Greetings educators Apologies for the radio silence we have been busy behind the scenes lining up some interesting events for this year and to kick things off we have a visit from KNIME.   Save the date: Monday 24th March 5pm to 6pm Presented by Dr Stefan Helfrich   Brief Description of the Session   In this workshop, participants will learn about the basics of the low-code KNIME Analytics Platform and how they can use it to include visual workflows in their teaching. We will create a simple workflow to familiarize attendees with KNIME, followed by a more comprehensive tour of the platform highlighting the advantages of using KNIME for teaching data-related topics in educational settings. Lastly, we'll dive into a more elaborate use case featuring an interactive data app to showcase practical ap...

This month we are proud to present a thoughtful blog post from one of early members, Dr Sam Buxton. Sam's words resonate with our presentation earlier this year on what business analytics skills companies want and what tools they use. That talk covered the results of a survey that we ran with over 200 participants. The results showed that companies most value the ability to use spreadsheets, i.e., Excel, a solid knowledge of statistics and the ability to visualise and present data well.  Best, Chris, Chair of BAEF  As an educator of business analytics, it is important to consider the environment in which we teach. Over the summer, there have been some interesting talks on AI in education, embedding business analytics in accounting programmes and what skills and tools do companies require of business analysts. This post focuses on students’ perspectives of the tools they think they need. Teaching business analytics to non-specialists at both undergraduate and master’s levels ...