// The Co-op collaborates with IRI to launch apprenticeship programmes
// The programme will help young people find an alternative route into employment
// The apprenticeships are designed to provide a learning structure and “valuable work experience”
The Co-op has announced new upcoming apprenticeship programmes to support young people searching for an alternative route into employment.
The retailer has teamed up with analytics solutions for consumer, retail and media companies, IRI, to provide the data science apprenticeship programmes in the UK.
The programmes are designed to provide a learning structure and “valuable work experience”.
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The new courses is aimed at apprentices with an interest in the application of data science and computing to a wide range of theoretical and real-world problems.
“We’ve always been committed to education and training and so we want to make sure everyone has an equal chance to fulfil their potential; that’s why we champion apprenticeships,” Co-op head of retail insight Adam Gitlin said.
“With more than 1200 positions across our business, apprentices bring a whole new level of energy, enthusiasm and new ways of thinking into the Co-op.
“Data science has a crucial role to play as it touches every part of our business. As more businesses undergo digital transformation, interpreting and understanding data will become fundamental to their survival.
“When we see other companies, such as IRI, share the same values as Co-op, we’re inevitably drawn towards them so that together we can cooperate for a fairer world.”
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