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AI leadership course
As organisations prepare to acquire and integrate new AI technologies, it is vital to have leaders who can ensure robust safety, ethics, and compliance to safeguard the business against legal and reputational risks.
This AI leadership course is essential for organisations that are ready to acquire or integrate AI technologies but need to ensure safety, ethics, and compliance. It provides a critical safeguard against the legal, commercial, and reputational minefields associated with AI, such as biased algorithms, data leaks, and vendor lock-in. Leaders equipped with this course ensure the AI foundations meet all safety checks and governance standards before any technology is deployed.
Duration
30 hours delivered flexibly
Funding
Up to £750 maximum funding
Accreditation
Level 5 Apprenticeship Unit
This course is practically tailored for Mid-to-Senior Functional Heads such as IT, Procurement, Legal, and Compliance Leaders. It is ideal for individuals tasked with evaluating vendor options, developing business cases, and establishing assurance approaches for digital technologies. To be eligible, learners must be employed, aged 19 years or over, and working in a leadership position with the autonomy to deliver technological change and inform investment decisions.
This course provides the knowledge and capabilities required to act as a "Brand Shield," enabling you to safely acquire and govern AI systems responsibly before any technology is deployed.
Tangible outputs
You leave with a robust AI Governance Framework (including clear escalation pathways) and structured Vendor Evaluation Criteria tailored for your business.
Peer knowledge and validation
By attending alongside leaders from various industries, you gain the opportunity to validate your strategies against peer experiences and support one another in applying learning.
Formal validation
Earn a Level 5 Achievement in AI Leadership, providing professional authority to lead these initiatives.
Risk mitigation
Safeguard your business against legal, commercial, and reputational minefields such as vendor lock-in, intellectual property (IP) loss, data privacy breaches, and biased algorithms
AI Solution Evaluation and Procurement
Gain the ability to evaluate AI vendors using structured criteria such as cost, performance, risk, and data readiness. Learn how to make evidence-based procurement decisions based on testing, benchmarking, and user validation.
Risk and Compliance
Identify and assess risks unique to AI acquisition, specifically data security, intellectual property (IP), vendor lock-in, and sustainability. Define assurance processes, focusing on auditability, transparency, and clear documentation.
Governance, Ethics and Legal Frameworks
Design and implement robust AI governance frameworks, including defining roles, responsibilities, and escalation pathways. Learn to embed legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements into every stage of the AI decision-making process.
Human Oversight
Gain the knowledge to implement human-in-the-loop safeguards, designing human oversight mechanisms to achieve shared outcomes securely.
30 hours
Up to £750
Level 5
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In today’s fast-changing tech landscape, businesses need more than just tool users - they need adaptable problem-solvers who can unlock technology’s full potential to drive performance. That’s where Kaplan steps in.
Beyond pure technology, we understand organisational DNA. Backed by global experience in data and tech learning, our industry-trusted experts deliver training shaped around how businesses actually work.
Our data and technology courses are flexible, future-facing, and can be tailored to industry to enable even greater relevance and application in the workplace.
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