Teresa Ironside (MBA)
Director of Data Science Education

Address
- Street
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The Bayes Centre
47 Potterrow - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9BT
Background
Within my role as Director of Data Science Education, I am responsible for the Education remit within the Bayes Centre with a focus on Talent development within the within the College of Science and Engineering and Data Driven Innovation (DDI) programme. I am a member of the Bayes Steering and Executive Groups and lead on collaborative data science training and Data Driven Innovation (DDI) initiatives within the College of Science and Engineering, working across the University and with affiliated partners. I am a member of multiple steering groups and contribute to many University committees.
I oversee the current interdisciplinary online learning suite of programmes in Data Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) and Data Upskilling Short Courses (DUSC), both growing portfolios of courses contributed from all three Colleges across the University in the sciences, humanities and medicine, working collaboratively with DDI Hubs.
Qualifications
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Edinburgh
Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree (Hons. BA), University of Toronto
Responsibilities & affiliations
- Bayes Executive Group - Member
- Bayes Steering Group - Member
- Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) Academic Steering Group / Education Committee - Member
- AgriTech Talent Management Group - Member
- Ed-Dash Steering Group - Member
- Software Sustainability Institute Steering Group - Member
- SENSE CDT Steering Group - Member
- Data Science Technology and Innovation Group Programme Oversight Committee - Member
Participant
- UoE Learning and Teaching Conference 2022
- Short Talk: Upskilling the Workforce – University-wide Data Skills Training (Online - in collaboration with UEBS and EFI)
- Poster: Bayes Education - University-wide data skills teaching in practice
- UoE Learning and Teaching Conference 2021
- The Data Lab - Data Summit 2021, Edinburgh UK (attended online)
- UoE Learning and Teaching Conference 2020
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The Data Lab - Data Summit 2019, Edinburgh, UK
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O’Reilly Artificial Intelligence Conference 2019, San Jose, USA (Part of the Learning Journey with The Data Lab)
- Higher Education Conference 2018, London, UK
- The Data Lab - Data Summit 2018, Edinburgh, UK
- The Data Lab - Data Talent 2018, Edinburgh, UK
- The Data Lab - Data Talent 2017, Edinburgh, UK
- Informatics for Health Conference 2017, Manchester, UK
Data Driven Innovation Women in Data
DDI Women in Data - Full Campaign
Data Driven Innovation Women in Data - Teresa Ironside Interview
Times Higher Education Campus
February 2022
Pivoting university course offerings to upskill the workforce
UoE Teaching Matters
Blog - July 2022:
Upskilling the Workforce – University-wide Data Skills Training - in collaboration with UEBS and EFI
Blog - 9th October 2018:
Data Science, Technology and Innovation: A collaborative online learning programme
Principal’s Medal Awarded for Exceptional Contribution, University of Edinburgh – December 2020
- Co-Lead Team Award for Technology Enhanced Learning