Certificate in Machine Learning Fundamentals

It follows a fictional UK homeware retailer from a first returns model to a costed churn model, a review classifier and a fairness check. You start by training a quick model, then learn to frame problems, split and test without leakage and build feature pipelines. Later modules cover regression and forecasts, classification and choosing metrics, trees and ensembles, finding patterns without labels, neural networks and text, explaining models and checking fairness, and putting a model to work as an API and a demo app. A capstone of your choice closes it.

Yes. This is a hands-on Python course: you'll write the code, build pipelines in scikit-learn and ship a model as an app. You need basic Python and everyday pandas before you start, and Python Programming and Data Analysis with Python are the courses that get you there.

No more than GCSE level, and no statistics background is assumed. The course explains the ideas it needs as it goes, and most of the effort goes into judgement: what to predict, how to test it and what a mistake costs.

No. Python, scikit-learn and the other libraries are free and open source, and most of the course runs in Google Colab's free tier. The language model API used in the text lessons is optional.

Data Science Fundamentals if you're new to code and want statistics and the analysis workflow first. Machine Learning Fundamentals once you can use Python and pandas and want to build models that predict. Taken in that order, the first sets up the second.

You don't need data from work. The lessons follow a fictional homeware retailer, and the capstone briefs use real UK open data, such as DVSA MOT results and Companies House filings. A problem from your own work is welcome if your employer has cleared the data.

It gives you what an interviewer will ask about: a model you built, tested and shipped, and the judgement to explain every choice in it. Machine learning roles usually ask for strong programming and statistics as well, so think of it as a strong step on that path.

Yes. Pass the final assessment and you get an OBA certificate of completion that an employer can verify online. It isn't a cloud provider's machine learning certification. Your capstone and live demo are the other half of the proof.

Download the free info pack first. It walks you through every module, what you'll build and what you need before you start, so you can enrol knowing exactly what you're getting. If you'd like to talk it through, get in touch and we'll help you choose.