Linking this pathway to non-corporate world and to business with purpose
Non-corporate pursuits
- Startup: students can launch startups, entrepreneurial ventures, leveraging digital technologies, data analytics and operations optimization to drive their business ideas, developing and implementing digital strategies.
- Scale-up: students can help scale-ups streamline operations, identify growth opportunities through data analysis, and implement efficient systems and processes to support the scaling phase.
- Freelance: students can offer their expertise to clients who require assistance in digital strategy development, data analysis, optimization of business operations and implementation of digital tools and systems.
- Public sector: graduates can pursue opportunities within national and local government, including areas such as environmental health, social care and healthcare, where data analysts are in high demand.
Purpose in this pathway
- NGOs/Social orgs: nonprofit organizations, such as the UN and the Red Cross, are increasingly leveraging digital technologies and analytics to drive their missions and optimize their operations.
- Sustainable business: graduates in Digital Business, Transformation & Innovation can contribute by analyzing sustainability metrics, implementing sustainable supply chain practices, optimizing energy consumption, and utilizing data analytics to measure and report on environmental and social impact.
- Voluntary work: many nonprofit organizations are in need of trained data scientists on a pro bono basis. Students can gain valuable experience linked to their own purpose and career goals, and go on to use their skills in a paid position in a social business or charitable organization.