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Launch Tracks

Launch Tracks: from training to your first offer

A Launch Track is a full programme for graduates who want a head start: training with free courses, real projects, work experience at Deeplink, and coaching until you get an offer. Choose from five tracks.

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Every track

What every Launch Track includes

Training

Learn the skills employers test, with free online courses. You pay only for coaching.

Real projects

Build a portfolio of projects on real data or realistic cases that you can show employers.

Work experience

Do a real piece of work for a Deeplink team or client, and present it to the people who use it.

Coaching to offer

A coach who reviews your work and helps you with applications and interviews until you get an offer.

The tracks

Choose your track

Times are at about 20 hours a week. Consulting and accountancy firms recruit early, so on those tracks you start applying sooner.

Consulting and accountancy

Consulting

Learn to structure problems, analyse real data and tell a clear story, the skills consulting firms look for in case interviews.

This track suits you if

  • You enjoy breaking a messy problem into parts and finding what matters most.
  • You are comfortable with percentages and quick estimates, or ready to practise until you are.
  • You want a graduate job in management, strategy or public sector consulting.
Training
About 175 hours
Projects
Five consulting-style projects on real UK data
Start applying
after about 3 months
Part-time
start applying after about 4 to 4.5 months
Skills
ExcelProblem solvingFinancial analysisMarket sizingPowerPoint
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Audit and Tax

Learn bookkeeping, company accounts, audit and tax, and show accountancy firms you understand the work before you start.

This track suits you if

  • You like getting the detail right and checking that things add up.
  • You are ready to study for a professional qualification alongside a graduate job.
  • You want a graduate audit or tax job at an accountancy firm.
Training
About 175 hours
Projects
Five practical projects, including a full set of year-end accounts
Start applying
after about 3 months
Part-time
start applying after about 4 to 4.5 months
Skills
ExcelBookkeepingCompany accountsAuditCorporation tax
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Data

Data Analyst

Find answers in data and explain them clearly to the people who need them.

This track suits you if

  • You like finding the story in numbers and explaining it in plain words.
  • You have a laptop you can install software on.
  • You want a graduate data analyst, BI or insight role.
Training
About 170 hours
Projects
Five projects on real data, published on GitHub
Ready to apply
in about 6.5 months
Part-time
ready to apply in about 8 months
Skills
ExcelSQLPower BIPythonGitHub
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Data Engineer

Build the pipelines and warehouses that get clean, reliable data to everyone else.

This track suits you if

  • You enjoy building things that work reliably, and fixing them when they break.
  • Your laptop has at least 8 GB of memory.
  • You want a graduate data engineering role.
Training
About 200 hours
Projects
Five data pipelines, published on GitHub
Ready to apply
in about 7 months
Part-time
ready to apply in about 8.5 to 9 months
Skills
PythonSQLDockerAirflowdbtSpark
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Data Scientist

Use statistics and machine learning to test ideas, predict outcomes and forecast demand.

This track suits you if

  • You are comfortable with maths. A-level Maths or similar helps.
  • You are curious about why things happen, and careful about what data can and can’t tell you.
  • You want a graduate data science role.
Training
About 280 hours
Projects
Six projects on real data, including a deployed app
Ready to apply
in about 8 months
Part-time
ready to apply in about 10 to 10.5 months
Skills
PythonSQLStatisticsMachine learningForecasting
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Before you start

Is a Launch Track right for you?

  • You have a degree, or are about to finish one, in any subject.
  • You can give about 20 hours a week, or about 12 part-time.
  • You have a laptop you can install software on.
  • You are ready to do the work yourself. You can use AI tools to learn, but you must be able to explain everything you submit.

A quick check

A price rises from £40 to £50. What is the percentage increase?

Show the answer

25%. The rise is £10, and £10 is a quarter of the starting price of £40. If that felt comfortable, you are ready for the numbers on any track.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Do I need a background in the field?

No. Every track starts from the basics. You need time, commitment and a laptop.

How many hours a week does it take?

About 20 hours a week at the standard pace, or about 12 hours a week part-time.

Do I have to pay for courses?

No. The courses we use are free. You pay only for coaching.

Which track should I choose?

If you are not sure, get in touch. On your free call we talk through your background and goals and help you choose.

Not sure which track fits?

Book a free 30-minute call. We talk through your background and goals and help you choose a track and a pace.

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