Scout Academy · NFP

AI-powered people, from day one

Lowering the barrier to entry. We equip underrepresented and overlooked talent to deliver real value with AI — through practical pathways, mentoring and project work.

Overview

Augmentation, not replacement — for everyone

Access

Entry routes for underrepresented talent, with kit, mentoring and community support.

ScholarshipsCommunityMentors

Practice

Real projects from partner organisations — not toy tasks — delivered in squads.

Live briefsSquadsCoaching

Progression

Pathways into paid roles via Scout Talent and associates network.

PlacementsTalentPortfolio
Pathways

Role-based learning that ships value

Assistant & Workflow Designer

Design AI-assisted journeys, prompts and guardrails that people actually adopt.

  • Assistant patterns (copilot, reviewer, generator)
  • Prompt patterns & grounding
  • Evals for quality & safety
Designers prototyping assistant workflows

Data & Platform Practitioner

Stand up retrieval, evals and observability on modern stacks with sensible controls.

  • Pipelines & retrieval (incl. vector search)
  • Policy → controls (filters, redaction, RBAC)
  • Monitoring, tracing & cost control
Engineers collaborating on data platform

Product & Delivery Lead

Turn ideas into pilots, then scale with the right adoption and governance in place.

  • Value cases & KPIs
  • Pilot factory & rollout
  • Change & comms for adoption
Product leaders planning delivery

Responsible AI Advocate

Embed ethics, risk and policy as part of delivery — not after the fact.

  • Risk frameworks & approvals
  • Bias, safety & auditability
  • Stakeholder education
Workshop on AI governance and ethics
Projects

Learn by shipping real work

Operations assistant project

Operations Assistants

Copilots that reduce repetitive toil and boost quality.

AssistantsQualityAutomation
Retail content project

Content at Scale

Human-in-the-loop content pipelines with guardrails and evals.

RAGEvalsWorkflows
Healthcare governance project

Governance First

From policy to production with auditable controls and training.

RiskControlsChange
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Who it’s for

Underdogs and career-switchers with grit and curiosity. No CS degree required.

  • Commitment: ~6–10 hours/week for 8–12 weeks
  • Learning by shipping real work
  • Mentoring and portfolio support
Scholarships availableRemote-first

How to apply

Tell us about you, share a small challenge, and pick a pathway. We’ll get back quickly.

  • Short form + motivation
  • Practical micro-challenge
  • Chat with a mentor