Increasingly, students enrolled into the Qlik Academic Program have at their disposal various opportunities to forward their career. Students are securing internships and jobs within Qlik and with customers and partners of Qlik across the globe.The academic program provides free resources in the form of online training, qualifications and certification to students and professors. The program offers structured pathways to become a Qlik Sense Business Analyst and Qlik Sense Data Architect after which students can appear for the exams and get their certifications. This program has been quite popular with more than 26,000 students from 2400+ Universities leveraging these free resources. Being industry developed makes it more relevant to the market demands.Relationship between National University of Singapore ( NUS) has been thriving and students from National University of Singapore (NUS) have enrolled into the program quite regularly. The Singapore office of Qlik has recruited from the University which has resulted in a successful partnership between Qlik and NUS. The academic program continued to build engagement with NUS with various initiatives.Another recent example is that of Sri Vishnu Educational Society ( SVES) in India which has more than 250 students and Professors enrolled into the Qlik Academic Program. Data analytics start up Diagonal wanted to recruit Qlik trained students for its expansion plans. The company consults technology clients in data analytics and for its projects and they wanted students who are up to speed in analytics and Qlik technologies so that they could be deployed on their projects immediately. The academic program was supportive of this initiative and facilitated the engagement between BVRIT and Diagonal.Qlik has an R&D Centre in Bangalore and they have a continuous requirement of qualified candidates. Recently, they advertised their requirement for interns for their R&D projects. These projects are great opportunities for students to learn latest advancements in analytics technologies and fast forward their career. With the help of the academic program, the R&D team at Qlik are able to meet their requirements.Many such opportunities are sprouting for students across the globe and the Qlik Academic Program continues to bridge the skills gaps for analytics trained resources. If you are a student or Professor and wish to know about the academic program and learn from its free resources, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram or email: academicprogram@qlik.com
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Yesterday the Qlik Academic Program ran a workshop for students at the University of Alcalá in Spain to get their first experience with Qlik Sense. A group studying for master’s degrees in Data Science and Business Intelligence participated in the hands-on workshop which focused on a case study using Qlik in a fictitious retail company. The Head of Sales, Marketing, IT and the CEO all had questions that they wanted the data to answer, so the students were tasked with creating a Qlik Sense application and story to meet the various stakeholder’s requirements. Also, at the end of the session the students participated in a quick fire Kahoot quiz to test their abilities to make quick discoveries in their data using Qlik Sense.For many of the students, this session was their first introduction to Qlik, so they were provided with a written step by step guide to the exercise, plus a live demo by Qlik instructor Sara Del Pino, with support from Laura Gutierrez. These sessions are a great way for students to get practise using Qlik Sense with guidance from experts. Also they are a good opportunity for students to experience the types of requirements that they could face in a business analyst position.Did you know that Qlik hosts aBuild Your First Qlik Sense App webinar every week? These sessions are completely free of charge, hosted by our brilliant instructors and a great introduction for anyone starting out with Qlik.If you are a university student or educator you can also join our Qlik Academic Program for free, to get access to Qlik Sense software, training and qualifications as well as access to our live webinar series. For more information or to sign up visit qlik.com/academicprogram.
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Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University(XJTLU is an international joint university based inSuzhou,Jiangsu,China. Founded in 2006, it’s a partnership between theUniversity of LiverpoolandXi'an Jiaotong University and is the first Sino-British joint venture between research led universities.The University primarily focuses on science, technology, engineering, architecture, and business with a secondary focus inEnglish. It is recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Education as a "non-profit" educational institution.Within XJTLU, there is International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) which has a Data Mining Lab to promote initiatives in Learning & Teaching in the field of Data Analytics.The IBSS Data Mining Labwas established in November 2015 in orderto support research-led initiatives in data technology driven management and accounting practices related for Research, Learning and Teaching.As a part of its initiatives to promote data analytics, the data mining lab organized a “Summer School Bootcamp” where students were required to create a dashboard using a data analytics software solution using Qlik Sense. Participants were required to demonstratethe benefits of data analytics technologies for implementation of a strategic plan for MPP, a private company. There are plans to organize a similar boot camp this year.Professor Yves-Jean LeCorre leads the initiatives of this lab and is promoting the Qlik Academic Program in IBSS Data Mining Lab. To learn about this lab, visit: https://connect.xjtlu.edu.cn/user/jeanyves-lecorre/datamininglab-ibssTo know about the Qlik Academic Program and its free data analytics resources, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram
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Data analytics is one of the in-demand skills all over the world. With the influx of data, the demand for analytics trained professionals is on the rise and the gap seems to be widening. The same holds true for Australia.To address this issue, more and more Australian Universities are embracing data literacy and this has led to a greater interest in the Qlik Academic Program. With the free resources of this program which includes software, online training, qualifications and certifications, students and Professors have quick access to get trained and qualified at the speed of their choice.Already, this program is seeded in Deakin University, Macquarie University, Swinburne University, University of Technology Sydney among others.There is a demand supply gap in Australia when it comes to the data analytics skills set. For example, Western Australia is expecting to need nearly 3,000 more data science professionals in the coming decade, according to a new report from Faethm and KPMG. Commissioned by the WA Data Science Innovation Hub (WADSIH), theData Science in Western Australiareport estimates that the data science family already employs around 32,000 full-time employees in WA – a number that is only expected to increase as organisations flag the high value of data.A recently published article in ITwire.com suggests that Australian tertiary students are increasingly aware of the importance of data literacy and the need for digital skills for the future, regardless of their major or area of specialisation. It also affirms Qlik’s commitment to arm students with data literacy skills required to succeed in the workplace.To know about the Qlik Academic Program and its offerings, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram
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It’s no secret that there is a global digital skills gap and that the trend looks set to continue. A BBC article published earlier this year described how the UK is heading towards a digital skills shortage disaster due to a lack of clearly defined job roles and difficulty in making technical professions appeal to young people. Looking more specifically at Data Literacy skills the above holds true, with only 21% of the global workforce confident in their Data Literacy skills according to research by Accenture and Qlik. So what can be done to bridge this gap? And who’s responsibility is it anyway?
