Flooded by data: What can businesses do with the huge volumes of data they collect

Thinking about studying accounting, business, entrepreneurship, finance, management or marketing at postgraduate level? Want to learn more about these different fields and how they impact the global business environment? Join this free course, meet the experts and find out if Business at Essex is for you.

This free online course comprises daily sessions and covers contemporary topics in the field of data analytics in business. Our experts dig deep into their research and present a unique look at how data impacts every area of business and what this looks like in both theory and practice.

Each 90 minute session will be delivered by our expert academics, giving you the chance to meet the tutors, ask questions and discover what studying business at postgraduate level is really like.

You can pick and choose which sessions to attend and you will receive a certificate of attendance if you participate in four or more sessions:

Introduction to Business Analytics with Dr Wali Rehman and Dr Chang-Hun Lee

How can data help agrifood business understand the full length of their supply chain with Professor Ramakrishnan Ramanathan

Data and methodological issues for new insights in international marketing with Dr Rebecca (Yu) Li

A look at how even the smallest businesses collect data with Dr Marta Fernandez De Arroyabe Arranz

Big data analytics in finance with Dr Thanos Verousis