Join the competition to win cash prizes and land your dream job in data & AI
Applications close on 8 January!
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Showcase your skills and win up to £200 out of a total prize pool of £600!
Stand out from the crowd with a portfolio that showcases how you are unique
Projects help you go beyond the jargon and see what jobs are actually like
Set to impact every industry over the next decade, Data Science & AI is one of the most exciting fields to work in.
Whether you’re about to or already applying to jobs, we help you get there faster and more enjoyably – whilst earning a bit of spare change 🪙
We are building a community to connect the most exciting employers with the best minds in data & AI. Hopefully, that’s you.
Apply to join the community & gain access to projects, resources, mentors & more.
Application Deadline: 8 January 2022
Join the competition by enrolling in any (or all) of the 4 projects.
Submit project(s) to your portfolio.
Submission Deadline: 15 January 2023
For each of your projects that makes it in the top 3, you win £50 cash 💷
Make it to the top 3 in each of the 4 projects and you’ve snagged £200 to spend on bills, pot noodles, swag, crypto, or anything else – totally up to you!
Top 3 submissions for each project will each win £50 cash!
Talkativ is a fictional startup that builds organic communities. One of their key challenges is to analyse the topics their members are most interested in and identify champions in their communities based on these topics.
They are looking for a Data Analyst to build a report that identifies champions for each topic.
Pictr is a fictional startup that is changing the way you look at nature. Their social platform enables users to upload and share pictures of nature and wildlife.
The Head of Product is looking to increase user engagement by adding a caption generator feature to their app. They need a Machine Learning Engineer to build the model that will power that feature.
Bad grammar can ruin the meaning of your writing. Grammify is a fictional startup solving this problem by helping you write more clearly and correcting common typing errors.
Grammify is looking for a Data Scientist to improve the spell-checker’s functionality by training a model to identify named entities.
SwiftBank is a fictional mobile app providing consumer banking services.
The product team is looking to launch a new financial product allowing users to “buy now and pay later”. The risk model must be able to evaluate a user based on their financial profile and their likelihood to repay. They need a Data Analyst to build a proof-of-concept.
We don’t discriminate on age or year group. You can be first or final year at university or reskilling through a bootcamp. What matters is that you are interested in data science and technology and have *some* level of skills.
You don’t need any work experience, that’s the whole point. And you don’t need to be a genius in math or any particular programming language. Each project is different but these are some of the skills that you need:
Our platform has two sides: a learning management system (where you access project content & resources) and a portfolio (where you can submit your work, reflect on how you approached the project, and showcase your skills).
GitHub focuses on your code. The portfolio focuses on your skills.
Yes! The portfolio helps you stand out from a crowd of similar applicants so feel free to send a link along with your CV or any other documents.
We will provide a variety of project opportunities for you to take part in. Some will be competitions, some will be paid work, and some will be job simulations. Based on the projects you submit to your portfolio, our platform will generate your skills profile. Employers will have access to these and will reach out directly to you. Soon, you will also be able to reach out directly to your ideal employers.
Each project will have it’s own prizes set its associated companies. This may include: discounts, merch, vouchers, cash, and more.