Who are we?

Empower Future Data Careers with the Data Inspiration Group

Join us at the Data Inspiration Group, where we’re passionate about guiding the next generation toward rewarding data careers. Our team connects students, educators, and parents with leading UK data industry professionals, known as ‘data champions’.

Introducing Digdata: Our program offers virtual work challenges, live career panels, and resources for secondary, tertiary, and university students. We aim to empower ages 12+ with skills for the world’s fastest-growing industry.

With partnerships at 1000 schools/colleges and 105 universities, we’re shaping the future together. Join us to inspire, network, educate, and empower. Membership and resources are 100% free.

Ready to make a difference? Register now and be part of this extraordinary journey!

Who are we?
Who are we?

Who are we?

Empower Future Data Careers with the Data Inspiration Group

Join us at the Data Inspiration Group, where we’re passionate about guiding the next generation toward rewarding data careers. Our team connects students, educators, and parents with leading UK data industry professionals, known as ‘data champions’.

Introducing Digdata: Our program offers virtual work challenges, live career panels, and resources for secondary, tertiary, and university students. We aim to empower ages 12+ with skills for the world’s fastest-growing industry.

With partnerships at 1000 schools/colleges and 105 universities, we’re shaping the future together. Join us to inspire, network, educate, and empower. Membership and resources are 100% free.

Ready to make a difference? Register now and be part of this extraordinary journey!

live online career challenges

Live online career challenges

classroom resource

Classroom resource

onsite data days

On-site data days

certification

Certification of virtual
work experience

What do we do?

Welcome to Digdata. Where young minds explore the data world! Our online challenges and career events connect students with role models, sparking interest in data careers. Tailored for different ages, we nurture awareness, knowledge, and skills for data careers.

Highlights:
Engage in hands-on challenges, connect with experts, and discover data possibilities.

Get Involved:
Students, dive into Digdata’s journey for a data-driven future. Stay tuned for age-specific events!

Get in touch:
Join Digdata and step into the exciting realm of data!

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Why are we doing this?

Embracing our rapidly changing world, data has become the driving force behind transformation across industries like fashion and finance. The Data Inspiration Group recognises the immense career potential this shift brings. Beyond just numbers, industries seek innovative problem solvers, curious thinkers, and adept storytellers – skills transcending subjects and sectors.

Aligned with the UK’s ‘Level Up’ employment strategy and the shortage of data professionals, the Group empowers students to upskill, bridging education and industry. Early inspiration is key; interactive events nurture confidence, especially in non-traditional STEM areas.

This collaborative effort champions creative minds and supports Gatsby benchmarks, ensuring education relevance, career advice, and engagement between students and employers. The Group’s partnership with the government’s data strategy further solidifies its impact.

Our mission is inclusivity; we unveil diverse, well-paid global opportunities through the Digdata platform. Whether you’re an artist or analyst, a career in data awaits. Join us in shaping a future-proof career, propelling you into a world that has tripled its demand for professionals in the data realm.

Listen to what Lloyds banking group have to say
about data and the exciting careers available.

Listen to what Lloyds banking group have to say about data and the exciting careers available.

Why are we doing this?

Embracing our rapidly changing world, data has become the driving force behind transformation across industries like fashion and finance. The Data Inspiration Group recognises the immense career potential this shift brings. Beyond just numbers, industries seek innovative problem solvers, curious thinkers, and adept storytellers – skills transcending subjects and sectors.

Aligned with the UK’s ‘Level Up’ employment strategy and the shortage of data professionals, the Group empowers students to upskill, bridging education and industry. Early inspiration is key; interactive events nurture confidence, especially in non-traditional STEM areas.

This collaborative effort champions creative minds and supports Gatsby benchmarks, ensuring education relevance, career advice, and engagement between students and employers. The Group’s partnership with the government’s data strategy further solidifies its impact.

Our mission is inclusivity; we unveil diverse, well-paid global opportunities through the Digdata platform. Whether you’re an artist or analyst, a career in data awaits. Join us in shaping a future-proof career, propelling you into a world that has tripled its demand for professionals in the data realm.

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Testimonials

  • Atif Khan - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
    "It was a pleasure partnering with Digdata on the first series of data challenges. It’s the first time our team has been involved in an initiative like this and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience and can’t wait to run these again. Rachel was on hand at all stages to provide us with guidance and to make sure we were building a challenge that was relevant to age groups from 13 all the way up to University students. A huge thank you to all the students who took part, we hope we inspired you to consider a career in data!"
    Atif Khan - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
  • Alex Brill - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
    “Hi, I'm Alex and I worked on the "first step" session. It was great to see such a big turnout of enthusiastic, budding future marketing scientists interested in a career working with data. I really enjoyed the challenge of producing work for a different audience and the session itself was fun and full of lots of energy!”
    Alex Brill - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
  • Kate Hawkshaw - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
    "Hi, I'm Kate and I worked on the "first step" session. I'd never worked with a group of this age before so the whole experience was a new challenge for me! I had so much fun during the session as everyone was extremely interactive and energetic. Overall, it was great to have the chance to work with so many young and excited data enthusiasts."
    Kate Hawkshaw - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
  • Pat Hong - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
    "Hi, I'm Pat and I worked on the "Next Step" session. It was such a great pleasure to see so many young data experts so engaged with the challenge! I really enjoyed the experience of working with the students and sharing what we do at work to an audience so curious and talented! Looking forward to more opportunities like this in the near future"
    Pat Hong - Marketing Science Partner, Facebook
  • Nia, Year 13 - Bloomfield Collegiate
    I find myself coming back to Digdata's career challenges because it is a safe space for me to explore and to further develop my personal qualities. I have participated and enjoyed all challenges so far but the highlight is definitely in the online meetings; the staff team is inspiring, helpful and the student live chat is full of energy and enthusiasm. Through this experience, I have improved self motivation, flexibility, independence and confidence.
    Nia, Year 13 - Bloomfield Collegiate
  • Elaine Corkery, Senior Manager - Data Science Technology Lab (Risk Division)
    It has been truly inspiring working with Rachel and Digdata over the last few months. Digdata’s passion to help students, from across different educational stages, to consider a career in data was very evident throughout the partnership. All LBG colleagues who supported the career challenges and events found the experience to be really rewarding and enjoyed the opportunity to connect with so many students from across the entirety of the UK. The partnership enabled us as an organisation to share our passion for data and analytics and to help students understand how the subjects they learn can be tangibly applied to solve real world problems. Opportunities like this, were we can engage directly with students, enables us to demystify what a career in data looks like, to show the breadth of opportunities open to students and to inspire students to really dig data!
    Elaine Corkery, Senior Manager - Data Science Technology Lab (Risk Division)
  • Archie Boswell - Year 4 BSc Maths, Nottingham University
    "I had great fun completing the CACI live online career challenge, it really made me want to pursue this further after university.
    I am definitely going to get involved in the next opportunity available!"
    Archie Boswell - Year 4 BSc Maths, Nottingham University
  • Josh, Year 12
    “I found the challenge quite cool as I was able to use my analysing skills to the test to be able to decide what to do and why.”
    Josh, Year 12
  • Tijah, Year 8
    “I loved it!”
    Tijah, Year 8
  • Jacqueline, Year 1 BSc Computer Science
    “I thoroughly enjoyed interpreting such a large dataset and offering recommendations!”
    Jacqueline, Year 1 BSc Computer Science
  • Katelyn, Year 1 BA French and Spanish
    "Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the BT work experience challenge, I found it very interesting and informative."
    Katelyn, Year 1 BA French and Spanish
  • Scarlett, Year 4 Maths
    “Firstly, I would like to start by saying thank you so much for the BT Step Up Career Challenge session last week -
    I really enjoyed myself and found the content and project very interesting!”
    Scarlett, Year 4 Maths
  • Mohamad, Year 2 BA Business Management
    “Thank you very much to Rachel and the team for this opportunity!”
    Mohamad, Year 2 BA Business Management
  • Claire, Parent of Year 9 student
    “Thank you for a great session. My son really enjoyed taking part in the BT Live Online Career Challenge. It was a fabulous way to gain virtual work experience and had him thinking outside the box. It’s helped him consider a career path that he’s never thought about before, as the skills required for a career in data are so numerous.”
    Claire, Parent of Year 9 student
  • Dan Parr, Vice President, CACI
    “CACI has supported the DigData programme to enable us to reach out to the secondary school age groups. Without realising it, they have the foundations of a data education, but lack the industry framing of what a career in data might entail. In our everyday lives, data affects everything we do, the adverts we see, the products we are offered, online and offline, and the communications we receive. The data industry, especially consumer data, is coming of age now that everyday people are comfortable with their personal data use, in exchange for something return.”
    Dan Parr, Vice President, CACI
  • Jean Panagamuwa, Chief Data Risk Officer, Capital One
    "This is an excellent opportunity for our business to play a part in educating young people about the different job opportunities available to them. Data is used in a broad and varied range of careers and can be daunting for people to look into. This partnership enables us to provide insight and knowledge so students with a wide range of backgrounds and experience can prepare for the future. Digdata has a wealth of knowledge in this area and we are excited to work with them to get more young people thinking about different careers within our industry.”
    Jean Panagamuwa, Chief Data Risk Officer, Capital One
  • Lauren Kahn, Responsible Tech and Human Rights Director
    “BT has a long history of inspiring young people into exciting careers and providing practical support to help them achieve their goals. Now more than ever we are committed to help build a more diverse digital talent pipeline for the UK. There are many intersections where we make a difference; with young people still in school, at uni and those about to enter the workforce. Digdata helps us reach young people of different ages and across the UK to excite and inspire them about careers in digital and data.”
    Lauren Kahn, Responsible Tech and Human Rights Director