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Turing Summer Experience

The Turing Summer Experience is a series of funded Data Science and Artificial Intelligence weeks for Year 12 students in four locations across the UK. They will take place over July and August 2024, run in partnership with The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s intelligence agencies MI5, GCHQ, and SIS MI6 and the Ministry of Defence (the Defence AI Centre and DSTL).

Through an exciting programme of practical learning, activities and challenges, participants will get hands-on experience supported by experts in the field and be introduced to the huge range of study and career options in Data Science and AI, including in the intelligence agencies and in Defence.

This programme is fully funded with free breakfast and lunch and support with travel expenses.

Participants will:

• Work on solving problems with other like-minded young people with practical hands-on application of learnt skills.
• Develop a space to collaborate online using tools such as GitHub.
• Find out about the wide range of career paths in the sector, including in the intelligence agencies and in Defence.
• Learn more about current topics in the sector such as ethics and biases
• Get support with thinking about future study and work opportunities and how to talk about the experience on a personal statement or job application.

To be eligible you need:

• To be able to commute into central London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Leeds each day over a week (Monday- Friday)
• Currently be in Year 12/S5 or equivalent
• Have 5 GCSEs at Grade 4 or above, one of which must be Maths at 6 or above and currently be studying at least 1 STEM A Level*. If based in Scotland, you must have 5 National 5 grades at grades A-C, including Maths at B or above, and currently be studying at least 1 STEM Higher*.

As this programme aims to support students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in Data Science and AI, we encourage applications from students who match one or more of the following criteria:

• Come from an area with a low IDACI score, SIMD score (for Scotland), or WIMD (for Wales) score. (These scores measure the proportion of the population in an area experiencing deprivation relating to low income)
• Have been eligible within the past six years for free school meals
• Have a parent who has never completed an undergraduate degree

For more details including dates and to apply, complete the relevant online form:

Edinburgh, 8^th-12^th July

Leeds, 29^th July – 2^nd August

Cardiff, 5^th-9^th August

London, 19^th-23^rd August

Please note, you should live within approximately one hour’s journey of your chosen location via public transport. We will pay for reasonable travel costs but please ensure it is practical for you to travel to your chosen location before you apply.

*STEM A Levels/Highers include Biology, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering, ICT/IT