CAREER SKILLS FOR A FAST-PACED WORLD
Future Faculty exists to give young people the skillsets and mindsets to thrive - whatever the future holds.
We train early-career talent to become AI-native operators: people who can step into real environments and contribute from day one.
That means solving real business problems; using AI tools in practical workflows; operating with clarity, speed, and ownership; and delivering outputs that actually matter.
CORE TEAM
WE'RE INVESTED IN YOUNG
PEOPLE'S FUTURES
ED HALLIDAY
FoundER & Director
Ed has spent the last 15 years helping entrepreneurial people develop the skills and mindsets to succeed in the fast-moving future of work. He is a startup co-founder (Coschool, Future Faculty), venture builder (Zinc VC, King's20 Accelerator), aand COO (Fyma AI, Focaldata AI, Fire Tech, La Fosse Academy).
He is a lecturer in AI innovation at the University of Bristol, and has a strong passion for user-centred design and character education. He has a first-class MA from Oxford University, and is a Fellow of the Unreasonable Institute.
ESHA SHARMA
GROWTH MARKETING ASSOCIATE
MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management student at Queen Mary University of London, with experience across venture building, consulting, and innovation ecosystems.
Experienced in organising startup programmes, engaging industry partners, and driving early-stage venture initiatives, with a strong interest in innovation strategy, AI, and startup ecosystems.
SASKIA VAN DER HEIDEN
GROWTH MARKETING ASSOCIATE
Innovation and Anthropology graduate from the University of Bristol. My work sits at the intersection of cultural insight and commercial strategy and spans brand positioning, content strategies and digital marketing for various clients.
Saskia has a background in ethnographic fieldwork, including research in Morocco, which informs a human-centred approach to business and marketing strategy.
THE MISSION
“If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking.”
Richard Buckminster Fuller
At Future Faculty, we use AI as the tool to give young people agency over their careers.
In a labour market being rapidly rewritten by AI, young people are struggling to get good jobs because they lack real experience and relevant skills, while companies need people who can use AI to get work done — but can't find or train them quickly enough.
Future Faculty closes that gap, by training and placing early-career talent who can contribute from day one.
Our journey started in the trenches of technical innovation, seeing firsthand the need for engineers who understand not just how AI works, but where it fails. Today, we are a crucible for the next generation of AI-native talent, equipping them with the tools to innovate with confidence and precision.
TRUSTED BY INDUSTRY LEADERS
OPENAI • ANTHROPIC • DEEPMIND • GOOGLE AI • MISTRAL • SCALE AI • PERPLEXITY • DATABRICKS
I'd highly recommend Future Faculty to any organisation looking to accelerate new innovation and entrepreneurial thinking within their workforce. Their dedication and attention to detail is rarely seen at this level and the ROSHN team are extremely grateful for his knowledge and insight".
Abdulkareem Alalami, Innovation Director @ Roshn
The Future Faculty team has played an important role in our Accelerator programme, helping our founders to apply the latest gen-AI tools in building and validating new products - fast. Ed's workshops enable our participants to actively learn by doing, and achieve real progress with their ventures."
Luke Mitchell, Entrepreneurship Manager @ Sussex University
INCREASE IN CAREER CONFIDENCE
90%
GAINED VITAL WORK EXPERIENCE
88%
Our intensive methodology prioritizes technical skills with problem solving techniques and resilient mindsets, ensuring our graduates are ready-to-ship AI-native problem solvers for ambitious businesses