Introduction to Data Ethics for Business

This course aims to introduce participants to fundamental aspects of data ethics in a business context. It will help business professionals to evaluate data handling practices in order to create trustworthy products and services.

This course is taught by Dr Sukhpreet Singh who has more than 20 years of experience in management research and teaching. He holds Teaching Fellowships at the University of Edinburgh and Lancaster University Management School while serving as external advisor to several UK universities. Dr Singh also holds a judicial office as a Tribunal Member at the Employment Tribunals Scotland. For full profile information, see here.

This course is open to anyone looking for a basic understanding of data ethics in the business context, especially when applied to the marketing domain. It is of an introductory nature and introduces approaches to data ethics and how these are manifested in marketing practice. No prior University experience is required to take this course.

On completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of ethical frameworks that inform data handling practices in a business context.

2. Apply knowledge of emerging cases to their own professional contexts.

3. Critically evaluate current professional practice in this area.

This is an 8 week course, comprising 2 hours contact time per week - weekly teaching sessions Tuesdays from 18.00-20.00.

Please note that all sessions will be live synchronous using the Collaborate platform within the University's VLE (Learn). ​​​​​Sessions are not recorded.

This course is made up of 40 learning hours (16 contact teaching hours, 24 hours of independent study).

Course fees for 23/24 are £350 but funded places are available for people employed or unemployed in Scotland (residency requirements apply).

Funding

Through the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) Upskilling Fund, a limited number of fully-funded places are available on Data Upskilling Short Courses at The University of Edinburgh.

Eligibility

Funded places are available to those who meet SFC fee waiver criteria:

“Courses/provision is open to all Scottish-domiciled/’home fee’ students, which is consistent with SFC’s policy for core funded student places. Students from the rest of the UK (rUK) are not normally considered eligible for SFC funding. If however a university is working with a Scottish/UK employer which has a physical presence or operating in Scotland, rUK employees of that employer would be eligible.”

If you are from outside Scotland, you need to have settled status in the UK and meet other residency criteria:

• be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the three years immediately before course start date, and
• have ‘settled status’ in the UK (as set out in the Immigration Act 1971) at the course start date, and
• be ordinarily resident in Scotland at the course start date.
• You can find out more about residency criteria on the SAAS website or in this summary.

Funding eligibility will be assessed at the point of each application for each course; you may be asked to provide further information if you do not meet the general residence conditions. You can check your likely fee status here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/tuition-fees/fee-status/work-out Please email us at upskilling@ed.ac.uk if you would like to discuss your funding eligibility before applying.

Please note that full-time students (including full-time PhD students) are not eligible for funding.

You will receive a certificate of completion.