The Academic Program hosted a Qlik Sense workshop for students at Macquarie University in Australia! The University joined the program in 2016 when Professor Dominic Soh introduced Qlik Sense to his undergraduate students in an Auditing and Assurance Services course. Since the university joined, there have been more than 300+ students accepted into the program, all who have received free software and training for a full year!Professor Soh uses Qlik Sense to teach data analytics, specifically within the accounting/auditing context. He utilizes the programs free resources which have helped him train his students and build his curriculum. In the course, students are assigned to watch 5 QCC videos and take 5 quizzes each week, and are also required to use Qlik in their final assignment.The free resources combined with the workshops that the program provides have proven to be really valuable to the professor and the students at Macquarie University! ...View More

Qlik in association with Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology ( VJIT) launched its first ‘Centre of Excellence- powered by Qlik’ in IT city, also called India’s Genome Valley, Hyderabad on 11 September 2017. This Centre was jointly inaugurated by the Chairman of VJIT and Anurag Institutions, Dr. P Rajeshwar Reddy and Qlik’s Academic Program Manager APAC, Pankaj Muthe. Dr. Reddy is also the Member of Legislative Council ( MLC) in the State of Telangana and its party Chief Whip. This event was attended by Professors, Head of Departments of VJIT including its Director Dr. P Venugopal Reddy, Principal Dr. M. Padmaja and Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh-Professor and Training and Placement Head. Representatives from Qlik including Jaydeep Deshpande, Marketing Manager- India and SAARC and Fahad Khan, Solution Architect were also present. Support from team India and especially the Marketing, PR ( APAC) and Pre Sales team has been forthcoming for the successful launch of this Centre. Inputs at various stages were offered by these teams. The key goal of the Centre of Excellence is to support data literacy and enable Professors and students in analytics through the resources offered under the Qlik Academic Program such as Qlik Continuous Classroom( QCC), analytics curriculum, community support etc. This Centre would serve as a dedicated point of contact for students and also to Professors at VJIT who wish to collaborate on data analytics in areas of research and industry-academia partnerships in analytics. Professor Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh is facilitating these initiatives on behalf of VJIT. The Centre would also serve as a point of confluence for ideas, trends and concepts in data analytics to be exchanged not just in VJIT but also for professionals, bodies and experts in analytics in the city of Hyderabad and States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. A computer lab equipped with 70 hi-end computers, UPS, dedicated Server, LCD and a leased line internet connection is available to students as a part of this Centre. More than 60 students from VJIT are already enrolled into the academic program and have begun training and accessing resources offered by the program. Many of the students dedicate a fixed time every week to train themselves using QCC. The target is to enable 180 students in analytics through the Centre every year. Prior to the launch, 24 students participated in a hackathon conducted by VJIT and final five were selected to present their findings and demonstrate their apps built using Qlik Sense. Presentations on their apps were made on topics such as ‘The world happiness report’, ‘Analysis of students performance in pre-placement test’, ‘Hidden stories using Qlik Sense’ etc. In addition, 20 poster presentations on various aspects of Qlik and its technologies were prepared and displayed by students at VJIT. The Academic Program is growing at healthy pace in India and by collaborating on this initiative, engagement with Universities has moved further and the scope to work together in different activities has opened up. Also with the rapid change and introduction to newer technologies and in the world of analytics, the Centre of Excellence in Analytics is well positioned to facilitate this transition and support students and professors well. Qlik and VJIT team at the Centre of Excellence in Analytics-powered by Qlik!VJIT students attending the launch!One of the students presenting her app on " The world happiness report" Poster presentation on Qlik by students!Marketing Manager-India and SAARC Jaydeep Deshpande addressing the audienceSolution Architect and Regional Champion of the Academic Program, Fahad Khan doing a demo on Qlik SenseAcademic Program Manager APAC, Pankaj Muthe speaking during the inaugurationVideo Link : 5514 One of the student shares her experience about the Academic Program and how she's benefitted using the resources available under the program. ...View More

As a new semester approaches (in Europe at least, our friends in the US are already hard at work) I have been approached by several Professors about the possibility of new data sets for their students to use in their projects for the coming year.Despite the wealth of data sources out there, it is difficult to know what data you should start with when considering a project or problem to solve. Do you begin with the outline of your project? defining the issues to solve, only to find the data you require doesn't exist or only available on a paid database, or do you find the data you would like to use and begin to ask questions of itEither way, I have put together 5 interesting data sets and their websites for possible data analysis;1. Ecological - Mapping magpies and Blackbird numbers throughout Europe. Data set - http://mei.org.uk/data-sets2. Currency - Cryptocurrency Historical Prices. Cryptocurrency Historical Prices | Kaggle3. Retail - Walmart Stores Sales Walmart Recruiting - Store Sales Forecasting | Kaggle4. Academic - Yelp University data sets Yelp Dataset5. All Purpose data sets https://www.dataquest.io/blog/free-datasets-for-projects/ DatasetsTry putting these into Qlik Sense and seeing what outputs you find.Happy analysing!! ...View More

Data literacy is a critical skill for students to be successful!A new blog post is available which discusses the rise of Data Literacy and what Qlik is doing to ensure you know how to read, interpret and converse with, understand and analyze data!To read the blog visit The Rise of Data Literacy | Qlik and stay tuned to the Academic Program as will be sharing some exciting news around Data Literacy to come! ...View More

Did you know that being a member of the Academic Program grants you a one-year FREE subscription of training through the Continuous Classroom, also known as the QCC?! The Continuous Classroom provides training videos, assessments, take away documents, quizzes and live instructor forums! Whether you are learning Qlik Sense or QlikView, the subscription offers both products so you can learn what you want, when you want! There is a variety of topics included in the QCC from Data Literacy, to building visualizations, to storytelling!To take advantage of this amazing deal visit the program and The Qlik Academic Programand apply to the student or professor applications! ...View More

Recently the Academic Program interviewed one of its student members to learn about their journey through the program and how it better prepared them for their career outside of the University. We interviewed a student named Nicole who joined the program from the University of South Florida while she was interning at SME, one of Qlik's partners. She was so successful at learning Qlik through the program and through her internship that she was offered a full time position after graduation and she now works as a Qlik Developer for SME. Shes also passionate about the program and she returns to her alma-mater often to promote the program and the use of Qlik in the classroom!To read her story visit the latest blog about the Academic Program! Data Literacy for Everyone | Qlik ...View More

When students interact with digital learning environments, they leave behind trails of data. The desire to understand and improve learning has led many educators to consider the value and utility of this information. But what can these data traces actually tell us about the students who left them, and how do we translate them into meaningful action?It is important to engage students in conversations about what data mean, and the implications of different interpretations.Continued on EdSurge: Giving Data Meaning: Students Should Have A Say In What Analytics Tell You About Them | EdSurge News ...View More

Summer BBQQlik Sense isnt just a business user tool, it can be used for so many fun purposes! Summer time is the time for outdoor fun and catching some sun. Its also a big time to host a BBQ, but how much money should you plan to spend for your next party?Visit the BBQ Qlik Sense app to help you determine how much money you need to host your party! ...View More

The Academic Program encourages all Qlik users to follow the The Qlik Design Blog in Qlik Community. The blog is a fun and easy way to stay up to date with the latest Qlik best practices, application demos, news about upcoming improvements, and much more!To get started visit https://community.qlik.com/blogs/qlikviewdesignblog and select the "Follow" button. Updates can be added to your Qlik Community news streams or emailed directly to you. ...View More

Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh from Vidya Jyothi Institute of Technology ( VJIT), spoke at a Qlik organized event in Bangalore, themed "Discover data driven possibilities" on 26th April. VJIT has partnered with The Qlik Academic ProgramThis event was attended by more than 100 Qlik customers and prospects. Dr. Ghosh spoke on applications of Qlik Sense for students of data analytics and administration of educational institutions covering areas such as placements, online test and results analysis. Dr Ghosh had the following thoughts to share:In the academic arena, Qlik Sense cloud may play a key role for : From traditional offline analytics to in-line embedded analytics .This has been the focus for many efforts in the past and will continue to be an important focus for analytics.From analyzing historical data (students data, staff data) to explain what happened to analyzing historical and real-time data from multiple systems to simulate and predict the future.From Structured and simple data analyzed by individuals to analysis of complex information of many types(text, video) from many system supporting a collaborative decision process that bring multiple people together top analyze, brainstorm and make decisions. Application of data analytics in Educational Institutions: Use of Qlik Sense as a data analytics tool for teaching analytics for B.Tech. CSE/IT students. Placement Data Analysis – Details of students recruited every year from the college in different companies can be represented in single pictorial format. Details such as salary package, number of students who got selected in particular company can be represented. Online test results analysis – Marks scored by individual students in each consecutive tests conducted in the college can be easily shown. Results Data Anlysis – Marks and grades scored by individual student in every semester and over all percentage of every department can be shown. Comparison of individual department percentages can be done through combo charts. Many other hidden information comes out while using Qlik Sense for academic results. Faculty data – We can also analyze faculty information and data in simple way using this technology. Job perspective:In the field of data visualization and data analytics, there is a huge demand for resources that have created many opportunities. Qlik View is a wonderful tool and have many simple functionalities to create a perfect data model. It is a simple tool to understand and can also be implemented in a smooth way. Freshers or B.Tech. (CSE/IT) graduate students gaining knowledge of Qlik technologies is a great value edition on their biodata. ...View More