Short Courses at Bath Spa University

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Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling

Designed to support learners who are either new to data analysis, or would like to revisit core principles, this one-day Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands on exercises, to help participants manage, prepare, analyse and present data for more effective analysis.

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Python for Data Analysis: Writing Functions

Designed to support learners who are new to Python, this Python for Data Analysis: Writing functions course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands-on exercises, to help participants write basic programmes and work with inbuilt Python functions.

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Creating More Meaningful Insights with Power BI

Designed to support current users of Microsoft's powerful business intelligence platform, this one-day Creating More Meaningful Insights with Power BI course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands-on exercises, to help participants build truly effective visual assets to share with colleagues.

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Creating Meaningful Insights with Power BI

Designed to support new and current users of Microsoftʼs powerful business intelligence platform, this one-day Creating Meaningful Insights with Power BI course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands-on exercises, to help you build truly effective visual assets to share with colleagues.

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Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Storytelling

Designed to support learners who have some experience in data analysis and would like to explore interactive data visualisation platforms, this one-day Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Storytelling course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands on exercises, to help participants manage, prepare, analyse and present data for more effective analysis.

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Python for Data Analysis: Dataframes

Designed to support learners who have some experience of using Python, this one-day Python for Data Analysis: Dataframes course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands-on exercises, to help participants clean, reshape, combine, explore, and visualise data for more effective analysis.

The Data Place is working with Bath Spa University to provide short courses in data analysis and Python over the Autumn and Winter of 2025/26. Great for beginners or anyone looking to level up their data skills, these courses are led by our Data Lead, Lucy Knight with our Technology Lead, Martin Howitt. Follow the links below for full details and to book, or contact us if you have any questions.