Education & Training
It's been a busy time for the Education & Training department here at LIDA, here are just some of our highlights from the 2023/24 academic year.
Fully online MSc Data Science (Statistics)
A joint venture with LIDA, School of Maths, Coursera and Digital Education Service. We recruited the first cohort of 29 students in January 2024 and a second cohort of 41 in September 2024. Dr Jenny Sexton joined LIDA in May 2024 to develop new online teaching in skills and projects for the MSc.
LIDA OfS Masters Scholarships for students from underrepresented groups
Dr Luisa Cutillo presenting at the Advance HE conference in July 2024
LITE/LIDA scholarship in Data Science Skills for Educators
This initiative concluded in September 2024. Following its completion, more than 50 students from across the University and 25+ industry collaborators and educators have taken part in surveys, interviews and focus groups, with a full report to be published in 2025. Provisional results were presented at the Advance HE Learning & Teaching Conference, Nottingham in July 2024.
Further results will be presented at the Student Success in Taught Education Conference in November 2024.
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DS&AI) Local Educators Group
The group continues to hold regular meetings and hosted a workshop on Live Coding (speaker: Inigo Aldazabal Mensa, Centro De Fisca De Materiales, San Sebastian, Spain) in September 2023. A further workshop on Use of AI Tools in Minerva (speakers: Hayley Whitefoot and Melanie Barrand, Digital Education Service, University of Leeds) was hosted in September 2024.