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Strategic Data Skills

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Build the strategic skills you and your business need

This course is for people who want to work strategically with data - using it in their role to inform decisions from strategic objectives to the day to day operations of an organisation.

Over the course of five interactive, online modules you will learn how to:
  • Identify how open and shared data infrastructures can improve decision making.
  • Apply strategic thinking to new data projects.
  • Open and shared approaches that make it easier to create and build impactful products and services.
  • Make better decisions with data.

Self-paced or tutor-led

Choose how you want to take Strategic Data Skills.

Self-paced — start on demand with about 15 hours of study and 6 months’ access to the materials, AI tutoring assistant and assignments.

Tutor-led for groups — run as a blended programme for your team (about 48 hours over around 6 weeks), with an expert tutor, feedback on assignments, and insight into the latest practice. Ideal for B2B / organisational cohorts.

Both self-paced and tutor-led group options can also be booked via Government Campus.

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Self-paced — purchase directly and start now (6 months’ access):

ODI members — £510 + VAT
General admission — £600 + VAT

Tutor-led group course — for teams and organisations. Contact us to book a cohort with an expert tutor.

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Government Campus

Civil servants can book both the self-paced course and tutor-led group delivery through Government Campus (Prospectus Online) — the approved platform for UK Government training from Government Skills.

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How Strategic Data Skills works

Our courses are not simply read. They are designed for active learning helping you prioritise the application of learning through authentic action.

The Strategic Data Skills curriculum is based on a decade of research and practical experience working with, training and advising data-intensive organisations such as Google, Roche and the Singapore Government.

Your strategic data skills learning experience includes:

  • Interactive, mobile friendly learning
  • Accessible content that uses simple, non-technical language
  • An AI tutoring assistant
  • Support from the ODI team
  • Knowledge checks
  • 6-months access to the content and our learning platform
  • A certificate of completion from the Open Data Institute

Who the course is for

This course is for non-technical people who want to create an effective data ecosystem in their organisation and sector without learning complex programming.

Previous attendees include Founders, CEOs, Marketing VPs, Product Managers and Analysts.

Attendees come from start-ups, multinational companies, local and central government, NGOs and charities.

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Strategic Data Skills self paced example screen
Strategic Data Skills self paced example screen

Value for you - value for your business

Successfully complete Strategic Data Skills to demonstrate your ability to help any organisation generate actionable, strategic insights from data.

  • Boost your career – demonstrate to potential employers your ability to work with data, showcase your new skills to peers and managers, the course certificate from the ODI provides evidence of your skills.
  • Data to inform your work – the course shows you how to make better decisions with data.
  • Avoid harmful impacts – discover how to balance the need to create an impact, with the need for an ethical approach whilst working with data.
  • Embrace open innovation – get hands-on experience of how you can use open and shared approaches to working with data to create exciting new products and services.

How this course will benefit your company

After attending Strategic Data Skills participants have the ability to help any organisation:

  • Make better decisions with data.
  • Demonstrate to clients and stakeholders their ability to work effectively with data.
  • Identify how open and shared data infrastructures can improve decision making.
  • Apply strategic thinking to new data projects.
  • Adopt open and shared approaches that make it easier to create and build impactful products and services.
  • Avoid reputational risks by considering data ethics as part of a project.

Please contact us you would like further information on our Strategic Data Skills self-paced course

Inspired by data pioneers, built for you

At a time when businesses are trying to get value from AI and data it’s more important than ever to understand the landscape, filter out the noise and set a clear direction.

The Open Data Institute is a world-leading research and training institution founded by the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and AI pioneer Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt. Our research, training and practical work helps people, companies and governments build data infrastructure that benefits all.

More than 52,000 people worldwide have developed their data literacy using the ODI’s self-guided training.

Created by a team of data specialists and learning designers, the Strategic Data Skills course will guide you as you turn theory into practice, and as you step-up to play a strategic role in helping your organisation get value from data.

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