E is for Eskwelabs Issue 026 - The Mission that Moves Us, the People who Inspire Us 💪💖
In our twenty-sixth issue, we share the news that made our week, and we celebrate the learners who made our first three months of 2021 the most memorable it can be!
We created this newsletter to keep our alums, partners, and anyone interested in learning skills for the future of work updated and connected to our ever-growing family. If you want to read our previous issues, you can check them out here.
Hi, Francine here! 👋 I have two two big questions I want to ask you: What moves you? And who do you keep moving for? This newsletter issue is full of the faces of the people who make up the beating heart of Eskwelabs—our learners. Before we hit our 30th issue in the coming weeks, we’d like to take a pause and remind you of our mission, our dream, and the people we are doing all of this for. ❤️
What's in this newsletter:
🔥 Our co-founders join Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 list
🎓 Sending off our graduates with hope and love
🤗 Inviting more lifelong learners and data enthusiasts to #LearnWithUs
Eskwelabs is reimagining the vocational school. Our mission is to democratize access to the future of work for those from diverse backgrounds. Currently, we’re focusing on driving upward social mobility in the future of work through data skills education. 🌎
📌 Eskwelabs News
Forbes Asia, a media company that covers Asian markets, politics, global economic affairs, and more, has officially released their 6th 30 Under 30 Asia list, which includes Eskwelabs’ very own co-founders Angela Chen (CEO) and Aurelien Chu (COO). From a pool of 3,500 nominees for the list, our co-founders were selected under the “Social Impact” category after having been researched by reporters and vouched for by industry veterans.
The release of the 30 Under 30 Asia list has come at such a favorable time as we are also beginning to wrap up our participation in EduSpaze, which is Singapore’s 1st edtech accelerator that is supported by enterprise development agency Enterprise Singapore. In January 2021, we were one of the seven early-stage edtech companies from Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines that have been selected for the EduSpaze accelerator program from over 200 applicants across 30 countries. Our EduSpaze Demo Day will be on May 5, 2021!
Since the day we've received news of Forbes’ list release, the whole team at Eskwelabs has been in celebration mode! As an early-stage edtech startup that dreams of reimagining the vocational school, this is a win not just for us but also for the learners we want to reach and impact.
👉 Read our official press release here.
📌 Program News
🖥️ Data Science Fellowship
Our Cohort 6 Data Science Fellows wrapped up their Demo Day Showcase and graduated last April 15! After spending 12 weeks in the Data Science Fellowship with our learners daily, the #separationanxiety IS REAL after the program. We’re always here for you, and we miss you, Fellows!
👉 Admissions is ongoing now for a new batch of aspiring data scientists! Sign up for Cohort 7, and finish the multiple choice assessment exam and the essay by the April 28 deadline!
📊 Data Analytics Bootcamp
Our Cohort 1 Data Analytics Bootcamp Analysts graduated from our 8-week program focused on data analytics, data wrangling, data visualization, and data storytelling last March 27—but we have yet to share this milestone with the bigger Eskwelabs community. Shoutout to our Analysts, we’re missing each of you dearly!
👉 Cohort 2 classes begin this April 26! Aspiring data analysts or those who would like to level up in their existing work with data analytics skills can sign up today for the upcoming batch—the bootcamp for Cohort 3 starts July 2021.
💻 Data Club
The Network Analysis of Social Connections sprint may seem like it's just for sitcom data analysis, but guess what, network theory has a TON of other applications. From building recommender engines for e-commerce, detecting communities and influential accounts in social media, tracing the effects of new drugs at the molecular level, and more! 🧠
If you have a basic grasp of Python syntax, then join this data sprint led by JC Peralta, Data Scientist at AC Energy Corporation (an energy platform of the Ayala Group), for FREE from April 26-May 7! 😍
A data sprint is a hands-on lab where you meet online with a sprint instructor who will guide you and fellow learners in creating a data project! We're using a F.R.I.EN.D.S and The Office dataset for this sprint. ✅
👉 Yes it starts tomorrow, so you still have time to sign up!
That’s it for our twenty-sixth issue of the newsletter! Thank you for reading! ❤️
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💌 Cheering you on always,
Francine
Associate Communities Manager at Eskwelabs