Lloyds Bank, one of the largest banks in the UK and Europe, is sending top management to Cambridge University and enrolling employees on courses with Google

Lloyds Banking Group Plc has partnered with the University of Cambridge to train 300 senior staff in artificial intelligence, aligning with the bank’s broader technology transformation efforts. According to Bloomberg News, the first cohort of leaders from the British bank began an 80-hour course this month aimed at fostering an “AI-first” mindset. Lloyds is one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe with over 66,000 employees across the globe (as per its annual report).

Rohit Dhawan, Lloyds’ head of AI and advanced analytics, told Bloomberg, “Participants of the programme will receive training in an 80-hour programme, known as Leading with AI,” which is delivered by Cambridge Spark alongside Cambridge University experts.