The Alan Turing Institute launches new Turing University Network

Newcastle joins a new university network to facilitate better connections across the data science/AI landscape

The Alan Turing Institute has launched the Turing University Network which provides all UK universities with an interest in data science and AI the opportunity to engage and collaborate both with the Institute and its broader networks.

36 universities from the previous Turing university partners and Turing Network Development Award recipients - including Newcastle University have joined the pilot network and a call, available to all UK universities, will open in the Spring.

The Turing University Network is a key component of the new Institute Strategy aimed at changing the world for the better with data science and AI.

The network supports the Institute in achieving its three ambitious goals:

• Advance world-class research and apply it to national and global challenges
• Build skills for the future,
• Drive an informed public conversation.

By becoming part of the Turing University Network, Newcastle will benefit from access to both Turing and the vibrant, wider community which will ultimately accelerate our research and impact.

Through the Turing University Network, the Institute will build a structured and inclusive university networ representative of the wider data science and AI community in the UK which will facilitate better connections across the data science/AI landscape. The network will be open, with minimal barriers to both entry and bureaucracy, and will provide enablers such as mechanisms to connect across the ecosystem, interesting problems and routes to impact.

Find out more about The Turing University Network