In Episode 47 of Season 3, of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by, Rachel Keane, Founder of DigData, where they discuss the need to connect the industry with education to raise the profile of Data & Analytics as a career option much earlier, which includes;
- What DigData is and why it exists
- The talent shortage in the D&A industry
- Why there is so little being done to raise awareness at an earlier age
- The need to attract students from different educational backgrounds and interests
- The consequences organisations are seeing and feeling
- The core challenges with how data is positioned within the education system
- What more can be done to raise the profile of our industry
- How can we quantify success
- What data "means" in educational institutions
- Why the tenure of the CDO plays a part
- How to make junior/graduate talent more accessible to all companies
- Why our obsession with tech is negatively impacting
- Connecting industry with education
- The relationship between this challenge and DEI
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