Data and AI

Data and AI are becoming central to how Scotland’s public services work. The refreshed Digital Strategy places strong emphasis on building these skills to support better decision‑making, improved services and effective public service reform.

Professional learning for the Scottish Public and Third Sector

The Scottish Digital Academy is expanding its learning offer to help people across the public and third sectors build confidence in using data and AI in practical, responsible ways.

Our learning pathways support everyone from beginners to specialists to use data well and deliver smarter services for Scotland.

These courses are available to anyone working in the public or third sector in Scotland.

Data Maturity

Foundations of improving public sector data (Awareness Level)

An introduction to the Four Foundations of Data Maturity with practical exercises for each of the components.

Data Governance (Working Level)

Coming soon. Supplementary to the Four Foundations, this e-learning dives deeper into Data Governance.

Data transformation in Scotland's public sector

This guide offers a three-phase programme that helps organisations create a data transformation action plan tailored to your needs. This programme provides an approach to exploring data maturity and transformation and is for managers and leaders who work or are accountable for data transformation.