During the months of October to March we have our busiest time for the Academic Program and our support for universities in the UK and Europe, but learning continues well into the summer for some schools. So far this summer we've had two sessions with universities to get students introduced to Qlik Sense and data analytics.
On 11th July the Academic Program gave a guest lecture to students at DHBW Mannheim in Germany, studying a dual study course in Digital Commerce Management. This session was lead by Lukas Lohmann, an alumni of DHBW Mannheim and a member of the DACH presales team here at Qlik. During this kick-off session we introduced them to Qlik and the Academic Program, before giving a demonstration of the software and talking about Qlik Sense use cases. In September we will return to the class to give an in depth, hands on workshop in Qlik Sense before setting the students an assignment. This is a collaboration that started last year to give students practical skills in data analytics to apply to their future career and it has received brilliant feedback from both students and educators. We are thrilled to continue supporting this course and if you'd like to learn more about how we can support your teaching, please reach out to us.
On July 26th the Academic Program conducted a hands-on Qlik Sense workshop with Masters students studying Controlling at the University of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. This module is lead by one of our very own Educator Ambassadors, Daniel O Leary from the University of Southern California. These students were all full time professionals already pursuing careers in business, some of them were aware of Qlik but many had never had the chance to learn about us and our software. After a short introduction from me about Qlik and the resources available through the Academic Program, Technical Product Marketing Manager, David Freschl, took students through an introduction to building their first app and creating visualizations. Each student completed the workshop in their own Qlik Sense Business tenant, accessed for free through the Qlik Academic Program. This was a short session of an hour and a half, to give students a taste of just how powerful Qlik Sense is.
Make the most of your time off this summer by upskilling with the Qlik Academic Program! To learn more visit qlik.com/academicprogram.
