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# For Government (.gov.uk)

ODI Learning courses for UK civil servants. Book via Government Campus.

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## Course directory

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PathwayAll pathwaysCore curriculumData ethics pathwayData management and governance pathwayData in practice pathway

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Core curriculum

## Data and analysis: Foundations of Public Administration

The flagship core curriculum course for policy professionals who need to be an intelligent customer for data analysis.

1. 1
   
   **Data and analysis**
   
   Working Tutor-led
   
   Act as an intelligent customer for data analysis: articulate requirements to analysts and communicate results to decision-makers.
   
   [Book on Government Campus](https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/01-data-and-analytics/xcs-data-and-analysis/)

Data ethics pathway

## Build ethical data and AI practice step by step

From free essentials through practitioner depth to the certified Data Ethics Professionals programme.

1. 1
   
   **Data ethics essentials \[FREE\]**
   
   Foundation Self-paced
   
   Introducing what data ethics is and why it matters for working with data and AI.
   
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2. 2
   
   **Navigating innovation responsibly with data and AI ethics**
   
   Working Tutor-led
   
   Introduction to data ethics and responsible innovation with data and AI.
   
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3. 3
   
   **Understanding data ethics and AI**
   
   Working Self-paced
   
   Apply practical data ethics across the lifecycle, covering personal data, governance, bias and embedding ethics in practice.
   
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4. 4
   
   **Running ethical impact assessments** Coming soon
   
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   Decide when an ethical impact assessment is needed, choose appropriate tools and frameworks, and apply them to data and AI projects.
   
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5. 5
   
   **Data protection and AI regulation essentials** Coming soon
   
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   Apply data protection and AI regulation in practice, including licensing and transparency and explainability requirements.
   
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6. 6
   
   **Building fair and reliable AI models** Coming soon
   
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   Apply predictive AI to real data, and detect and address bias and fairness issues in models and datasets.
   
   Coming soon
7. 7
   
   **Generative AI: driving innovation in data practices**
   
   Working Tutor-led
   
   Opportunities and risks of generative AI across the data lifecycle, with responsible-use framing.
   
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8. 8
   
   **Data Ethics Professionals**
   
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   Our certified flagship programme: build the knowledge and skills to use, collect and share data responsibly; work through personal data, third-party sources and ethics in analysis; join a peer network with ongoing learning events; and use your certification to improve data ethics practice in projects and organisations.
   
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Data management and governance pathway

## Govern data properly across its lifecycle

From open data foundations through healthy ecosystems and strategic skills to advanced linked data publication.

1. 1
   
   **Open data in a day**
   
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   Discover, use and describe the benefits of open data and how licensing and metadata support good governance.
   
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2. 2
   
   **Building a healthy data ecosystem**
   
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   Map your data ecosystem, identify common barriers, and manage change and culture.
   
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3. 3
   
   **Strategic data skills**
   
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   A practical exploration across the data lifecycle for non-data people, from data collection and bias evaluation through to storytelling.
   
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4. 4
   
   **Publishing open linked data**
   
   Expert Tutor-led
   
   Publish open linked data using CSVW, vocabularies and linked data standards for interoperable publication.
   
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Data in practice pathway

## Make sense of data and apply AI

Analysis for decision-makers, machine learning fundamentals, and generative AI across the data lifecycle.

1. 1
   
   **Organising and validating data**
   
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   Organise and clean data, quality-check it, and improve utility and interoperability.
   
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2. 2
   
   **Telling stories with data**
   
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   Produce and present data visualisations that deliver a connected, relevant narrative.
   
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3. 3
   
   **Empowering data innovation through machine learning and AI**
   
   Working Tutor-led
   
   Non-technical introduction to machine learning and AI techniques applied to real data.
   
   [View course](https://learning.theodi.org/courses/applying-machine-learning-and-ai-techniques-to-data?hsLang=en)[Book on Campus](https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/04-data-and-analytics/applying-machine-learning-and-ai-techniques-to-data/)
4. 4
   
   **Generative AI: driving innovation in data practices**
   
   Working Tutor-led
   
   Opportunities and risks of generative AI across the data lifecycle, with responsible-use framing.
   
   [View course](https://learning.theodi.org/courses/generative-ai-driving-innovation-in-data-practices?hsLang=en)[Enquire to book](mailto:training@theodi.org)
5. 5
   
   **Building fair and reliable AI models** Coming soon
   
   Working Self-paced and tutor-led
   
   Apply predictive AI to real data, and detect and address bias and fairness issues in models and datasets.
   
   Coming soon

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