About our Frontier AI Programme

Your gateway to a career in data and AI.

Through immersive, instructor-led training at the Digital Futures Academy, you’ll gain the technical, consulting, and practical skills needed for success in today’s data and AI roles. After earning two industry certifications, you’ll become a Digital Futures consultant, working with our clients - ready to make an impact in the fast-growing world of data and AI.

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Hear from our deployed consultants about their experience with Digital Futures.

Consultant Stories

"The biggest thing that made me apply to Digital Futures was the focus on getting people with no skills or experience into industry. Digital Futures helped me do that and was the right step for me and my career.” Nathan Mwasuku | Digital Futures Consultant

"I think a lot about the confidence I've gained through this whole process with Digital Futures – sometimes I don’t realise how much I’ve grown or how much knowledge I’ve gained over time.” Sarah Jennings | Digital Futures Consultant

"My experience with Digital Futures has been fantastic has been so good for my career – within two years, I’ve gone into two different industries, in two different job roles in two different cities.” Alexander Mudd | Digital Futures Consultant

 

Your AI journey starts here

  • Learn - Develop advanced data and AI skills through a 12-week structured, instructor-led training programme at the Digital Futures Academy.
  • Deliver - Leverage your skills to address complex, real-world challenges and deliver innovative, impactful solutions for our clients as a consultant.
  • Lead - Become a leader, providing strategic guidance to client teams and driving project success to enable AI transformation.

How it works

Assessment

At Digital Futures, we value potential over experience. Our three-part online assessment measures your core strengths, cognitive ability, and aptitude through written, mathematical, and Python challenges. We provide tailored resources to help you complete the coding component, whatever your level of Python knowledge.

Successful applicants move on to a screening interview and then a final technical interview with one of our instructors. These are two-way conversations that help us assess your fit for the programme – and give you the chance to explore our culture and share your passion for a career in AI.

Training

Start your journey with 12-weeks of free, immersive training at our Academy. You will begin to master the core technologies, languages and frameworks you need to start your first role in data and AI.

Develop advanced data and AI skills through a 12-week structured, instructor-led training programme.

The training covers:

  • AI and Data Essentials
  • Insight Analytics
  • Programmatic Data Wrangling
  • Predictive Modelling
  • Advanced AI Topics

Consultancy skills are embedded throughout the training, ensuring you’re ready to deliver high-value solutions and integrate into client teams from day one.

Certification

All the training is underpinned by industry-aligned certifications. Supported by our technology partners, all trainees will gain:

  • Generative AI Leader (GAIL) from Google Cloud Platform
  • Certified Data Analyst with Python (PCAD) from the Python Institute

The cost of certifications is covered by Digital Futures as part of the immersive training.

Deployment

Start your career in tech as a Digital Futures consultant. After gaining your industry certification, we’ll identify and secure deployment opportunities for your with our clients on an ongoing basis, providing full support as you prepare for client interviews.

Once you pass your first client interview, you’ll join Digital Futures full-time as a consultant. As your experience grows, you will have the opportunity to be deployed across a range of client organisations, gaining exposure to different industries, teams, and projects.

Throughout your time on client site, your dedicated Delivery Manager will provide continuous support and mentoring to help you excel in your career.

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