About this qualification
The Diploma in Data Analytics at SCQF level 8 provides learners with a qualification that will demonstrate their aptitude in this area. This Diploma will develop the learner’s confidence and awareness of the skills that they have acquired, and which they can use for employment and/or further study. This qualification covers areas such as Personal Effectiveness, Principles of Data Management Infrastructure, Data Analysis Tools and Data Analysis: Data Science.
Building analytical capabilities is vital if Scotland is to remain competitive in the global information economy. The explosion of data, which has been called ‘the new corporate oil’, is set to continue at an exponential rate. The arrival of the Internet of Things, where billions of internet-connected devices will each generate their own stream of data, only serves to underline this point. According to Cisco, by 2020 there will be 50 billion such devices. But the data is worthless unless there is the analytical capability to extract insights and business value from it.
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