[Turing Workshop for Data Science Educators](https://conferences.leeds.ac.uk/dseducators)
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# Theme 2: Student’s employability
###### tags: `Turing Workshop for Data Science Educators` `Data Science Education`

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- **time and day**: Wednesday 21th September, 9:00-17:00 (GMT+1)
- **Meeting host**: Luisa Cutillo
- **Meeting facilitator**: Bailey Andrew (online), Richard Plant (in person)
- **Back to the Main Call**: [MS teams meeting joining link](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)
- **Back to the Main hackmd**: [link](https://hackmd.io/@Cutillo/SkFEn9Ees)

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### Collaborative exercises

*up to 1h in breakout groups, in person or online*

#### Theme 2

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**Student employability - collaborative excercise**: 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:** [**Clik 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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#### Group Discussion (online)
*Please use this space to take notes from your breakout group discussion.*

- What skills are you providing your students with as an educator? If you are not an educator, what DS skills have you acquired as a learner?
- signpost potential post-education goals for the student to apply their knowledge/skills - recognise that not every student will be going on to do further ML research
- teaching how to learn - address fundamental and reusable concepts and skills that give students the tools to learn further
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- What key skills (of an ideal candidate) are requested by industry?
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- How would you suggest involving industrial partners in collaboration with our students?
- portfolio: best way is to have industry experience, but not scalable for everyone
- bring into undergrad curricula to emphasise importance of DS to real problems
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- Could you share successful strategies you have tried to help the students work closely with industry? If you are not an educator, can you tell us about your experience in working closely with industry?
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- Are there any useful tools and resources you could share with other DS educators?
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- What have you valued most in this workshop?
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#### Group Discussion (in person)
*Please use this space to take notes from your breakout group discussion.*

- What skills are you providing your students with as an educator? If you are not an educator, what DS skills have you acquired as a learner?
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- What key skills (of an ideal candidate) are requested by industry?
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- How would you suggest involving industrial partners in collaboration with our students?
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- Could you share successful strategies you have tried to help the students work closely with industry? If you are not an educator, can you tell us about your experience in working closely with industry?
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- Are there any useful tools and resources you could share with other DS educators?
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- What have you valued most in this workshop?
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