Lloyds Banking Group Launches Industry-Leading Data & AI Summer School

Lloyds Banking Group has launched the Lloyds AI Summer School, an educational program to give students important skills in data science and artificial intelligence. This AI Summer School is part of the bank’s larger plan to find and train fintech professionals and close the UK’s digital skills gap.

With more than 250 sessions and thousands of participants expected, the programme reinforces the Group’s leadership in data and AI and its commitment to building a digitally confident workforce. Earlier this year, the Group announced a landmark partnership with the University of Cambridge to equip senior leaders with the insight and tools to navigate the fast-evolving world of AI. The Summer School builds on this by scaling data and AI learning across the organisation, empowering colleagues at every level to innovate responsibly and with confidence 

The Summer School features a dynamic mix of formats including expert panels and keynote talks to technical workshops, hackathons and gamified sessions. Topics span the full spectrum of data and AI, including Generative AI, Data Strategy, Data Visualisation, Machine Learning, and Data Management. 

Through the Lloyds AI Summer School, Lloyds Banking Group wants to give young people real-world experience using AI in financial services.

Ranil Boteju, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Lloyds Banking Group, said: “We are delighted that our Data and AI Summer School is back this year, bigger and better than ever before. This is about democratising data and AI across the Group and building confidence, capability and curiosity at every level. The Summer School is a brilliant example of how we’re making learning accessible, engaging and impactful for tens of thousands of colleagues across Lloyds Banking Group.” 

The initiative is part of Lloyds Banking Group’s broader transformation strategy. As the UK’s largest digital bank, the Group is investing £4 billion in technology, data, people and operations. It currently has more than 100 AI use cases in pilot, testing or live, and has established a Centre of Excellence for AI to build deep in-house expertise. 

To encourage engagement, the programme includes challenges and prizes. Last year, over 44,000 colleagues took part, and this year’s programme is set to be even more ambitious. 

Sessions include:

• How Agentic AI is Changing Financial Services 

• Google’s 6-Hour AI Prompt Engineering in 30 Minutes 

• The Beautiful Science of Data Visualisation 

• Data Storytelling  with Google 

• Reinforcement Learning: What Is It? 

Lloyds AI Summer School shows its commitment to building a digitally skilled workforce for the future of finance by investing in the AI Summer School.