Skills Bootcamp in Data Analytics and Visualisation: From Advanced Excel to Power BI

Several data-analytics and visualisation tools are available on the market and this course will equip learners with the skills to correctly use them so that they can contribute to improving business performance. The Bootcamp will also touch on how to use Machine Learning and AI applications to generate data insights and business forecast.

This course develops skills in data analytics, reporting and visualisation looking at a range of different solutions from Advanced Excel to Power BI.

The course has been designed to equip learners with the skills needed to identify trends in data and communicate these persuasively, make intelligent business forecasts and take informed decisions – using easily accessible off the shelf products.

The Bootcamp will be split into two parts:

1. Advanced Excel: Forms, Pivot tables, Macros, and Formulae
2. Data Analytics and Data Visualisation using Power BI: Data Modelling, Data representation, and Dashboard design

Industry case studies, industry keynote speakers and focussed portfolio work will provide inspiration, context and opportunity to put the theory into practise.

In addition, a bespoke employability programme will equip you with essential software skills for securing a job or new role, where required.

This Skills Bootcamp lasts for 16 weeks with four hours of online contact time each week (2 x 2-hour sessions) plus additional self-directed learning and employability sessions to support you into work or a career change. A bespoke employability programme, delivered by our specialist career team, will run alongside the core delivery, and culminate in career matching activities working with our industry partners.

All of our Skills Bootcamps are designed to be flexible to allow people in work, looking for work and with other responsibilities to participate.

The Bootcamp is delivered online by our experienced academics and industry practitioners with keynote speakers and case studies from our industry partners.

Assessment is undertaken through the development of a portfolio that builds up during the Bootcamp.

Our 16-week programme is suitable for anybody wanting to:

• Upskill in their current job and understand how they could apply data analytics, business intelligence and data visualisations to their business.
• Upskill those who are not working with large amounts of data, but who want to gain a deeper understanding of data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence for a future role in this area
• Upskill their existing knowledge for a career change or to gain employment.

Eligibility criteria for all learners

In order to qualify for this no-cost training, learners need to:

• Be aged 19+
• Have the right to live and work in the UK
• Agree to provide mandatory personal data and supplementary information on their employment outcomes for up to 8 months following completion of the Skills Bootcamp
• Be looking for a new role, new opportunities
• Looking for increased responsibility/promotion to a different role which utilises the skills acquired through their Skills Bootcamp within 6 months of completion of the course
• Meet the requirements and/or prerequisites for the specific skills Bootcamp, select the bootcamp for more information
• Study one bootcamp from the consortium
• Need to commit to 4 hours of online study and self study each week

Eligibility criteria for free course

• unemployed within the last 12 months, or
• self-employed, or
• employed in an unrelated job looking for a new role or additional responsibilities within your current employer, utilising skills learnt
• be in the last 3 months of full time education.

Eligibility criteria for this particular course

To succeed on this course, you are recommended to have:

• Basic IT Skills
• Interest in Statistics and Data Analytics
• GCSE Maths (preferable)
• Experience of manipulating data with spreadsheets or databases
• Must have been resident in the UK for 3 years prior to start date of course

You can only take part in one bootcamp with the IOC which Teesside University are a partner.

If you are unemployed, self-employed or in employment that is not related to a career in tech then this course is fully-funded and free to you IF you meet the eligibility criteria.

If you are employed in a tech related career and looking to upskill to support a new role or opportunities then your employer can send existing employees on the course and will receive a discount ranging from 70% - 90%, depending on the size of the company.

This Bootcamp runs once only for 16 weeks starting 6 September 2022 to 12 January 2023 with a small cohort of learners so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Exact dates of delivery will be provided very soon.

You will need to provide both a CV and your 90 second selfie video letting us know your current skills and why you want to complete the Skills Bootcamp, during the application form process.

Please make sure to provide these within the application process or forward by email to skillsbootcamp@tees.ac.uk as we won't be able to review your application without them.

You will notified within 1 month of our panel's decision regarding your application.

This Skills Bootcamp is jointly designed and delivered by our games industry partners, so you can be confident you are learning the relevant skills important to employers. Throughout the 16-week programme, each learner will also take part in a bespoke employability programme preparing you for interviews and recruitment events with our industry partners, giving you the opportunity to network and connect with employers looking for these skills.

Teesside University works closely with Industry around the UK and will provide employment opportunities through our partners and also from Job Searches.

It is important for you to actively look for job roles that are of interest to you also.

If you are an employer and would like to send one or more of your staff on the Bootcamp to upskill for a new role or opportunity within their existing role, you can receive a discount from 70 - 90% on the £3,500 course fee depending on the size of your organisation and that your employee(s) meet the eligibility criteria.

It is paramount that our course prepares the learners for employment and/or upskilling in their existing job so we would love to hear from you if you would like to get involved in the delivery of this course. Please complete the employer expression of interest form and we look forward to discussing this with you.