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Last month the Academic Program had another opportunity to provide a workshop to one of our university partners, Penn State Great Valley. In the past, most workshops were hosted on campus where as many as 40 students would join. However, after the pandemic, the landscape of education changed and more students either chose to learn remote or did not have a choice.
To accommodate all of our members, we have pivoted the way we host our workshops. Currently we offer a hybrid model so we are able to be on campus for some students and allow others to join via zoom. Workshop information and necessary documents are shared with the class prior to joining and all students are encouraged to sign up for the program to ensure they have software and training they can go back and continue their learning with.
In attendance we have a Qlik Solution Architect on campus @ChrisReiter and @JoeHo on zoom to help field any questions.
If you are interested in a Qlik presentation or mini workshop, please apply to the program by visiting the website qlik.com/us/company/academic-program and then email us at academicprogram@qlik.com
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Dr. K. Kalaiselvi oversees courses in Data Analytics, specializing in Machine Learning, R and Python Programming, Data Visualization Technologies, and Process Mining Technologies at Kristu Jayanti College. She also manages specialized and certification courses for students, complementing the regular curriculum.
Since 2019, Dr. K Kalaiselvi has been associated with the Qlik Academic Program and has also earned the Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualification. By December 2023, approximately 300 students from Kristu Jayanti College achieved their qualifications in Qlik Sense Business Analyst and Data Literacy. Presently, 122 students are training for the Data Architect qualification. She says, “I’m thrilled that our institution was recognized as the Centre of Excellence in 2023, under the Qlik Academic Program”
According to Dr. K Kalaiselvi, she was drawn by the reputation of Qlik for providing comprehensive resources and tools geared towards learning data analytics and visualization. She therefore, decided to take further interest in the Qlik Academic Program. Kristu Jayanti recognizes the growing importance of new age skills in various industries, and this led to her interest in exploring further. The Qlik Academic Program stood out due to its commitment in offering free access to their powerful data analytics and visualization software, Qlik Sense along with free training and certifications.
Dr K Kalaiselvi believes that Qlik Academic Program's resources and learning materials will not only enhance understanding of data analytics and visualization but also contribute significantly to her students’ academic and professional growth. The opportunity to gain proficiency in using Qlik technologies is one that she finds both exciting and valuable, and she is enthusiastic about the potential it holds for her students’ future endeavors.
“The future of this engagement appears promising for me”, according to Dr. K Kalaiselvi. She further adds, “As students continue to benefit from Qlik Academic Program's training and certifications, they are likely to graduate with desirable skills in data analytics and visualization. This, in turn, could lead to increased job placements in roles such as Business Analysts, Data Scientists, and Data Visualization Designers. With a growing network and a reputation for producing skilled professionals, the engagement could contribute positively to both student careers and industry advancement”
Dr Kalaiselvi feels that her engagement with Qlik, especially after achieving the Qlik Sense Business Analyst certification, has deepened her understanding and appreciation for data literacy. She recognizes the critical role it plays in today's data-driven world, and she is eager to share this knowledge with others. Joining the academic program has offered her a structured platform to advocate for and elevate data literacy among students, preparing them for a future where data-informed decision-making is key. By becoming a Qlik Educator Ambassador, she aims to not only expand her own skills and understanding of Qlik technologies but also to stay at the forefront of BI and analytics innovations. It enables her to contribute to and learn from a like-minded community, further enriching the educational experiences she can offer and to foster a collaborative spirit among her students for global and cross-disciplinary projects.
At present, Dr. K Kalaiselvi is engaged in developing an AI chatbot project tailored for adolescents, aimed at addressing their psychological, physical, and academic inquiries. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she has embarked on collaborative ventures with universities across Asia Pacific, concentrating on facilitating exchange programs and fostering project collaborations.
She feels thrilled and grateful to be involved in this collaboration with the Qlik Academic Program, as it allows her to learn and grow alongside her students.
We wish Dr. K Kalaiselvi all the best during her role as the Educator Ambassador!
Educators and students can get access to free Qlik software and training resources, qualifications and certifications by applying to the Academic Program today: qlik.com/academicprogram
Priscila started using Qlik for her work in 2013, and in 2016 she began teaching at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais in Brazil, on the Post Graduation courses, “I decided to use Qlik as the platform to help the students to understand in a practical way how to model data warehouses using the concepts of the star schema. Qlik is used showing the star schemas and how this kind of data model can be transformed in a dashboard full of information to potentially take better and faster decisions.”
Priscillas course is all about data warehouse modelling, when she started teaching, she thought, “it's not very interesting to create a conceptual model without understanding in a practical way how it will be used in the future." I understood that to show the conceptual model, [if I] show data about that model and use the data visually, the students could understand more about how to build good data products and try to use it in their day by day business.” Priscila knew from her professional life that Qlik could do this very simply, so she chose it as the tool for her course.
Pricilla started by using Qlikview with her students then in 2018 she moved onto Qlik Sense Cloud and began to incorporate data literacy concepts too, “In 2018 I started studying about the concepts of Data Literacy, and when I discovered that Qlik had this program too, some of the classes were built to show the students that they can count on this program to know more about how to deal with data in a better way.”
With the inclusion of the Academic Program in her teaching, Priscila has seen her students achieve great professional success, “As I am a leader in the companies I have been working for since 2017, I already hired 3 of my post-graduation students after they finished the courses. But I believe that many of my other students have been hired because of the competences they acquire during this post graduation.”
In 2024 Priscila hopes to spread Data Literacy further, using more the materials Qlik makes available. “I plan to give more examples using Qlik Sense Cloud, using the concepts of AUTO ML to give more robustness to the knowledge students of 2024 need to make a difference in their careers, as we are in the AI Era.”
“I believe we will face many changes in 2, 3 years in data industry. With the spread of AI practices, both traditional AI and Generative AI, every employee, in business areas or technology areas must understand how data can help to do more with less, to get some operational efficiency through the use of data and how to help to increase revenue and shrink the costs.”
When Priscila isn’t teaching, she’s busy managing an analytics team at a large company in Brazil. Outside of work and teaching she can be found travelling, visiting the beach and enjoying nature with her husband, daughter and stepson. As well as visiting the cinema and enjoying dinners out together.
During her year as Educator Ambassador, she hopes to make new friends and understand how her fellow educator ambassadors are using Qlik in their universities as well as have the opportunity to present about the program and her teaching. Priscila hopes to learn even more about Qlik and how can be used to better educate students on data analytics.
Educators and students can get access to free Qlik software and training resources, qualifications and certifications by applying to the Academic Program today: qlik.com/academicprogram
Blerim has been teaching since 2007, he is a Senior Lecturer at Lund University in Sweden teaching Decision Support Systems for BSc, as well as two MSc courses; Business Intelligence and Business and Artificial Intelligence. Throughout his time as an Educator Ambassador Blerim has done a lot to promote the program within his university, he has introduced many faculty members to Qlik which is now being used within the highly popular course MSc Data Analytics and Business Economics.
When talking about his courses Blerim says, “A distinctive feature of all these courses is that they help in addressing the need to educate a data and AI-literate generation (required by the business and public sector) by being grounded in solid theoretical foundations, addressing real-world projects and using practitioner-oriented tools.” This is one of the reasons why Blerim collaborates so closely with industry, students studying on his courses can expect to gain both theoretical knowledge and hands on experience with tools such as Qlik, “We use the Qlik software and online training on Qlik products, up-to-date demos, Qlik customer stories, and applicable self-paced courses. The latter allows me for a flipped classroom or blended learning format, which [was] immensely useful during the COVID-19 pandemic”.
Blerim found the Academic Program resources especially useful once he started teaching a blend of online and in person classes, and they helped him in moving towards a more modern way of teaching “Blended teaching and learning with flipped classroom methods should be here to stay. Students do not only learn in a classroom…Qlik provides us educators and students various resources for free, as well as short module-based courses. I could not have done the same here alone or even with a help of a colleague. We can be really cutting edge by embracing these new initiatives and connecting different elements in our courses in a form of guest lectures or industry-led ’learnathons’, not just by relying on textbooks of 20 years ago”.
One of the reasons Blerim does this is his belief that jobs and education go hand in hand: “Many of my students immediately or even before graduating are taking on roles in industry as BI analysts, developers etc. In particular, I'm very proud that many of the expat female course participants quickly get employed”.
When asked about the future of analytics and education Blerim believes that that future is in “Cloud-based and self-service platforms, such as Qlik sense Business, so that access to advanced analytics across organizations is democratized, this has dramatically increased the need for data literacy of students within higher education”.
Educators and students can get access to free Qlik software and training resources, qualifications and certifications by applying to the Academic Program today: qlik.com/academicprogram
Analytical thinking and big data are set to be the most in demand job skills by 2027. Get your students ready for this data driven workplace with free software, training and qualifications from the Qlik Academic Program. This webinar will give you an overview of Qlik, a demo of our market leading software Qlik Sense and information about the Qlik Academic Program. This webinar is exclusively for Polish university educators and will be led by Qlik experts and educators, Marcin Stawarz and Jacek Harazin.
A certified Qlik Sense expert with profound experience in data analysis and machine learning. Specializes in Business Intelligence and the application of machine learning in finance. Works as an academic teacher at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, focusing on integrating theory with practice in teaching and research.
Data enthusiast, certified Qlik expert with experience in Business Intelligence, AI, and ML. Graduated from the University of Economics in Katowice, executed numerous BI projects. IT conference speaker, active at WSB Merito. Shares knowledge on: qlikblog.pl.
This webinar will be held on two dates:
Wednesday April 3 2024 at 11:00 CET - REGISTER HERE
Thursday April 4 2024 at 17:00 CET - REGISTER HERE
Webinarium programu akademickiego dla Polski
Myślenie analityczne i umiejętność pracy z dużymi zbiorami danych mają stać się najbardziej pożądanymi umiejętnościami na rynku pracy do roku 2027. Przygotuj swoich studentów na rzeczywistość opartą na danych, korzystając z darmowego oprogramowania, szkoleń i kwalifikacji oferowanych w ramach "The Qlik Academic Program". Zapraszamy na webinar, który zapewni Państwu przegląd możliwości Qlik, demonstrację naszego wiodącego na rynku oprogramowania Qlik Sense oraz informacje o programie akademickim Qlik. Webinar jest przeznaczony wyłącznie dla wykładowców oraz koordynatorów kierunków polskich szkół wyższych. Będzie prowadzony przez ekspertów i edukatorów Qlik: Marcin Stawarz i Jacek Harazin.
Certyfikowany ekspert Qlik Sense, z dużym doświadczeniem w analizie danych i uczeniu maszynowym. Specjalizacja w Business Intelligence i zastosowaniach uczenia maszynowego w finansach. Pracuje na stanowisku nauczyciela akademickiego na Wydziale Nauk Ekonomicznych i Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, gdzie skupia się na łączeniu teorii z praktyką w nauczaniu i badaniach.
Pasjonat danych, certyfikowany ekspert Qlik z doświadczeniem w Business Intelligence, AI i ML. Absolwent UE w Katowicach, zrealizował liczne projekty BI. Prelegent IT, aktywny na WSB Merito, prowadzi qlikblog.pl.
Webinarium odbędzie się w dwóch terminach:
Środa 3 kwietnia 2024 r. o godz. 11:00 CET - ZAREJESTRUJ SIĘ TUTAJ
Czwartek 4 kwietnia 2024 r. o godz 17:00 CET - ZAREJESTRUJ SIĘ TUTAJ
To learn more about our Qlik Academic Program, go to qlik.com/academicprogram
Jacek first encountered Qlik in October of 2014, when he participated in a Qlikview workshop held by a Qlik partner for those interested in learning more about the product. At this point Jacek had 5 years experience in implementing analytical systems and controlling, but he was ready for a new career path. Through this workshop he started to understand the opportunities of working with Qlik, and by January 2015 he joined the Qlik partner company as a Qlik consultant. During this time he began to document his journey in an online blog (https://qlikblog.pl), all while earning Qlik certifications and reading through a 900 page Qlik view guide to solidify his knowledge, not once but twice! He soon started to train others before going on to teach at universities.
Jacek became more involved with Qlik and in 2017 his team won the first Qlik Hackathon in Poland by developing an app that monitored air pollution data and correlated it with tuberculosis incidence rates. This app then sent SMS alerts when pollution levels had exceeded safe limits. “I then got involved in organizing Qlik meetups in my region and speaking at conferences. I worked on various projects for automotive, construction, and pharmaceutical companies. I was continually uncovering the potential of the Qlik systems and I felt like I was learning something new every day”.
Jacek discovered the Qlik Academic Program in 2021 when the WSB University in Poznan invited him to join as a lecturer in Big Data and Engineering. “I discovered the Qlik Academic Program which offers free licenses and full access to educational materials to students. Within weeks I gained access and began my teaching adventure that still continues to this day”. He also extended his teaching responsibilities to other WSB Universities in Wrocław, Warsaw and Toruń, and even to the University of Warsaw and Łódź University of Technology. “Students are impressed by the capabilities of Qlik, often choosing it for their year end projects.”
While teaching Jacek has collaborated with Sii Poland to organize a contest among students for the most interesting Qlik project, with the prize being a paid internship at the company. Jacek says, “The winning student analyzed satellites orbiting Earth, using API sources, cleaning data, and creating a cohesive model with an Earth visualization. Students who work often talk about it in their companies, further showing Qlik's capabilities. This word-of-mouth marketing is invaluable.”
As well as teaching, Jacek also has a career at Merck Group as an analyst leading a team that supports Qlik analytics across 30 countries, with projects migrating to Qlik Cloud and utilizing AI technologies like the Insight Advisor, GPT API, chatbots, and converting analytics to audio format. A proud moment in Jacks career was in February 2023, “I became the first in the world to publish documentation on integrating a BI system with the GPT API engine, paving the way for further development and exploration of enhancing analytics with AI. I truly believe that today's educational programs must include these topics, as Qlik has great potential to implement them across various industries.” You can read Jacek's article on Qlik & OpenAI API here.
Jacek's goals for 2024 are to expand the list of universities participating in the Academic Program and encourage other developers to share their knowledge and practice. Outside of the classroom Jacek is awaiting the arrival of his third child along with “the joy and challenge of being father to two sons”. In his spare time, he enjoys exploring the nature of Poland, especially the mountains, and he actively promote mountain tourism and family hiking through a dedicated association.
We are pleased to have Jacek join our class of 2024 Academic Program Educator Ambassadors, to meet our other ambassadors go to qlik.com/academic-program/ambassadors and to learn more about our program visit qlik.com/academicprogram
Over the past few weeks we have run a number of sessions for our Educators in Europe. At the end of September we went to the University of Lund in Sweden to deliver a day of hands-on workshops to students studying Supply Chain Information Systems. The session was delivered in person by our Senior Software engineer - Stavros Orfanoudakis. This is a course that the Academic Program has run online workshops for before, so it was great to get back to presenting in person. The students took to Qlik Sense like pros and went far beyond the workshop guide by building additional visualizations and charts.
Our next trip was in Italy to the Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, where our Senior Presales Solution Architect – Lucia Grassi – delivered a workshop student at the Department of Management studying Business Economics and Management. The feedback was very positive from the students, and we hope to return for another session here in the future.
Last Friday Stavros Orfanoudakis returned to the University of Lund for a Qlik app demo session. This was a class for an educator who had heard great things about our previous workshops at Lund and was eager to have us speak to his students at the Department of Economics. The students enjoyed the session so much that it was extended by 30 minutes, and they were particularly interested in all the free training accessible to them through the Qlik Continuous Classroom.
We love having the opportunity to present Qlik and our Academic Program to students, and we are happy to run sessions, if and when our schedule allows, for members of our Academic Program. To learn more about joining the Academic Program, go to qlik.com/academicprogram
I feel pleased to introduce our new Educator Ambassador for 2024, Sumitra Pundlik from Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Engineering, in the western Indian city of Pune. Sumitra has been an Educator since the last 15 years and is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Marathwada Mitra Mandal College of Engineering.
Sumitra teaches various subjects related to Data Analytics such as DBMS, Advanced DBMS, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics. She has also taught R and Python Programming including different Business Intelligence and Data Analytics technologies including Qlik Sense.
Sumitra has been a member of the Qlik Academic Program since the last three years and has also successfully earned the Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualification. After earning this qualification, she supported the learning journey of more than 400 students of different academic institutes like NMIMS,Hyderabad, VJIT Hyderabad,MIT ADT University and encouraged them to pursue Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualifications.
According to her, “The Qlik Academic Program provides a great opportunity for students to access many online resources and different qualifications and certifications including Data Literacy, Qlik Sense Business Analyst and Qlik Sense Data Architect. The interactive material of the academic program helps students to excel in the field of data analytics”.
Further she adds, “I have been spreading awareness about the Qlik Academic Program and its benefits to other engineering colleges by conducting expert sessions via social media platforms”
Sumitra says, “Moving ahead, we are keen for internship and job opportunities for our students who have a good understanding of Qlik Sense and have earned the academic program qualifications.”
In Sumitra’s words, “Data literacy is my interest and I want to educate every data science enthusiast about the importance of data literacy.”
She feels it’s her mission to create more awareness about data analytics and encourage use of Qlik Sense. Data is the new fuel, and it is driving the current industry, she further adds.
When Sumitra is not teaching, she likes spending time with her son, Viraj. She is focusing on upskilling herself in recent trends, also taking care of her health and following a workout routine.
We are looking forward to working closely with Sumitra during her tenure as an ambassador and creating more links with Universities in Pune and rest of India.
The Qlik Learning team have released a brand new qualification for you to demonstrate your Data Literacy skills. The new Data Literacy Qualification is a non-technical, product-agnostic exam, measuring an individual’s fundamental-level and applied understanding of skills and abilities to read, work with, analyze and communicate with data.
This exam is different to the pre-existing Data Literacy Certification. The Data Literacy Certification assesses mastery level competencies, it is more advanced and requires background and skills within data and analytics. The new Data Literacy Qualification does not require any background and can be taken by anyone. There are some suggested pre-requisites, but it is an exam that is much more accessible to those starting their journey in data and analytics.
The Data Literacy Qualification exam is a timed exam for which you have 1 hour to answer 30 multiple choice questions. If you would like more information on the exam topics covered and information on preparation resources, please go here.
To get started with the exam, visit the Qlik Learning Portal, then choose Assessments from the top navigation→ Qualifications → Data Literacy.
Once you have passed the exam you will receive a digital badge via Credly that you can share on you social channels to show off your skills! To access this exam, and an amazing range of both product-focused and product-agnostic learning resources, sign up to our Academic Program at qlik.com/academicprogram.
These individuals are some of our most active participants of the Qlik Academic Program who fully utilise the free software, training resources and qualifications that we provide to university students and educators. The members of our 2024 class are:
Dr Nassir Ibrahim
Marcin Stawarz
Blerim Emruli
Javier Leon, Adjunct Professor
Sumitra Purushottam Pundlik
Priscila de Jesus Papazissis Paolinelli
Jacek Harazin
Angelika Klidas
Dr K Kalaiselvi
Angel R Monjarás
Daniel E. O'Leary
Meet the Qlik Academic Program Professor Ambassadors for 2024
We are thrilled to be recognizing the efforts of these individuals to help the Qlik Academic Program to achieve its mission - to create a data literate world, one student at a time. Each ambassador has been selected through a self-nominated application process, where they were required to answer various questions covering their motivations for becoming an ambassador, and to evidence their passion for upskilling their students in analytics over the past 12 months. This year, we are excited to select another 11 ambassadors, 5 new ones and 6 returning ambassadors whose efforts continued to impress us. By way of thanks for their efforts our ambassadors will receive exclusive benefits such as webinars and discussion groups with Qlik leaders, opportunities to showcase their experience with the Qlik Academic Program and the chance to grow their network with other educators across various fields and geographies.
Throughout 2024 our ambassadors will continue their advocacy for the Qlik Academic Program and help us to reach even more students and educators with our free resources. Stay tuned over the coming months for more in-depth profiles on each of our ambassadors, and get to know who they are, what they teach and why they are so passionate about bridging the data literacy skills gap! Learn more about the program and how to apply for future classes.
The report forecasts that between now and 2027, businesses predict that 44% of workers’ core skills will be disrupted, because technology is moving faster than companies can design and scale up their training programs. Our Academic Program gives the students of today a chance to get to grips with our industry leading took Qlik Sense, so that they arrive in the workplace a step ahead of the rest and ready to thrive. By using the program to supplement their university courses, they can arrive with the skills needed in the modern-day workplace and save the time and cost of upskilling later. Students can train on the learning resources built by us and used by customers and partners to get themselves workplace ready.
When the World Economic Forum ran this survey in 2023, they created a list of the top 10 skills deemed to be the most important at the time of survey. These are a mix of cognitive skills, self-efficacy, management skills, technology skills and working with others. Number six on the list was technological literacy, however when they looked at skills on the rise in the next five years, technological literacy moved up to number three. This skill is the third fastest growing core skill, and it refers to the knowledge and ability required to effectively and responsibly use technology tools and resources. Many individuals at university are already learning to acquire and communicate information in a fully digital environment. But they will need to transfer these skills to a professional workplace and be expected to interpret this information into insights to inform business decisions. Most business are now using data solutions in order to support this process; students will need to go into the workplace with an understanding of how this technology works.
In addition to the need for candidates with technological literacy, the future workplace needs workers who are also skilled in AI and big data. Ranked number seventh for fastest growing skill, AI and big data will see a 60% growth in demand by 2027. As part of the Qlik academic program, members can start to train on Qlik Sense, our market leading tool for data analytics. By following some of the short training videos and learning about basic functionality, students can go into the workplace with an understanding of the benefits of data solutions and show their employers they have taken the initiative to upskill themselves in big data.
The Qlik academic program offers a fantastic opportunity for students to start their professional learning journey in data and technology and leave university in the next few years with the skills needed in the workplace. Our courses on data literacy support the hard and soft skills needed in the future workplace. Even if you are student pursuing a course outside of IT, taking a couple of free courses in data visualizations and data literacy could help you become more employable after university. If you’re unsure of where to start with your 2024 learning journey, then the best thing to do is to take our data literacy persona assessment, and then explore some of the courses that interest you. To start accessing these courses go to, qlik.com/academicprogram and apply to our free program.
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!
Happy New Year from the Qlik Academic Program! Throughout 2023 we continued to support our educators and students around the globe with our amazing free software and resources. We supported universities with guest lectures about the importance of analytics, as well as hands on workshops in which students build their first Qlik Sense application. We continued to host global webinars to spread the word about our resources and we worked closely with our wonderful 2023 Educator Ambassadors to learn about how they use our program in their teaching.
Here is some of the feedback we received during 2023:
Thrive in the educational odyssey with Qlik's Academic Program! A dual triumph for educators and students alike, this program is a crucible where analytical prowess is forged, giving a formidable edge in the competitive job market. - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
Easy to use with good explanations - UC Leuven-Limburg
Qlik Academic Program meets my professional needs, gives our students free Qlik software and resources to become the next generation of data experts - The Bucharest University of Economic Studies
very important and valuable for students learning how to digitalize processes - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
I have been using Qlik products in my classes for over 20 years, and they have always been well received and useful as a complement to processes and analytics. - University of Vigo-Centro Universitário de la Defensa Marin
Qlik AP helped me a lot in finishing my Thesis. Thank you for that! - Technische Universität Dortmund
if you'd like to learn more about our program, please go to qlik.com/academicprogram
Queen Mary University London is a Russel Group university that is ranked 16th in the UK. At the end of November we were invited to lead a Qlik Sense workshop with Masters students studying Marketing & Digital Analytics. The aim of the course is to give students an insight into marketing and its relationship with the online data economy. The students who enroll on this course come from various different disciplines, some are already working and others are completing studies in areas such as marketing and communication. This workshop was led by Scott Wilkinson, Partner Enablement Manager and supported by Technical Trainer Piter Harb.
We had around 70 students attend the session and since we had already delivered an introductory lecture a couple of weeks previously, we could use the full time for the workshop. One of the first elements we always introduce to the students is the Insight Adviser. This demonstrates to students how they can use natural language to ask questions of their data and generate answers and visualizations. They can then add these generated visualizations to a sheet in Qlik Sense to start creating their dashboard. Once they have added all the necessary visualizations to their sheet, we introduce them to how they can use the storytelling functionality in Qlik Sense.
Once we covered the Insight Adviser we guided students through loading their own data into Qlik Sense and building visualizations from scratch. At this point we also cover the data manager so that the students can understand how to create and edit associations between tables. We then introduced the concepts of dimensions and measures and encouraged students to create their own. The students achieved a lot during the 1 and 45 minutes that we had with them, with many asking about how they could continue their learning after the session.
To learn more about the Qlik Academic Program, visit out website: Qlik.com/academicprogram
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In order to enhance your data analytics skills, if you are a student or educator, for free training and certifications, visit: qlik.com/academicprogram
This month I had the pleasure of returning back to Pennsylvania State University in person! Joined by my colleague Chris Reiter, we conducted a technical talk which consisted of a Qlik Sense workshop and presentation about the Academic Program. Students attended both in person and virtually, from all over the globe. The Penn State Great Valley campus is a special campus for graduate students and those who have a particular interest in analytics. In the past several years, its been our pleasure to create a partnership in which Qlik can provide students with the opportunity to learn Qlik Sense and build their data literacy skill sets.
If you are interested in the Qlik Academic Program, visit us and apply qlik.com/academicprogram today for software, training, certificate opportunities', and more, all at NO COST!
Last Thursday we ran a session for students studying Digital Marketing at the University of Sheffield. We had around 80 students using Qlik Sense and building their first application. The session was lead by Qlik Technical Trainer - Wolfgang Kellner with support from Curriculum Developer - Sara Del Pino. This is a session we run with the students every year and we had some great feedback and interesting follow up questions, both about software functionality and the future of analytics and AI.
On Friday I spoke to a class taught by one of our Educator Ambassadors, Nassir Ibrahim, at Birmingham City University. These students are Final Year BSc Business Information Technology students, and during their course they must complete an assignment within Qlik Sense to solve a real world business problem. Students on this course always excel at engaging with Qlik and building amazing applications, we have even had one of Nassirs's students present on an EMEA webinar earlier on this year.
This week we kicked off the first of two sessions for Birmingham City University's Grad+ programme. Graduate+ is an award framework designed to give students the opportunity to gain additional skills outside of their courses to help them secure employment after university. This is a partnership that launched in 2019 and is still going strong today. Students can earn 3 different award levels based on various courses they can take as part of the Qlik Academic Program. Every year we present Qlik and the Academic Program to students eager to learn how to differentiate themselves and upskill.
In the coming weeks we have even more sessions, if you're interested in having us speak to your students get in touch! and if you'd like more information about the Qlik Academic Programme, visit out website: Qlik.com/academicprogram
Now that we are into October we are starting the new academic year by introducing students to the power of Qlik Sense! Today we ran a hands on Qlik Sense workshop with the University of Liverpool. 120 students learnt all about how to create their first application in Qlik Sense, using the free tenant given to them as part of the Academic Program. This was a 3 hours hands on session for students studying a Masters in Business Analytics and Big Data. During this session students got to grips with using the Insight Adviser, loading and connecting data in the data manager, creating measures and using the storytelling function in Qlik Sense.
Straight after our session with the University of Liverpool we gave guest lecture to 30 students at Anglia Ruskin University studying the ARUCPD: Business Analytics and Data Visualizations with Qlik. This is an optional course that enables students to upskill in data analytics alongside their courses. We gave them an intro to Qlik, a tour of all the resources they get access to as part of the Academic Program and finally we went through a 30 minute in depth demo of Qlik Sense so that the students could get a taste of what to expect when they get started.
If you're interested in learning more about how to get access to free software and learning resources, or how you can include Qlik in your teaching, go to qlik.com/academicprogram.
Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Hyderabad and meet some of the Academic Program Partner Universities there. Hyderabad, as a city in particular has been quite engaged towards the academic program. Its also where the first Centre of Excellence in Analytics of the Academic Program was set up in VJIT.
This time around plan was to visit VJIT, Anurag University, NMIMS Hyderabad and BVRIT.
After I landed at the airport, I headed straight to VJIT and like I said, this is a special relationship on account of the fact that the first CoE was set up and also we've had hundreds of students registering into the academic program and getting qualified as Qlik Sense Business Analysts and Data Architects from here. I met with the educators who are active in teaching students data analytics and related subjects and thereafter, addressed over 100 students in an auditorium
Thereafter, I proceeded towards the campus of NMIMS which is one of top private universities in India with multiple campuses across the country, including Hyderabad. A very special reason to visit NMIMS was Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh with whom the association began when he was with VJIT and instrumental in setting up the CoE and is now the Director of the NMIMS campus. After meeting him, it was nice to address a student crowd of around 100 who are pursuing their MBA studies. Various initiatives were discussed and the immediate one was to conduct a small hands on session on Qlik Sense for the students which is being organised on October 2nd. .
On the next day, I visited Anurag University and the Educators along with members of the Data Analytics Club. The University had organised a session with students to encourage their participation into the academic program. The Data Analytics Club which comprises of student members is a wonderful initiative to support the exchange of ideas in analytics and foster this subject among students. It was nice to address a large gathering of students and talk about various developments in analytics and also about the free resources of the academic program.
Next was a visit to BVRIT which is an all girls Engineering Institution. With BVRIT, we' ve had a special engagement due to the fact that a couple of years back, few students were recruited from the campus by a Qlik Partner, Diagonal. These students had completed the Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualification and basis that, they were hired by Diagonal. During this visit, I interacted with the Director and other Educators and addressed a group of students. Most of them were learning data analytics as a specialised subject in their course.
Overall, an engaging and fruitful visit to Hyderabad! Look forward to embarking on the various initiatives discussed.
To know more about the Qlik Academic Program, visit qlik.com/academicprogram
These are the two technologies that are changing how humans work and interact with computers and create content. Understanding what they are is key to understanding the impact they might have on your future career, since you may well be expected to use and interact with these technologies once you enter the workplace. According to World Economic Forum research, while AI could displace jobs it could potentially create up to 97 million jobs in fields ranging from big data and information security to digital marketing. As AI becomes more integrated into business practices there will also be a much higher demand for AI support roles, according to a McKinsey Report. In 2022, 39% of businesses reported hiring software engineers, and 35% hired data engineers for AI-related positions. It's clear that the use of AI in job roles could become the norm, therefore an understanding of how these technologies work will become a necessity.
Data science central have put together this useful guide for understanding the differences between conversational AI and generative AI. Key points are below, but to read the full article follow this link - A complete guide: Conversational AI vs. generative AI
User experience & human interaction
Conversational AI believes in meaningful conversations. Thus, provides quick, direct, crisp, and relevant answers. Generative AI does not engage directly but contributes to user experience by coming up with useful content like blogs, music, and visual art.
What does the future hold?
The trend we observe for conversational AI is more natural and context-aware interactions with emotional connections. Generative AI’s future is dependent on generating various forms of content like scripts to digitally advance context.
Use cases:
• Conversational AI is used in industries like healthcare, finance, and e-commerce where personalized assistance is provided to customers.
• Generative AI is mostly applied to creative domains like content creation, entertainment, design, etc.
To learn more about how you could get free access to analytics software and resources through the Qlik Academic Program, visit qlik.com/academicprogram . By making the most of our software and resources, you can gain future proof data analytics skills regardless of your degree course.
The Qlik Academic Program provides educators, students, and researchers from accredited universities with free Qlik software and learning resources to educate and train the next generation of experts leading with data. Our Educator Ambassador Program aims to shine a spotlight on our most active educator members. Our ambassadors will champion our vision to make more students data literate and to prepare them for the data-driven workplace.
Are you a current educator member who is:
If you answered YES to one or more of the above, then we encourage you to apply to the Educator Ambassador Program! Learn more and apply now!
All current educator members are eligible to apply. If you have not already signed up for the Qlik Academic Program, you can do so at https://www.qlik.com/us/academicprogram and then check out our current 2023 Educator Ambassadors.
Application Deadline: The application deadline is November 17, 2023 and the new class of ambassadors will be announced in early 2024.
Ambassador Benefits:
If you are selected as a Qlik Academic Program Educator Ambassador, you will receive a host of benefits including: