CUSTOMER STORY // THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY, EPICDATA

Empowering Students With Data Skills for Real-World Impact

Thomas More University works with the Qlik Academic Program and EpicData to encourage and inspire students.

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130+

data visualization students

The Qlik Academic Program gives over 130 students a year’s experience in Qlik’s visualization capabilities and training.

35

‘data track’ students

Around 35 students a year take the opportunity to advance their Qlik knowledge in their third year of study.

10

years of Qlik access

Thomas More has now worked with the Qlik Academic Program for over 10 years, empowering thousands of students.

CHALLENGE

A valuable chance to gain real-world experience

Lwam Teklay spent three years studying at the Mekelle Institute of Technology in Ethiopia, building skills that eventually led to an opportunity to study applied computer science at Thomas More University in Belgium. It was a great opportunity to complement her abilities with practical experience.

Teklay already had a good understanding of analytics and the presentation of insights, having developed her skills with Python and SQL. Thomas More’s work with the Qlik Academic Program allowed her to take those capabilities to new levels.

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APPROACH

Combining theory with hands-on experience

Teklay’s Qlik journey began in the second year of her studies at Thomas More with a data visualization module based around the Qlik Academic Program. This involved combining Qlik’s learning materials with valuable hands-on experience.

The journey continued the following academic year when Teklay advanced to using Qlik as a complete business intelligence tool. It was then that she came across EpicData, a local long-standing Qlik partner, and an exciting opportunity to build her Qlik experience through a more complex project during an internship.

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RESULTS

Demonstrating the capabilities and possibilities

Teklay’s project based on the water supply in Catalonia demonstrated her ability to use Qlik to build dashboards and generate insights from multiple data sources. She took open-source data generated by the Catalan Water Agency and Kaggle datasets, enhanced them with meteorological data and even integrated predictive features with Qlik AutoML.

The project also led to a job offer as a data consultant at EpicData. Teklay is now looking forward to working on diverse projects, staying at the forefront of new technologies and delivering solutions that enable smarter decisions.

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WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

An opportunity to encourage and inspire

Thomas More University’s decision to work with the Qlik Academic Program was based primarily on Qlik’s ease of use and integrated capabilities. By providing a comprehensive and intuitive platform, the university can encourage and inspire students to look deeper into data and analytics.

This practical, collaborative approach is enhanced by working with industry partners such as EpicData. The result is a learning program that is rich in opportunities for students who understand the value of data in a dynamic working environment.

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It didn’t take long to get up to speed and start working on my project, especially with the help of the Qlik Academic Program and the wider Qlik community.
Lwam Teklay
Data Consultant, EpicData

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