AI pathway · proposed curriculum

Practical AI skills—from workplace adoption to secure application development.

A structured pathway for people and teams that need to use AI productively, build with modern language models or protect AI-enabled systems. These are proposed programmes; final curriculum, trainers, dates and certification status must be confirmed before publication.

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Foundation

Generative AI for Business & HR

For non-technical teams that want a governed, repeatable way to use AI in day-to-day work.

Prompting and task decomposition
Safe use of workplace AI tools
Data handling and privacy
Workflow design and human review
Responsible-use policy essentials

Technical

Applied LLM & RAG Engineering

For developers and technical analysts who want to build retrieval-augmented applications.

LLM APIs and application patterns
Embeddings and vector search
RAG pipeline design
Evaluation and observability
Secure integration workflow

Defensive

AI Security & Prompt Injection Defence

For security practitioners reviewing the risk introduced by AI-assisted applications.

LLM threat modelling
Prompt injection exercises
Data and tool-use controls
Red-team test design
Monitoring and incident response

How the pathway works

Start with the outcome, not the tool name.

A learner may need workplace fluency, technical development or security controls. We can recommend the right entry point after a short needs conversation.

Who should start with business AI?

Managers, HR teams, operations staff, customer-support teams and knowledge workers who will use approved AI tools in their roles.

Who should start with LLM engineering?

Developers, data analysts and technical staff comfortable with Python who want to build retrieval and application workflows.

Who should start with AI security?

Security engineers, architects, risk teams and developers responsible for applications that use models, tools or enterprise data.

Learning formats

Classroom

Instructor-led sessions with guided exercises at an I-World centre.

Online live

Scheduled real-time sessions with instructor support.

On-site

A focused team programme shaped around internal tools, process and responsibilities.

Certification: This pathway is a proposed I-World curriculum. It should not be marketed as a Microsoft, AWS, CompTIA or other vendor certification unless formal accreditation and delivery approval are confirmed.

Help choose the right starting point.

Tell us your role, current technical comfort and the outcome you need.