Business Intelligence and Analytics

Overview

On this Business Intelligence and Analytics  course from The University of Law Business School , students select modules from our existing MSc Business Intelligence and Analytics.

The PG Dip Business Intelligence and Analytics course is ideal for students with numerical backgrounds who have an interest in developing a specialist knowledge and a critical understanding of the key aspects of data management and cyber security.

Students will develop an understanding of the new tools available to apply correct statistical techniques for decision making. You will develop the required skills to communicate your findings in ways that non-data scientists will understand.

The University of Law Business School is an institutional member of Amazon Web Services Educate. For certain modules, this will provide tutors and students of the PG Dip Business Intelligence and Analytics with access to the best collaboration tools, content training and AWS technology for cloud related learning. Upon graduation, you will be fully equipped with the practical skills needed for a technology career. 

Students also have access to the AWS Educate Job Board for seeking technology jobs and internships.

Some modules on the PG Dip Business Intelligence and Analytics are powered by Tableau, the leading business intelligence software for data visualisation. You’ll gain practical experience of how this software is used for fast, digital data analytics to enable organisations to see, understand and inform data driven decision making. 

The course is taught by John Kawalek, an international consultant, academic and entrepreneur. He specialises in Systems Thinking and Digital Transformation, to achieve leaps in business growth and performance improvement. With a successful career spanning over 30 years, he currently holds a number of roles including Senior Industry Adviser at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He is Director of CrowditBuildit Ltd, a crowdfunding property development firm, as well as a Partner at The Consultancy Academy Ltd. He is also a Non-Executive Director at WeDo3DPrinting.com.

John has held senior positions in Universities in the UK and Australia, including Head of Operations Management and Decision Sciences and Director of the MBA, at a leading Russell Group University in the UK. During his academic career, he has always integrated consultancy to achieve ‘theory in practice’, and ‘practice in theory’. His international consulting profile has included undertaking numerous projects, including those with some well-known organisations, such as IBM, KPMG, PwC, Royal Mail, NHS, EU agencies. He continues to work to deliver consulting and lectures in Systems Methodologies to achieve innovation in businesses and organisations, applying new approaches and new technologies, e.g. blockchain, data analytics, smart contracts, systems of alternative finance using crowdfunding. 

John has a degree in History and Economics, an MSc in Computer Science from The University of Manchester and a PhD in Management Systems and Cybernetics. He has been a chartered member of the British Computer Society since 1989 and a chartered IT professional since 2004. He has also been a member of the Chartered Management Institute, and has published two books and over 50 academic papers.

Career Path

Business Analytics