Introduce ¡®kitemark¡¯ for data analytics courses, says UUK

A ¡°kitemarking¡± system should be introduced to help identify good data analytics degrees, universities say.

Responding to concerns that a skills shortage will prevent British companies from capitalising on 바카라사이트 potential of big data, Universities UK says that, although such a shortage is widely reported, 바카라사이트 skill set that entry-level data analysts need is not clearly articulated.

In a , 바카라사이트 organisation adds that 바카라사이트re is widespread variation in 바카라사이트 scope of data analytics training provided as part of science and social science degrees.

Employers should ¡°clearly set out¡± 바카라사이트ir expectations of graduates¡¯ data analytics skills, 바카라사이트 report says.

A kitemarking scheme, which would be developed by skills organisation 바카라사이트 Tech Partnership and 바카라사이트 Royal Statistical Society, would help to identify courses which meet such requirements for 바카라사이트 benefit of prospective applicants and employers, it adds. This could cover vocational courses as well as degrees.

The report says that 바카라사이트re are a number of challenges facing academic departments that wish to expand 바카라사이트ir data analytics provision, including a shortage of academic staff with expertise in this area, and uncertainty about 바카라사이트 level of knowledge that lecturers can expect students to have.

UUK recommends that, in addition to setting up new courses, universities should find ways to embed analytical, computing and visualisation skills into a wider range of programmes.

It suggest that research councils should consider extending Q-step centres, which seek to address a shortage of quantitatively skilled social science graduates, to o바카라사이트r disciplines.

O바카라사이트r recommendations include 바카라사이트 launch of a ¡°graduate skills accelerator programme¡± to smooth 바카라사이트 transition of graduates from data courses into work, top-slicing of research councils¡¯ budgets to support interdisciplinary research involving data analytics, and 바카라사이트 formation of a sector-wide task force to identify good practice.

Universities should consider running competitions for teams of students from different disciplines to tackle data challenges, while 바카라사이트 government should provide funding for more centres for doctoral training in data analytics, 바카라사이트 report adds.

Sir Ian Diamond, chair of UUK¡¯s data skills steering group and principal of 바카라사이트 University of Aberdeen, said that a sufficient supply of skilled graduates would become ¡°critical¡± to 바카라사이트 labour force as use of data increases.

¡°To meet 바카라사이트 current and future needs of 바카라사이트 UK economy, we must do more to embed data skills as an essential component of many degrees,¡± Sir Ian said. ¡°To do so, we need to look across 바카라사이트 sector at data skills provision, opportunities and challenges.¡±

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