For business
Data and AI training for your organisation
4.8 / 5 from 78 Google reviews
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Training for your team
Pick the programme that fits who you need to train
We fit each one to your work.
Not sure which is yours? Start with AI Foundations or Data Foundations for one team, and widen from there.
When several groups need different depths
Whole-organisation programme
Foundations for many, champions for a few, funded Level 4 programmes for depth. We combine the programmes on this page into one plan with one provider, phased over the quarters that suit you.
See the whole-organisation programme →For everyone, in any role
AI Foundations
Six weeks, half a day a week, in person, online or hybrid. Everyone learns to get reliable, checked work out of the AI tool they already have. No coding.
See AI Foundations →For people who work from reports
Data Foundations
Six weeks for people who work from reports. They learn to read numbers in context, ask the question behind the report, spot a misleading chart and make the case for a decision.
See Data Foundations →For a few people per team
AI Champions
The people colleagues already ask for help. Six weeks at about eight hours a week, with their manager's backing. Each one builds and tests a pilot their team can run.
See AI Champions →For whoever owns AI use
AI Governance in Practice
Six weeks, half a day a week. The people who own AI use build your team's governance as they go: what is in use, which tools are safe, an AI policy and a plan for when something goes wrong.
See AI Governance in Practice →For teams that already work with data
Technical upskilling
Advanced training for established data teams: SQL, Python, BI, cloud data platforms, AI and data engineering, built around your stack and your data. Workshops, or programmes of four to eight weeks.
See technical upskilling →Funding and hiring
Fund deeper training, or bring in new people
Funded training for your staff
Government-funded programmes
If funding is what matters, start here. Individual staff take a Level 3 to 5 programme in data and AI, around 15 months alongside the job, and finish with a qualification. Paid from your Growth & Skills Levy if you pay it; if you do not, the government pays most or all of it.
How funding works, and the programmes →People ready to start
Hire from us
Hire graduates of our London and Oxford Skills Bootcamps and our HTQ programmes. There is no placement fee.
See how hiring works →A smaller employer? See funded training for smaller employers.
Qualifications
Endorsed programmes, and an optional qualification
Our Skills Bootcamps and our three funded Level 4 programmes, Advanced Data & AI, AI Transformation and Data & AI Governance, are endorsed by The AI Board, an Ofqual-regulated awarding organisation.
On AI Foundations, people can also choose to take The AI Board's Level 3 Award, an Ofqual-regulated qualification, alongside the programme.
Endorsed by
Around 40%
of medium to large UK businesses add AI skills to their workforce by training or retraining existing staff, the most common route (ONS, June 2026)
1,000+
learners trained by iO-Sphere since 2022
4.8/5
on Google, from 78 reviews
In their words
What employers and their people say
“I'm in HR, so I went in thinking most of it wouldn't apply to me, but I ended up automating parts of our HR process and building a system that flags people ready for promotion. Would recommend if you're in a non-technical role.”
Steph, learner
HR, BVNK
Review on Trustpilot
“We enrolled two of our analysts and both came back more capable and more confident. The programme paid for itself inside a quarter. We're already planning to put a third person through.”
Sarah Holt, employer
L&D Manager
Review on Google
Getting started
How it starts
Tell us what you need
Use the form below: your company, how many people, and what you want them to be able to do.
Pick a time to talk
Straight after the form you can book a call at a time that suits you.
Get a recommendation
Which programme fits, for whom and in what order, and which parts can be government-funded.
Tell us what your team needs
We reply within one working day.
Prefer email? Write to info@io-sphere.io.
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