point, self-directed tutorials, in a range of Microsoft Applications