During these uncertain times, its more important than ever to make the right decisions about protecting our students. As the school year fast approaches, educators from kindergarten to college are still uncertain about the proper way to return to the classroom, this includes activities outside the classroom like sports. For example, some universities plan on doing daily health checks and surveys which can be analyzed by dashboards for further decision making on whether or not team sports should take place. One such example is from Oregon State University using analytics to determine if students can return to campus for practice. To learn more about their use of analytics visithow-data-analytics-helping-universities-restart-sportsRegardless of the tool being used, its more important than ever that universities are not only using analytics to make important decisions surrounding the health and safety of the students but they are embedding analytics into a variety of courses and curriculum's.As a result, Qlik has invested many years into creating a successful Academic Program for professors and students to learn analytics and data literacy. Qlik's program offers free Qlik Sense Business software, $3,000 worth of training, options to receive a product and data literacy certificates and more, all for one year!If you are a university professor or student and would like to join the Academic Program to get access to free resources, you can apply today:qlik.com/academicprogram. Alternatively if you would like to discuss how Qlik can be integrated into your university course please emailacademicprogram@qlik.com
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Clearly, there are various research findings which point to data analytics as a career of the future. Jobs in analytics are in high demand and will continue to be in the future. So as long as data is being generated, analytics has a great future.In order to fill this demand supply gap, the Qlik Academic Program offers amazing resources for students and Professors to get trained in data analytics. More than 16000 Students from 1900 + Universities are already benefitting from these resources and many are signing up. Many Universities recognize the advantage of this program since its industry relevant and makes students job ready.So, lets do a scenario assessment into what happens after you complete training from the Qlik Academic Program free resources, i.e online training, qualifications, certifications etc. Which doors open up for you if you decide to learn?So I used one of India’s leading job portal, Naukri.com to find out the jobs available in “Qlik Sense” and simply typed those words in the search engine.Upon search, the number of jobs that were thrown in were 5657Source:www.naukri.comThat’s a big number by any counts especially considering the fact that the job market is not exactly in the best of shape currentlyIf I drill down further and look at which are the profiles in demand, I was able to get to the following roles: Qlik Sense Developer BI Developer Data Analyst Business Analyst BI DeveloperThe Qlik Academic Program’s resources train you adequately to fulfill most of the above rolesFurther filtering this information, the top 5 locations where these jobs were available are: Bangalore Delhi/NCR Hyderabad Mumbai PuneSo now, coming to the most important part of your job search and that is the paycheck!So, the job portal mentions around 60% of the salaries in the range of Rs.6-10 lakhs and around 40% in the Rs. 10-15 lakhs p.a rangeQuite attractive salaries in a career of the future, correct?So if you want to get to that and if you are a student, simply register into the Qlik Academic Program and start learning from its free resources!For more information, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram or drop a mail to academicprogram@qlik.com
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L'école pratique des hautes études commerciales (EPHEC) in Belgium recently utilised Qlik Academic Program resources as part of their Business Data Analysis course. LecturersGilles Hocepied and Jeremie Colmant leveraged the free access to Qlik Sense to get their students hands on with our industry leading analytics tool. After some introductory training, course participants were tasked with creating their own applications as part of their assessment. The students had freedom to analyse data from any subject area of their choice and they then had to present their applications and findings to staff. The array of applications create was vast, covering everything from the COVID-19 pandemic to a classic car club. You can read the full article and see examples of the students work here: https://blog.qlik.com/integrating-qlik-in-the-classroom-what-will-your-students-createEPHEC have provided a great example of how within a short time of being introduced to Qlik Sense, students are able to be creative whilst developing sophisticated applications and making discoveries in their data. This type of exercise is a great way to simulate the kinds of responsibilities that Business Analysts would have within an organisation.It is also important to note, that this module was already underway when EPHEC had to close due to COVID-19. Thanks to the fact that Qlik Sense is available in the Cloud and all Qlik training resources are available online, the lecturers were able to quickly pivot to remote teaching, with the students continuing their learning in Qlik Sense from home.If you are a university lecturer or student and would like to join the Academic Program to get access to free Qlik Sense, training and qualifications, you can apply today: qlik.com/academicprogram. Alternatively if you would like to discuss how Qlik can be integrated into your university course please email academicprogram@qlik.com
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In a world that's altering many things including the way we live, work etc. everyone is curious to know which skills will remain in demand and which might see an increase. Various media publications are coming up with predictions on what might be the new normal in terms of future skill sets.A recent article in Hindustan Times writes, " as the society at large tried to grapple with the extent of the impact, technology has in many ways, emerged as the savior". This article also mentions the top five skills in a post covid world and among these is the role of a Business Analyst. It adds. " as businesses accelerate the shift to digital, digital channels will become increasingly mainstream across sectors such as retail, education, healthcare and others. As the demand for digital goes up, it will result in greater demand for Business Analysts. To read about this article further,visit:https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/top-5-job-skills-to-future-proof-your-career-post-covid/story-7ibPE5zQu97F04VWcDxidP.htmlAnother recent article in Economic Times mentions the rising demand for data analytics professionals. There is a mention about a report by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics citing rising job openings to the tune of 11.5 million by 2026. The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2022, data scientists and analysts will become the number one emerging role in the world. To read this article in detail, visit:https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/11-5-mn-job-openings-by-2026-sky-high-salaries-why-data-science-is-booming/articleshow/74667347.cms?from=mdrIf you are a student or Professor looking to learn data analytics, the Qlik Academic Program offers free resources in training, qualification and certification. To know more, visit: Qlik.com/academicprogramIf you would like to attend a webinar to learn about the Academic Program, register here:shorturl.at/EKMR8
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Last week our annual Qlik conference took place online with record breaking participation from our customers and partners. But in case you missed it, fear not. You can now catch all of the great content on demand with full access to the key note speeches and over 110 different breakout sessions.Of course this is also a great chance to see the presentations from our Academic Program Datathon. You will be able to see the winners of each climate change related challenge presenting their solutions in Qlik Sense. The standard of submissions was very high, so this is a great opportunity to see the types of dashboards that students can create in Qlik Sense after just a small amount of time using the software.There are also a whole host of sessions available giving you all of the latest updates and innovations from Qlik as well as Data Literacy talks. These include sessions from one of our Academic Program Professor Angelika Kildas, and our Chief Learning Officer Kevin Hanegan who gives “An Introduction to Data Informed Decision Making.” Finally this is the perfect opportunity to learn how our customers across a whole host of industries are innovating and driving business success using the power of Qlik.Whether you are brand new to Qlik or a seasoned pro, QlikWorld on demand is am excellent way to dive into all of the features of our software and services, and to see how we benefit organisations all over the world. To access all of the on-demand content please visit: https://go.qlik.com/UK-2020-QlikWorld-Online-home.html.In the Data Discovery Zone at the “Data Literacy as a Service” booth you can pick up information on our Academic Program offering free software training and qualifications to University students and Academics globally. If you are not already a member sign up today: qlik.com/academicprogram.
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After months of hard work building an application, judging by Qlik and C40 Cities, and two days of voting at QlikWorld Online, the Academic Program Datathon winner has been chosen!
Ng Ying Xue (YX) is the challenge five winner of our first ever global Qlik Academic Program Datathon. She is an Accountancy and Business Analytics student at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In the early years of her university life, YX gained interest in analytics and that’s how her journey began. This further led to her active involvement in her school’s Business Analytics Club while taking up the role of the Club’s president in her senior year.It was as during her time in the Club that her interest began in data visualization. As a new analytics student at that time, YX was rather fascinated with the capabilities of data visualization software, which she says, “allows self-service analytics for anyone, especially for individuals without a technical background.”YX first tried Qlik during her analytics internship and was rather amazed at all the features it possessed. She found the interface easy to navigate, and she worked on a small project using Qlik. During the internship, she also did some research and learned about the Qlik Academic Program. She signed up for the program and immediately started taking the training courses offered by Qlik. YX was impressed at how customizable the software could be and the extensive extensions available. However, she felt there were few opportunities to apply the skills she had learned and to present use of the software outside of the few data visualization projects she had during her internship.Opportunity came knocking when early this year, YX’s Professor shared an email regarding the Academic Program Datathon Qlik had organised. She was motivated by the idea of being able to apply her data visualization skills to create a data-driven solution towards a resilient climate and planet. YX thought this was also a good avenue to apply what she had learned, and to showcase how data could be applied to solve problems using Qlik. However, since she did not have much experience with Qlik, she struggled a bit initially. YX found inspirations from some examples on the Qlik demos site and made full use of the forums to get answers to questions regarding the features or extensions she wanted to implement in her application.YX says, “Since there are limited opportunities for students like myself to apply our skillsets to the real-world context, I am extremely grateful to Qlik for organizing this Datathon. Through my participation in the Datathon, I was able to reaffirm my passion for analytics and problem solving. Moving forward, I am looking to continuously improve my skillsets and make a change using the power of data.”Register now to watch YX and the other Datathon challenge winners present their amazing solutions during QlikWorld Online. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite solution and help Qlik award the overall winner of the Datathon!
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We are now less than 2 weeks away from QlikWorld Online, where all of our Academic Program Datathon winners will be presenting their solutions and you will have the opportunity to vote for your favourite, to crown the overall winner. So that you have the chance to get to know each of the challenge winners ahead of the event, we are highlighting each one in a blog post. Nam Mai is the winner of our first challenge which considers how to maximise the effect of actions taken to fight climate change, whilst also minimising the costs.Nam Mai is originally from Vietnam where he studied an Economics major before taking his first job as a Business Analyst. Whilst working in this role, Nam Mai first discovered Qlik when he was tasked with finding a solution for automatic reporting. However, he then made the move to France to study a Masters in Statistics and Econometrics at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, so didn’t get chance to fully utilise Qlik. It wasn’t until this final year of his masters during a Data Visualisation module that he decided to revisit Qlik. He used Qlik Sense for his project where he created visualisations about the various houses registered with Airbnb. Nam Mai commented that “the data modelling aspect is very easy to manage and as the scripting language is based on SQL which I am familiar with, it’s very easy to use. And the diverse choice of visualisations is very useful.”It was then during an apprenticeship with a digital consulting company that his manager Matthieu Burel (a Qlik Luminary) made Nam Mai aware of the Qlik Academic Program Datathon. Matthieu commented that “this Qlik C40 Datathon is a great opportunity for trainees to confront a real analytics project. Keep in mind that these are really massive data sets to discover and explore with the aim of meeting real social, economic and ecological challenges. It’s a unique opportunity, as a young graduate student, to fully understand the issues from start to finish, from the data preparation to the dataviz design and related storytelling. Finally, this challenge is more than a competition, it requires imagination, creativity and a good dose of innovation! Everything you expect from a future data analyst.”Nam Mai was instantly excited by the opportunity and was eagerly awaiting the official launch date so that he could register and get to work. He chose to tackle the challenge about maximising the effects of climate action and minimising the costs, as he felt that this is a highly relevant topic for decision makers across all organisations. He was very keen to improve the existing Action Analysis Database available from C40 Cities, to make it more comprehensive and to enable people to make even more informed decisions.One of the most testing aspects of this challenge was that it involved a lot of text analysis and data cleansing. As Nam Mai was already familiar with Qlik Sense from his data visualisation module at University, he was keen to push himself and to gain more advanced skills. He used various resources to upskill throughout the Datathon, including courses on learning.qlik.com, Qlik Branch and a Facebook community of Qlik users in Vietnam who share a lot of knowledge and tips relating to Qlik. Nam Mai is also very thankful for the invaluable feedback that he received from his Managers during the Datathon.Another big challenge for Nam Mai of taking part in the Datathon was balancing his time between his apprenticeship, University studies and developing his solution for the challenge. But he is certain that the time that he dedicated to the competition has been well worth it. In fact, he has already promoted the Datathon within his Qlik user Facebook community and plans to encourage his contacts to participate in upcoming datathons.Nam Mai’s career ambition is to become a BI Professional, so being selected as a winner is a great asset for his CV. Despite being disappointed that he will not have the opportunity to present his solution at the QlikWorld in-person event, it’s clear that QlikWorld Online will still be a great opportunity for him to network and to present his application to an even wider audience. We are excited to see what the future will hold for him! Register today to get your front row seat and to vote for your favourite Datathon solution.
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