{"id":413809,"date":"2020-07-06T11:20:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=413809"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:20:10","slug":"south-africas-largest-private-sector-employer-is-offering-it-and-data-science-bursaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/413809\/south-africas-largest-private-sector-employer-is-offering-it-and-data-science-bursaries\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s largest private-sector employer is offering IT and data science bursaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoprite says it is offering aspiring data scientists the opportunity to apply for its bursary programme for the 2021 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopriteholdings.co.za\/careers\/Shoprite-Bursaries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bursary<\/a> comes with a work-back agreement to deepen learning with a strong practical element to gain hands-on experience in the business, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our IT capabilities are complex, extensive and ever-growing,&#8221; said chief information officer, David Cohn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We operate in an incredibly fast-paced environment, at the forefront of retail innovation. As such we are offering IT and data science bursaries to hard-working and ambitious people who have the motivation to succeed,&#8221; Cohn said.<\/p>\n<p>Students pursuing degrees or postgraduate qualifications in one of the following fields can apply for one the group\u2019s data science bursaries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Science<\/li>\n<li>Data Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Mathematics<\/li>\n<li>Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Operational Research<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative Management (or similar quantitative degree)<\/li>\n<li>Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Industrial Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upon graduation, these bursary holders will automatically be accepted for an apprenticeship at Shoprite\u2019s Data Science Academy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here, under the tutelage of experienced data scientists, they will receive training to find pragmatic solutions to complex problems using increasingly sophisticated data sets,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>Students in the above courses with a minimum of 60% aggregate, are invited to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Shoprite noted that it has 10 bursaries available for budding data scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Successful candidates need to meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n<p>Degree or postgraduate qualification in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Operational Research, Quantitative Management (or similar quantitative degree), Computer Science, Industrial Engineering<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>60%+ Aggregate<\/li>\n<li>Minimum 65% in Mathematics (from 2nd year)<\/li>\n<li>2nd to 4th academic year<\/li>\n<li>South African citizen<\/li>\n<li>27 years old and younger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/it-services\/388477\/you-can-now-pay-for-groceries-with-your-phone-at-shoprite-checkers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">You can now pay for groceries with your phone at Shoprite, Checkers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoprite says it is offering aspiring data scientists the opportunity to apply for its bursary programme for the 2021 academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":240301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[26,7520],"class_list":["post-413809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-it-services","tag-headline","tag-shoprite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413809"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413871,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413809\/revisions\/413871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}