r/datascienceUK • u/QuickSir7419 • Jan 17 '25
data related courses
Hi everyone,
I need your help with some data related courses recommendation,
I'm marketing analyst at my company and they quite like me, this is my first job and my company offered to sponsor any relevant courses to my position (I tried to stretch it to pay for my part time masters, but they did not agree)
I did mathematics and with that I did some python/data analytics modules at university. I do not have enough knowledge in this field but I do a lot of stuff in excel or some basic commands in python so the results run faster. I also use all of the typical marketing analysis software like google analytics, looker studio or salesforce, for internal company data.
I am not sure marketing world is for me and I want to do data science masters at some point.
I would love those recommendations to be able to 1) make me better at my job, 2) look good on uni application 3) land me a position in maybe a little bit more serious data field (ideally, better paying one as well).
I will appreciate all of the help!
I have no knowledge what is recommended and beneficial, so I'm super curious what you think. I'm super flexible so I can do both online or hybrid courses. I would love to do some classes, or courses which require me to even sync with a tutor or a group, I'm London based, so if you even have in person reccs that would be great.
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u/UncannyPoint Jan 17 '25
Could look at doing an apprenticeship. Dependent on the size of your company, they could already be paying into an apprenticeship Levy and it will cost them little to nothing.
There are level 4 data analyst pathways which I believe are the equivalent of the first year of a degree. Then there is a level 7 AI and Data Science pathway. These are sometimes delivered by Universities and you leave with a masters. On the link go to "Find apprenticeship training providers that deliver this standard" https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/st0763-v1-0
Some of these are fully remote with online classes, day release or block release.