New postgraduate courses and scholarships to boost AI and data science skills - University of Liverpool News

The University of Liverpool has won a share of £13m from the Office for Students (OfS) to fund 36 scholarships on two innovative new postgraduate conversion courses. Through specialist teaching and paid work placements, the conversion courses will allow graduates from both STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and non or far-STEM subjects to significantly boost their digital skills – helping to address the shortage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data specialists joining the UK workforce. The scholarships are targeted at graduates from backgrounds often underrepresented in these industries, particularly female, disabled and black students. The two programmes offered by the University of Liverpool will accept their first intake of students from September this year. There is a 12-month full-time Data Science and Artificial Intelligence MSc course and a 24-month full-time option which includes a paid'year in industry' placement.