The organisations listed below are among those who have hosted projects for our MSc Data Science students. We continue to create links with businesses to provide our students with opportunities to gain experience in real-world data science.
Admiral Group is one of the largest car insurance providers in the UK with businesses all over the world. It employs almost 6,000 staff in the UK and has close to 8,000 staff worldwide. It is Wales’ only FTSE 100 company with Group turnover of £1.97 billion in 2014.
Bonamy Finch are leaders in the provision of advanced analytics to the market research industry, and currently support over forty insight agencies in delivering projects to their clients.
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, oncology, infection and neuroscience diseases.
The Behavioural Insights Team is a unique company. We started life inside No.10 Downing Street as the world’s first government institution dedicated to the application of behavioural sciences.
The Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) exists to promote the reuse of individual participant data across the global infectious disease community. IDDO curates submitted data from many different sources in-house, to produce freely available harmonised datasets, enabling scientists to answer new research questions from existing data.
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is the UK's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere.
Wearable devices, big data and the Internet of Things are poised to create a myriad of personalised services in health, wellness, commerce and leisure. These will have the potential to deliver huge benefits to individual consumers and society at large, but there are real and growing concerns that they could also open the door to Big Brother.
The Co-operative Insurance offers a range of home, motor and pet insurance products and likes to be at the forefront of the Insurance industry.
Cultura Technologies provides comprehensive, proven software solutions for agribusinesses to simplify data management, streamline processes, and improve business analysis and decision making.
DESCO Analytics Ltd is a forward-looking, data-driven energy analytics company delivering intelligent energy management advisory services through connecting human experience with machine learning.
Dubit have always been at the forefront of technology that engages young people. From launching the first kids game world back in 1999, through to creating the first kids’ virtual reality game on Oculus Rift in 2014.
Halton Lune Hydro has developed and operates an installation which will consist of two Kaplan turbines and a best practice Larinier fish pass, at Forge Weir, Halton.
Framed Data is a Data Science as a Service product that helps companies understand their users and improve their business.
Fujitsu UK and Ireland is a leading IT systems, services and products company employing 11,400 people with an annual revenue of £1.7 billion.
The Hut Group designs, develops and builds bespoke proprietary software and has used data to enable us to sell and dispatch 30 million items to + 190 countries. It’s this technology and data science that took us to the top of the Sunday Times Profit Track for two consecutive years. All of our technology is engineered in-house to meet our business needs.
Gaist is an award winning independent professional services company specialising in asset management, project management, cost management and consulting across the infrastructure, natural resources sectors and emergency services.
The company leverages big data analytics to reduce the individual, economic and environmental toll of traffic congestion.
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture conducts research that provides solutions to nourish Africa – our award-winning agricultural research for development (R4D) focuses on addressing hunger, poverty, and degradation of natural resources in the tropics.
Multi award-winning Jagex has been at the forefront of online games for nearly 15 years, starting with its flagship adventure title, RuneScape.
Lancashire is the second largest economy in the North West and a UK leader in numerous high-tech sectors. Boost Business Lancashire is the £7.2million ERDF-backed Lancashire Business Growth Hub led by the Lancashire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership).
Our purpose is to be recognised as the centre for acute and specialised hospital services in Lancashire and South Cumbria, providing the highest standards of compassionate, safe care that gives our patients a positive experience, excelling in research, innovation and teaching, developing our staff to reach their potential, and improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse communities.
LateRooms.com is a hotel reservations website providing discounted accommodation throughout the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. LateRooms.com offers accommodation from over 150,000 hotels around the world.
Leyland Trucks is one of PACCAR's global group of businesses and is one of Britain’s leading manufacturing companies. It is PACCAR’s established centre for light and medium duty truck design, development and manufacture.
Lyst partner with the world’s greatest designers and stores to bring you the world of fashion in one place.
We are Peak, the pioneers of Data Analytics-as-a-Service. We help clients grow revenues and drive efficiencies within their business using the world’s first subscription-based Data Analytics service.
As Britain’s leading centre for independent social research, NatCen have over 40 years’ experience of listening to the public and making sure their voice is heard.
Quadrangle is an award-winning research and strategy business and one of the fastest-growing companies in the research industry.
Raytheon UK is a prime contractor and major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets.
Sky Betting and Gaming has grown to become one of the UK's leading online betting and gaming companies, with a strong track record of digital innovation, receiving five prestigious awards at the 2014 EGR awards.
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides 24 hour, 365 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport.
UCAS is an independent charity providing information, advice, and admissions services to inspire and facilitate educational progression. Our services support young people making choices after their GCSEs, as well as those applying for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Unilever is one of the world’s leading fast-moving consumer goods companies with products sold in over 190 countries. More than 2 billion consumers worldwide use a Unilever product on any given day.
Uniper is an energy generation and trading company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, formed in 2016 from the split of E.ON. Uniper Technologies is a science and engineering consultancy with over 1600 staff, with offices in the UK and Germany.
Cambridge Assessment provides world-class qualifications, and education programmes that give learners the confidence to demonstrate and fulfil their potential. As a department of the University of Cambridge, we provide education programmes and exams in over 170 countries, offering global recognition.
Valuechain.com provides high value manufacturing supply chains with a suite of innovative software solutions that improve business and supply chain performance.
Datavant is a rapidly growing healthcare technology company with a mission to connect the world’s health data. Privacy Hub is part of Datavant and we provide independent statistical assessments for health datasets. One of our core offerings are reports that certify whether a health dataset is sufficiently de-identified to ensure that the disclosure risk of the individuals within the dataset is very small.
Faros is a leading metering and energy management company with several FTSE 100 customers. We have engineers countrywide as well as providing expertise in energy bureau and reporting services.
Pavement Testing Services (PTS) is the UK’s leading provider of highway infrastructure and pavement surveys, investigations and associated materials testing in their UKAS Accredited Laboratory.
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of hospital, community, primary and social care services, including the University Teaching Trust. Our team of 7,000 staff provide local services to the City of Salford and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.
Yordas Group delivers innovative solutions for business, industry and government, supporting their clients to comply with chemical regulations and anticipate future business risks.
[We] enable secure deep-space communications, spacecraft command and control and leverage our expertise in waveforms and digital signal processing and analytics.
Collaboraite develops bespoke data-related products and applications for our secure partners as well as consulting on data and digital transformation.
Cybermoor is currently involved in many exciting innovation projects assisting communities in making the switch to electric vehicles & improving connectivity in rural areas.
Charge My Street is a social enterprise (Community Benefit Society) which installs and operates community EV chargepoints, raising money through community shares. All profits are reinvested with a view to growing the EV chargepoint network.
Decently is a UK digital health company developing Melo, a clinician-led platform used across NHS and specialist care services to capture, analyse and understand complex behavioural health data. We are exploring how AI and data science can uncover patterns, support clinical decision-making and improve outcomes for patients with neurological and mental health conditions. Our mission is to help clinicians make earlier sense of complex patient behaviours and deliver better care.
Sky Betting and Gaming has grown to become one of the UK's leading online betting and gaming companies, with a strong track record of digital innovation, receiving five prestigious awards at the 2014 EGR awards.
Informed Solutions delivers digital, data and AI solutions that help make the world a smarter, safer, cleaner, and healthier place
Lancashire is the second largest economy in the North West and a UK leader in numerous high-tech sectors. Boost Business Lancashire is the £7.2million ERDF-backed Lancashire Business Growth Hub led by the Lancashire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership).
Our purpose is to be recognised as the centre for acute and specialised hospital services in Lancashire and South Cumbria, providing the highest standards of compassionate, safe care that gives our patients a positive experience, excelling in research, innovation and teaching, developing our staff to reach their potential, and improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse communities.
We at Naimuri love data and harness the power of artificial intelligence, machine learning software development, cloud engineering and cutting-edge technologies to create powerful change for our clients and to create a ‘safer world’ for us all.
ND Axon builds consent-led, governance-first neurodiversity screening and support infrastructure for public-sector organisations. We help NHS trusts, universities and employers deliver structured neurodiversity support at scale — without increasing clinical workload, requiring diagnosis, or exposing personal data.
We own, operate, maintain and develop the railway infrastructure in England, Scotland and Wales. That’s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We manage 20 of the country’s largest stations.
We help organisations turn AI into measurable business value; reducing risk, accelerating delivery, and ensuring every initiative delivers ROI, backed by decades of real-world AI and transformation experience.
The makers and bakers at Traybakes, are dedicated and take pride in producing the finest quality Traybakes. From humble beginnings, our skilled team have seen Traybakes’ success sky-rocket, being sold by stores such as Waitrose, Epicurium and Cranstons.
The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is the UK's Centre of Excellence for integrated research in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their interaction with the atmosphere.
Yordas Group delivers innovative solutions for business, industry and government, supporting their clients to comply with chemical regulations and anticipate future business risks.
For information on how your organisation can work with Data Science and AI @ Lancaster, please contact Dr Simon Tomlinson below.
