Ada Lovelace Day

Ada Lovelace was a British mathematician born in 1815. Lovelace’s notes contain what many historians believe to be the first algorithm designed to be processed by a machine- the first computer program.

Ada began programming when asked to translate one of Charles Babbage’s lectures from English into Italian for publication. She did so, but included numerous corrections to his maths, an exchange which continued for 42 years. 

As the daughter of a highly educated female mathematician and celebrity poet (Byron) Ada grew up to be a skilled polymath. She saw computing as having greater impact and potential beyond calculations. She described her approach as ‘poetical science’ and through this was able to predict the wider applications of computing hundreds of years ahead of her time. 

On Tuesday 8 October experts from across the University, Turing, the BBC and beyond will be meeting to discuss ‘Can AI Be Fair?’ at an open panel discussion in Exeter, sponsored by the University’s Project Ada Initiative.  

We are delighted to be able to offer current students and staff a discount with the code AdaLovelace

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All our students have the opportunity to add to or build their data science skills. We have pathways open to students from all academic disciplines to add ‘with proficiency in social/data science’ to their award:

With Proficiency in Data Science  With Proficiency in Social Data Science

Scholarships for Masters in Data Science

We also annually have several postgraduate scholarships available through the Office for Students (OfS) postgraduate conversion courses in AI and Data Science scheme.

These scholarships have been awarded to institutions working to increase applications from women, black students, students who are registered disabled, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and other groups underrepresented in higher education and in tech. 

View our postgraduate data science courses here