Study and Train
Explore a career in health data science, or advance your skills, with our opportunities to study and train.
We offer a whole range of initiatives and opportunities – from internships to postgraduate scholarships, and mentorships to an alumni group.
And you can sign up right now for HDR UK Futures, our rapidly growing online free learning platform. It offers well over 100 cutting edge video-based courses, and signposts users to many more.
Train
Explore our various professional development opportunities, from online training and apprenticeships, to internships and networking.
Become a Training Partner
HDR UK works with carefully selected partners in order to maximise access to high-quality health data research training and learning material. Could you join our team?
Futures brings you expert-led, CPD-accredited video-based courses designed and led by subject matter experts. It’s ideal for health data science professionals and students, offering the chance to learn new skills or keep up to date with the latest developments. Find out more about everything that Futures offers you.
Check out our latest opportunities and news
Elevate ECR Seminar Series: Navigating Academic Systems Across Countries and Career Stages
Meet the latest of our inspiring speakers in the Elevate Series which is for and about early career researchers. In this event medical statistician Dr Safoora Gharibzadeh will discuss her own career journey - a story of international transitions, resilience, and strategic reinvention.
Innovation Observatory Horizon Scanning Immersion Visit
Early career researchers from the HDR UK training and learning community are being offered the chance to join an exclusive immersion visit to the NIHR Innovation Observatory.
HDR UK Early Career Researcher Conference 2026
The first details of the 2026 HDR UK Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference have been announced - submit your abstract now.
Data Curation Skills for Sensitive Data
Make your voice heard - members are being sought for focus groups to explore transforming sensitive data curation. This is another step forward in a two-phase project to gather information on the skills and best practices needed for sensitive and effective data curation in TREs or sensitive data environments (SDEs).
What Our Master’s Course Funding Has Achieved
HDR UK provided scholarship funding to support the development of a series of master's programmes across the country. We spoke to two of the universities involved to find out how their courses have developed.
Join the Alumni Network Mentorship Programme
Now is the chance to join HDR UK’s new 2025-26 mentorship programme as a mentor or mentee.
Who we are and what we do
Find out about how we provide training and learning opportunities to develop health data scientists with the cutting edge skills for careers at the forefront of a rapidly evolving sector, and why we do it.
About the Training Team
Spearheading nationwide initiatives to train the world-class workforce needed to bring advances in health and care through health data science.
