Somerset County Council and University of Exeter Project

Somerset County Council and University of Exeter Project

Released On 4th May 2022

The University of Exeter and Somerset County Council are offering Somerset-based businesses the opportunity to benefit from FREE training from University of Exeter experts in the area of data analytics.

Businesses who take part will also have the opportunity to apply for a free specialist 1-2-1 knowledge transfer and innovation session provided by the University of the West of England (UWE).

The insights from the project will help shape vital government-funded research.

The criteria for businesses to apply is:

  • A small, medium or large business who uses data and could benefit from further data analytics expertise or has ambition and potential for innovation
  •  Business in, or supplying, growth sectors such as clean growth, aerospace, digital, agri-tech, etc.
  • Must be based within the Somerset County Council area

If you are a business that meets the criteria, please register for one of the following:

Training event 1

  • Location: In-person at a venue in Somerset 
  • Date: Tuesday 10th May 2022
  • Time: 10am - 12pm 
  • Speakers: Dan Pritchard from Tech South West on importance of data and tech in the region, Speaker TBC from University of Exeter on Data Science and Dan Isaac from University of Exeter on Data Visualisation

Training event 2

  • Location: In-person at a venue in Somerset 
  • Date: Tuesday 10th May 2022
  • Time: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
  • Speakers: Dan Pritchard from Tech South West on importance of data and tech in the region and Speaker TBC from University of Exeter on Machine Learning

 Training event 3

  • Location: Virtual on zoom
  • Date: Monday 9th May 2022
  • Time: 10am - 11:45am
  • Speakers: Dan Pritchard from Tech South West on importance of data and tech in the region and Dan Isaac from University of Exeter on Data Visualisation

Training event 4

  • Location: Virtual on zoom
  • Date: Monday 9th May 2022
  • Time: 1pm - 2:45pm
  • Speakers: Dan Pritchard from Tech South West on importance of data and tech in the region and Stefan Siegert from University of Exeter on Introduction to Machine Learning
Place numbers are limited so if you are interested in signing up for a training session or focus group or want to find out more, please email leah.watts@astleymedia.co.uk by Friday 15th April 2022. If you know of any other businesses who meet the criteria, please feel free to forward this email to your contacts.