AI & Data Ethics

Training · AI & Data Ethics

Use AI well, and know when not to

Practical AI skills for analysts and the people who lead them. We look behind the prompt at what these tools actually do, practise using them on real data tasks, and talk honestly about bias, privacy and accountability.

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Run it in-house
  • Delivered to UK government teams
  • One day, live
  • Feb · Jun · Oct

The workshop

AI Skills: behind the prompt

A one-day, hands-on workshop that takes you from "I've tried ChatGPT" to using generative AI confidently, critically and safely in your data work.

You'll leave able to

  • Explain how large language models produce answers, and why they get things wrong
  • Write prompts that get reliable, checkable results for analysis tasks
  • Use AI to help write and review code without handing over your judgement
  • Spot where bias, privacy and data protection risks come in
  • Decide when AI is the wrong tool for the job

How the day runs

  1. Morning What's behind the prompt

    Tokens, training data and probability, explained without the hype.

  2. Late morning Prompting for analysis

    Hands-on exercises on summarising, coding and checking real datasets.

  3. Afternoon Ethics in practice

    Bias, privacy, accountability and your organisation's AI policy.

  4. Close Your AI working agreement

    Leave with a personal checklist for safe, effective use.

Data ethics for teams

Shorter, discussion-led sessions that sit alongside AI Skills or stand on their own. Ideal for leadership teams and data communities of practice.

Half-day

Anonymity and anonymisation

What "anonymised" really means, re-identification risks and safer ways to share data.

Half-day

Ownership and representation

Whose data is it, who's missing from it, and how that shapes the decisions you make.

Half-day

Modelling in an AI landscape

Interpreting data and models when generative AI is part of the workflow.

Why learn this with me

A data person first, not an AI evangelist

I've spent 14 years helping people understand and communicate data. I teach AI the same way: what it's good at, what it isn't, and how to keep humans at the heart of your work.

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Courses I teach with partners

I also teach for the Royal Statistical Society and JBI Training. These courses are booked directly with them, at their prices.

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