STEM and research careers
Evaluation of the OfS Postgraduate Conversion Course funding (Phase 1)
14/02/2024
The Office for Students (OfS) commissioned the Careers Research & Advisory Centre (CRAC) to conduct an evaluation of its funding programme through which UK universities developed new Masters conversion courses in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and funded scholarships specifically targeted to support those from a range of groups who have previously been under-represented in these subject areas. The programme followed a prior pilot of engineering, computing and data-focused Masters courses designed for non-cognate graduates, also evaluated by CRAC (2016-2019).
CRAC monitored participation in the scheme by students and implemented additional research in order to provide an evaluation of the overall programme. This contributed to the decision to provide a second programme of funding in 2023/24 and 2024/25.
