Over the past twelve months, we have been building on insights gained in year one, pivoting support opportunities to better suit our audiences, and we have been supporting an even wider range of small-and-medium-sized organisations from across the North of England and beyond.  

Our delivery team have hosted a larger number of workshops in new locations, allowing us to work with new partners. We have also worked closely with a multitude of organisations to develop data solutions as part of our collaborative data projects offering.  

Read on for all of the highlights.

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Highlights from The Hartree Centre North East Hub

Workshops  

In the last 12-month period, we have run six successful workshops, attracting even more SMEs and tapping into new areas such as Middlesbrough, York, Northallerton and Gateshead. We are pleased to announce that we have now supported 54 eligible SMEs that were looking to improve their data strategies.  

Workshops were themed around topics such as value innovation, large language models, machine learning and more.  

Did you miss out on our workshops last year? There are more workshops on the horizon, with our next one happening in Newcastle on the 17th of September. Click here to register for your place.  

Data Projects  

Our team of Data Scientists have completed 7 collaborative data projects with SMEs this year, with two more underway, after having run four more competitive open calls.  

The Data Projects are up to 3 months long and involve working closely with our data scientists to scope your data science or engineering project, build a prototype solution, and explore options to deploy it within your organisation. If you would like to read about some of the projects that we have completed, you can view our case studies here.  

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Feedback

It has been a real joy for our team to meet and work with some really amazing organisations, making a difference across the UK and further afield. Here is some of the feedback that we have received over the past year.  

“The workshop at the Hartree Centre North East Hub was a fantastic introduction to data science, covering a wide range of topics with clarity and depth. The course leader was incredibly engaging and knowledgeable, making complex concepts easy to understand and relatable. A perfect starting point for anyone looking to explore the world of data science!”

Victoria Smith, Ghostwriter Consultancy & Events Ltd

Workshop Attendee

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“Excellent course with the material delivered understandably, with a lot of interaction to reinforce the delivery. Gained insights into the complexity of Data Science, and an overview of Gen AI and how it could potentially be used to drive business growth in new and existing sectors. In addition, important business knowledge around value chains was passed on which is invaluable to start-up businesses. Thanks once again, I did enjoy the day. Will be recommending to others.”

Peter Rooke, Henka Soft Limited

Workshop Attendee

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"The support has been absolutely invaluable. We have really enjoyed working with the team at the Hartree Centre North East Hub and we hope to be able to work with them again in the future. The MySalesCoach AI Assistant has transformed how we approach sales coaching. Our clients now have access to instant, contextual feedback while maintaining the personal touch of one-on-one coaching. The system’s ability to track progress and provide data-driven recommendations has significantly improved our coaching effectiveness and team performance."

Paul Flemming, MySalesCoach

Collaborative Data Projects  

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"The team at the Hartree Centre North East Hub were very good at helping us to realise the intricacies of data manipulation and the array of tools on offer. We are much more aware of the data science process in solving these problems. We are going away with not only a better understanding of how we can integrate what the team at the Hartree Centre North East Hub have done, but also where to start when approaching a data problem like this in the future."

Dan Foster-Smith, Persona Design

Collaborative Data Projects

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What is the Hartree Centre North East Hub?

The Hartree Centre North East Hub offers fully funded support for SMEs looking to learn about and adopt advanced digital technologies such as supercomputing, data analytics, visual computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and more.

The Hartree Centre North East Hub forms part of the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI) programme and is run in collaboration with Newcastle University, the National Innovation Centre for Data and Sunderland Software City.  

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Final Thoughts

There is still time to engage with the Hartree Centre North East Hub to receive fully funded support across a wide range of topics. A great way to get started would be to come along to our free event hosted in Newcastle this September, where you can meet the team, explore how to implement a successful data strategy, and learn more about our support opportunities. Click here to register.

For updates and news from the North East Hub, please follow our LinkedIn page here or sign up to our newsletter.  

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team at: hello@hartreenortheast.uk

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