QBS Analytics Lab
The QBS Analytics Lab supports SMEs, government agencies, and social enterprises to leverage business data and analytics to drive innovation, address challenges, and enhance decision making.
Queen's Business School has specific expertise in the growing fields of data, analytics, and AI - including cutting-edge academic research expertise, advisory roles and applied practical project experience, and education through our MSc Business Analytics.
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Meeting of Minds at Queen's Business School are topic-specific groups that bring together professionals from academia and industry to exchange knowledge and best practices, explore emerging trends and technologies, network, and establish valuable collaborations with others in their field of expertise.
We are now accepting expressions of interest for the upcoming Data and Innovation Group. Please click this form and select 'Meeting of Minds: Data and Innovation' to submit your interest.
The Data For Good Hackathon is an annual event, where MSc Business Analytics students come together with industry mentors to develop data driven solutions aimed at solving some of society's most important problems.
In the 2024 Hackathon, students drew on open data and applied business intelligence and machine learning to address problems faced by the Northern Ireland's healthcare system: alleviating problems faced by GP practices.
Develop a two-way mentoring relationship with an MSc Business Analytics student. The student will teach you ways to utilise your business data, and in turn you will pass on your valuable experience in the world of work.
The 2024 cohort of the Data Duo Mentoring programme is now in progress.
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) is a mutually beneficial, three-way collaborative innovation project. KTPs drive a business innovation project and are designed to bring about lasting, transformative change.
An Innovation Voucher allows businesses or potential entrepreneurs to access expertise from Queen's Business School, as a public sector knowledge provider, for innovative projects.
Click for more information on these funded opportunities for innovation.
Knowledge Transfer Partnership: SDG x Queen's Business School
SDG is an NI-based supplier of construction solutions to Northern Ireland, the UK, and the Republic of Ireland. The company utilised a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with a recent MSc Business Analytics graduate to help restructure the business and begin to use data to help expand the business.
If you are interested in getting involved with the QBS Analytics Lab, please fill out the form below and give a brief indication of what you are looking for support with. One of our Directors will then be in touch.