IoA partners with EIT to boost deep tech skills in Europe

The Institute of Analytics (IoA) has entered into a collaboration with the Deep Tech Talent Initiative, a programme led by the European Institute of Technology and Innovation (EIT). This initiative aims to equip one million individuals with deep tech skills by 2025.

The IoA, a not-for-profit entity dedicated to the promotion of analytics and data science professionals, has committed to providing access to one of its most sought-after learning programmes as part of this pledge. The organisation's mission includes enhancing awareness, comprehension, and innovation within the analytics and data science domains, both domestically in the UK and internationally.

Deep tech innovations, which integrate science and engineering across physical, biological, and digital areas, are crucial for addressing substantial global challenges. However, the European workforce currently lacks the requisite skills to effectively utilise these advanced technologies. In line with the European Commission's New European Innovation Agenda, the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative seeks to bridge this skills gap by fostering a robust talent pool in deep tech across Europe.

The initiative aims to train one million individuals in deep tech by 2025 through the 'Pledge for Deep Tech Talents'. This pledge assembles contributions from public and private entities, industry representatives, academic institutions, education providers, and Member States, facilitating the creation and delivery of educational courses and training programmes related to deep tech.

As an Education Partner, the IoA will offer its Data Engineering Tool Kit. This comprehensive four-part course is designed to guide beginner coders with limited knowledge of Python and SQL through the processes necessary to build MLOps pipelines and conduct analysis on both structured and unstructured data, including tasks involving Machine Learning.

Dr Clare Walsh, Director of Education at the IoA, commented on their involvement in the initiative: "One of the things that we're most excited about with this project is the commitment that the EU is making to inclusion. Data Science can seem a daunting field to move into when you're on the outside. Initiatives like this are essential to encourage alternative ways into deep learning professions. These jobs can be personally and financially rewarding for the individual, but it is also essential to develop this sector to support the societies that we all live in."

The Institute of Analytics (IoA) is a not-for-profit global body for analytics & data science professionals. Its mission is to develop and promote the highest professional and ethical standards, create awareness of the value of data analytics and its uses in society and inspire the next generation of analysts & data scientists through education.