Transatlantic Data Science Academy

The future development and application of atmospheric science requires inspiring, supportable and accessible career pathways for a new and diverse generation of research software engineers, data assimilation experts, data engineers and data scientists. The UK Met Office and NOAA have established the Transatlantic Data Science Academy to facilitate this career development, with significant funding investments from both UK and US governments. The Academy is implementing career development opportunities including student and staff training, exchanges of expertise and hackathon events, as well as building a sandpit area in which to facilitate collaboration with NOAA. In this presentation we will provide an overview of the Academy and its current development and plans. We will discuss the challenges that face the recruitment and development of a diverse workforce, and how we are implementing opportunities alongside partner organisations to enable the sustainable and diverse career development that we need.