The use of data and application of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) will without any doubt
change the way we design and operate our Higher Education. As a matter of fact, today it is already
changing our educational institutions. But what is needed to make analytics and AI valuable parts
of the way we organize our education? Many experts believe that successful transformation of our
Higher Education hinges on five pillars: strategy, hr and culture, organisation, governance and
compliance, ICT.
This insight will require a whole new set of skills and ways of working. Understanding and working
with new technologies for (big) data collection, analysis and prediction will not create only huge
opportunities, but also ethical, legal, privacy and technical issues concerning every part of the
organization. It will influence the relationship with our students, redefines how new programs and
services are developed, changes how operations are managed, and provides the basis for new
service offerings. It will demand a data driven focus of everyone involved in the organization.
This training programme combines the science of business, data, and societal perspectives.
Participants – who usually join with a team of 3 to 5 persons – acquire a broad knowledge and diverse
skills related to data analytics, which may lead to new insights that drive new value creation
opportunities in the context of higher education. Such learning by doing manifests itself along two
dimensions: across multiple levels (individual, group) and across multiple functions