Training from Multiverse will upskill over 75 of the university’s employees, enhancing operational accuracy and efficiency.
King’s College London is upskilling 75 of its staff through a new Digital and Data Academy in partnership with Multiverse. The initiative will support the University’s ongoing digital transformation, which includes the review and automation of time-intensive tasks.
The Digital and Data Academy will enhance skills in key areas such as professional services technology and academia, further strengthening the organisation’s ability to make data-informed decisions to improve service provision to both students and staff. Once accredited, the cohort will have increased capacity to focus on the most impactful and strategic elements of their roles.
Training is funded by the apprenticeship levy and delivered by Multiverse, a tech company that specialises in high-quality training through applied learning. Multiverse has trained more than 20,000 apprentices at over 1,500 organisations in data, AI and digital skills since 2016.
The 75-strong cohort will undertake Multiverse’s Level 4 Data Fellowship for professionals looking to establish or develop core data skills. At the end of the 13-month programme, King’s College London employees will have strengthened skills to support accurate, data-informed decision making while confidently using visualisation tools like Power BI.
According to Multiverse’s Skills Intelligence Report, the education sector is impacted by a lack of data skills, with 38% of employees’ time working with data spent unproductively, compared to the average of 30% across 18 other sectors. King’s College London’s new Digital and Data Academy will seek to proactively address this ahead of current sector concerns.
Kirti Swift, Deputy Director - Organisational Development at King's College London said: “Through this academy, we are strengthening a culture of data literacy and digital capability across the university. This will enable smarter decisions, deeper insights, and more efficient ways of working - freeing us to focus on what truly matters: enhancing the experience and outcomes for our students and staff.”
Isabelle Leung, Senior Research Grants Administrator at Kings College London, who is enrolled in the apprenticeship, said: “My team leverages data from across multiple systems daily, identifying and resolving problems or discrepancies. This training has already allowed us to streamline processes, improve accuracy and drive efficiencies, reducing the turnaround time of our monthly reviews from one week to just two days.”
Multiverse combines work and learning to unlock economic opportunity for everyone. It works with more than 1,500 organisations to close critical skill gaps in the workforce in AI, data and tech, through a new kind of apprenticeship.
Gary Eimerman, Chief Learning Officer at Multiverse said: “King’s College London is a global epicentre of exceptional research and innovation, led by the finest professionals. It has identified an opportunity to strengthen its operations through an enhanced understanding and utilisation of data – our Data Fellowship program is designed to help individuals on their team for exactly this.”
