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Data Science Retreats

Providing you with the ideal environment to learn Python, Data Science and Analytics – the Wilds of Scotland

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Wellness

We provide “well-being boosts”

Learn Python

We deliver cutting edge Python lessons in relaxing environments

New Value

Upskill your employees, Step-up your data analytics capability and create new Business Value

Course Details

Tutors: Dr Patrick Stacey and associates

Course duration: 3-5 days, depending on requirements

Effort: 5 hours per day of lessons and labs with time set aside for outdoor activities including hiking.

Venue: Southwest Scotland

Language: English

Sample Python Topics

  • Setting up your Python Environment
  • Essentials for Software Design 
  • Data Manipulation with Pandas Dataframes
  • Database Design and Querying with SQLite
  • Data Visualisation
  • Machine Learning – support vector machines, topic modelling, sentiment analysis, supervised and unsupervised techniques.
  • Case study: Financial, Stock Analysis
  • Case study: Exploratory Data Analysis

WildPy Value

  • Your tutor Dr Patrick Stacey was honoured by MIT Chief Data Officer magazine as one of the world’s top data science educators
  • Dr Stacey is an award winning scholar and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (or Advance HE).
  • We stand for Education in the Wild; the rural settings bring deeper subject understanding to our students as well as addresses a vital issue of our time – stress reduction and well-being enhancement

Venue

We hold our coding and analytics retreats (CARs) at esteemed resort hotels such as the Cally Palace Hotel:

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Associate Tutors

Our associate tutors are seasoned specialists in python and data analytics, who bring a wealth of experience and use cases to their classes and labs:

Arun Godwin Patel

Arun Godwin Patel:

I spend my time building, scaling and delivering technology that is designed to make a real difference to people’s lives. I have experienced developing and researching technology within academia, global corporations, startups and my own companies across a variety of domains such as VR, AI, Blockchain and the Metaverse. I love to teach and share knowledge, I especially enjoy taking highly complex ideas and designing creative ways to inspire students.

Well-Being and Learning

Most other programming courses on the market take place in confined spaces with only walls to gaze upon. At Wildpy we combine daily outdoor activities with learning which has been shown to radically improve memory retention and topic understanding. While our coding training takes place in inspiring indoors spaces (e.g. Cally Palace Hotel), we continue the learning experience during guided outdoor activities using a Socratic approach. While also giving students the freedom to explore their surroundings and continue dialogue about in-class concepts. Re-connecting with nature also provides profound well-being boosts which vitalise any employees productivity.

Outdoor Activities

Hiking is a key activity, as it provides opportunities for further discussions and pedagogy concerning the subject matter.

Dr Patrick Stacey (Founder)

Let’s Learn Together

email us wildpyinfo@gmail.com