About Us
We help organisations discover innovations offered by the explosive growth in digital data.
Data-driven revolution
The global economy is undergoing a data-driven revolution. A huge growth in volumes of data raises new opportunities.
But it also poses challenges for private and public sector organisations.
Properly processed and analysed, data can lead to radical innovations creating significant value.
What we can do for you
We address a market gap in the availability of data science skills. We provide practical expertise to organisations struggling with data.
We enable them to explore their business questions in creative and entrepreneurial ways.
Our focus is on finding solutions. We provide organisations with increased capability, knowledge and expertise.
We help them get to grips with managing and analysing data. We embed data skills within the workforce.
We deliver an immediate return on investment through agile processes.
An investment in data expertise
The £30m centre is funded with £15m from UK Government and £15m from Newcastle University. We are:
- addressing the availability shortage of data skills in the UK
- transferring practical data skills into the workforce of private and public sector organisation
- empowering organisations to gain insights from their data to:
- optimise existing operations and create efficiencies
- launch new products and services
- opening access to a vibrant data ecosystem
