[Turing Workshop for Data Science Educators](https://conferences.leeds.ac.uk/dseducators)
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###### tags: `Turing Workshop for Data Science Educators` `Data Science Education`

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- **Date and Time**: Wednesday 21th September, 9:00-17:00 (GMT+1)
- **Meeting host**: Luisa Cutillo
- **Meeting facilitator**: Ayesha Dunk
- **Main Call joining link**: [MS teams meeting](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjFhMzczZDUtZjI0Yi00NmMzLThhNjItNWNhNGE1OTViY2U5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22bdeaeda8-c81d-45ce-863e-5232a535b7cb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225059c8a0-43a5-44f0-b487-8ec42fe4bea5%22%7d)

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### Agenda

| Agenda | Speaker | Time |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| _**Registration and networking**_ | | _**9:00**_ |
| Welcome and Overview | [Luisa Cutillo](https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/maths/staff/5526/dr-luisa-cutillo), UoL </br> [Ayesha Dunk](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/business-team/ayesha-dunk), The Alan Turing Institute | 9:20 | Complete
Taming Pandas and Tidy Parsnips: Teaching foundational data skills as part of an innovation curriculum. | [Graham Cole](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/graham-cole-8767a41b6), Newcastle University| 9:30 | Complete
Data Science skills: An employer's perspective | [Peter Laflin](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/peter-laflin-3a92092), Morrisons | 10:00 | Complete
Machine Learning Challenges in Industry | [Mike Croucher](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mike-croucher-32336113), MathWorks| 10:30 | Complete
| _**Coffee Break/Virtual Coffee**_ | Ayesha Dunk | _**11:00**_ |
| Learning about AI: Critical View through the Lense of the Council of Europe's Values (Human Rights, Democracy, and Rule of Law | [Vania Dimitrova](https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/computing/staff/184/professor-vania-dimitrova), University of Leeds | 11:30 | Complete
|James Morgan, ASDA supermarkets| |11:45| Complete
|Data and Humanities: love it or loathe it? | [Petar Milin](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/languages/milin-petar.aspx), University of Birmingham | 12:00 |
| Panel Discussion| Q&A | 12:30| Complete |
| _**Lunch Break**_ | | _**13:00**_ | Complete
| Turing Data Study Groups - Collaborative Knowledge Transfer| [Richard Plant](https://www.turing.ac.uk/people/business-team/richard-plant), The Alan Turing Institute | 14:15| Complete|
| **DS&AI Education Local Interest Group, UoL** | **Lightening Talks** | **14.30-15.30** | Complete
|Education and Training at Leeds Institute for Data Analytics|[Paul Baxter](https://medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/staff/117/professor-paul-d-baxter)|14.30|complete
|Teaching our online MSc in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Leeds|[Eric Atwell](https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/computing/staff/33/professor-eric-atwell)|14:45|complete
Developing Digital Skills in the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum|[Matt Bawn](https://biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/biological-sciences/staff/2615/dr-matt-bawn)|15:00| Complete
Curriculum Redefined, Data Science Education and Day 1 student skills|[Martin Callagham](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/martin-callaghan-6a4631231?trk=public_profile_browsemap)|15:15| Complete
| _**Coffee Break/Virtual Coffee**_ | Luisa Cutillo | _**15:30**_ |
| Group work on assigned exercises with facilitators| | 16:00 | Complete |
| _**Wrap up and Closure**_| | _**16:50**_ | Complete |
### Collaborative exercises

*Up to 1h in breakout rooms (in person or online). Please follow the link below for your theme of interest:*

#### Theme 1

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[**Train the trainer - collaborative excercise**](https://hackmd.io/@Cutillo/HyMrnkHlj): discussion to identify a set of skills and interventions that could form the basis of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for data science educators. How can we keep DS trainers continuously up-to-date?
**Remote Participant:** [**Click here to Join Theme1 call**](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODM3NzYxNmMtOTZmMi00YThhLWEwMDctNGM3NjRkZTQzODZl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22bdeaeda8-c81d-45ce-863e-5232a535b7cb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225059c8a0-43a5-44f0-b487-8ec42fe4bea5%22%7d)
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#### Theme 2

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[**Student employability - collaborative excercise**](https://hackmd.io/@Cutillo/HkkOLlBgj/): discussion to identify the latest expectations from academia and industry on the skills of data scientists. How can we make our students more employable?
**Remote Participant:** [**Click here to Join Theme2 call**](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjhjZDk4OGQtNDhmNi00ZjMxLTg4NDAtNDQ4MzNiM2M1ZjY2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22bdeaeda8-c81d-45ce-863e-5232a535b7cb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225059c8a0-43a5-44f0-b487-8ec42fe4bea5%22%7d)
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#### Theme 3
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[**Data Science curricula - collaborative excercise**](https://hackmd.io/@Cutillo/HyWhhlBgo): discussion to identify critical areas of interest to include in our data science curricula. What is missing in our DS curricula?
**Remote Participant:** [**Click here to Join Theme3 call**](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWQwYmVlNzctMzUxMy00MTVjLTg1MzAtNTE1ODYwZDBlYzE5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22bdeaeda8-c81d-45ce-863e-5232a535b7cb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225059c8a0-43a5-44f0-b487-8ec42fe4bea5%22%7d)
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#### Theme 4
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[**Data Science for non-STEM disciplines - collaborative excercise**](https://hackmd.io/@Cutillo/ByNsyWBgj): discussion to identify how to expand data science training to less technical disciplines in order to improve data and computational literacy. How can we lower barriers to data science education and careers for non-STEM disciplines?
**Remote Participant:** [**Click here to Join Theme4 call**](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmM4YTFjNTktZmEyYy00MTcyLWJlYmItYzI0MzI1ZjgxNTI2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22bdeaeda8-c81d-45ce-863e-5232a535b7cb%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225059c8a0-43a5-44f0-b487-8ec42fe4bea5%22%7d)
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