Transform your future with our funded Skills Bootcamp in Applied AI for Business Innovation
Next Cohort Starts
York & North Yorkshire :
February 2026
Programme Duration
4.5 weeks
(4 hours/day, Monday–Friday)
Learning Format
Instructor-led Programme
(Online)
With the Support of
THIS SKILLS BOOTCAMP IS COMMISSIONED BY YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY USING GOVERNMENT FUNDING
About the Programme
Are you ready to apply Artificial Intelligence in real business environments; not just talk about it?
The Applied AI for Business Innovation Skills Bootcamp is a fully funded, intensive programme designed to help professionals, career changers, and business leaders use AI to improve decision-making, productivity, and operational outcomes.
This is not a coding-heavy programme. Instead, it focuses on applied AI, helping you understand where AI creates value, how to deploy it responsibly, and how to translate AI potential into real business impact.
Throughout the programme, you will explore how Generative AI, automation, and data-driven insight can be used to redesign processes, support strategy, and build compelling business cases. You will learn from experienced instructors who bring real-world industry insight into every session.
The bootcamp blends structured learning with practical application. You will work on real scenarios and finish the programme with a practical AI business case aligned to your sector, giving you something tangible you can apply in your current role or use to progress into new opportunities.
Beyond technical understanding, the programme emphasises employability and leadership readiness helping you communicate AI value to stakeholders, operate ethically and responsibly, and contribute confidently to AI-driven change.
What’s in it for you ?
Expert Instruction
Real Practice
AI Skills for the Modern Workplace
Career & Progression Support
How does it work?
Check your Eligibility
To be eligible for programme, you need to fulfil these requirements:- Candidates must be 19+ (as of the 31st of August 2025)
- You have the legal right to live and work in the UK
- You are interested in a career in technology and are able to demonstrate the same
- Available to attend training Monday to Friday for the full programme duration
- You possess computing equipment and steady internet connection to undergo the training
What skills will you learn during the programme?
Understand how artificial intelligence creates value in real business environments. Learn to identify high-impact AI use cases, evaluate feasibility, and apply AI to support better decisions across operations, strategy, and service delivery.
Develop practical skills in using Generative AI for analysis, documentation, reporting, and decision support. Learn effective prompt techniques and workflows that improve efficiency, insight quality, and day-to-day productivity in professional roles.
Learn how to identify automation opportunities within business processes and design future-state workflows. Apply AI-enabled data analysis and insight generation to improve efficiency, performance, and operational outcomes.
Build understanding of ethical AI use, risk management, and governance considerations including GDPR awareness. Learn how to communicate AI value, manage change responsibly, and present a structured AI business case aligned to organisational goals.
FAQ
This Skills Bootcamp is fully funded for eligible learners. There is no cost to you.
It is a short-duration, instructor-led online programme focused on the practical application of AI in business contexts, rather than software development or coding.
Anyone who meets the eligibility criteria and is interested in using AI to improve business performance, operations, or decision-making.
Your application was rejected as you have not met one of our programmes criteria’s OR not scored the minimum number of points on a test in the application cycle. Please ensure that you review the eligibility criteria on the Programme page. Common reasons for why you may have been rejected are because on the application you have selected an option that means you:
• Do not live in the area
• Will be in full-time education or training at the start of the programme
• Do not have the right to live and work in the UK
• Are not available for the full duration of the programme
• Are not able to start a job straight after the programme is complete
• Did not score the minimum number of points on one of our tests/tasks to move onto the next stage
Unfortunately, as of now this programme is only for individuals who can legally work in the UK
While a job is not guaranteed, the programme is designed to strengthen employability, role progression, and capability development in AI-enabled business roles.
Typical progression paths include:
Digital or AI-enabled Business Analyst
Operations or Transformation Analyst
Junior AI or Automation Consultant
Data or Insights Analyst
AI-enabled Product or Process Lead
This programme supports digital innovation across York, Harrogate, Scarborough, Selby, Whitby, Richmond, Malton, and surrounding North Yorkshire areas.
Learners develop AI capabilities that support:
SMEs adopting automation and AI tools
Public sector digital transformation
Rural and agricultural innovation
Professional services and operations teams
