Evaluation of National Data Skills pilots: Interim briefing report

This briefing, from the Careers Research & Advisory Centre (CRAC), summarises progress in the National Data Skills project to date. 

The project is funded by the Department for Digital, Media, Culture & Sport (DCMS), through the Office for Students, and provides funding for an exploration of practice by universities in enabling higher education students to develop foundational data skills. The focus is on provision for undergraduates who are studying courses without a significant data science element.

This programme follows the OfS’s work on the DCMS-funded postgraduate conversion course programme, which offers flexible learning provision in AI and Data Science, including scholarships aimed at students from underrepresented backgrounds, to support fair access and to address the data skills gap.