Banking and Financial Services
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group
The City and Canary Wharf concentrate global banking PMOs running regulatory, payments, and digital transformation programs.

6-day in-person GenAI and LLM Applied training in Central London. Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG, fine-tuning and evaluation labs with capstone.
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Generative AI and LLM Applied certification training in London prepares you for LLM engineer, applied AI lead, RAG architect and applied research scientist roles at Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI London, Meta AI, Anthropic, OpenAI London, Cohere, Stability AI, Synthesia, ElevenLabs, HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, BP, GSK, AstraZeneca and Big Four consulting. Learners Ink's 6-day program in Central London covers Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG, fine-tuning and evaluation.
In-person sessions at our London, Greater London venue with live instructor.
Join from anywhere on Zoom or MS Teams, weekday and weekend cohorts.
Lifetime access, study at your own pace, includes practice tests.
Classroom cohorts in London, Greater London. Small group sizes, named instructors, money-back guarantee.
| Start Date | Mode | Schedule | Fee (GBP) | Seats | Action |
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Weekend BatchJuly 25-26 and August 1-2, 2026 (4-day weekend) | Classroom, London | 2 weekends (4 days), Sat-Sun, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Filling fast | |
Weekday BatchJuly 28-31, 2026 (4-day intensive) | Classroom, London | 4-day intensive, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | 12 of 25 left | |
Weekend BatchAugust 22-23 and August 29-30, 2026 (4-day weekend) | Classroom, London | 2 weekends (4 days), Sat-Sun, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekday BatchAugust 25-28, 2026 (4-day intensive) | Classroom, London | 4-day intensive, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekend BatchSeptember 19-20 and September 26-27, 2026 (4-day weekend) | Classroom, London | 2 weekends (4 days), Sat-Sun, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekday BatchSeptember 22-25, 2026 (4-day intensive) | Classroom, London | 4-day intensive, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekend BatchOctober 24-25 and October 31 - November 1, 2026 (4-day weekend) | Classroom, London | 2 weekends (4 days), Sat-Sun, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekday BatchOctober 27-30, 2026 (4-day intensive) | Classroom, London | 4-day intensive, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekend BatchNovember 21-22 and November 28-29, 2026 (4-day weekend) | Classroom, London | 2 weekends (4 days), Sat-Sun, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekday BatchNovember 24-27, 2026 (4-day intensive) | Classroom, London | 4-day intensive, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekend BatchDecember 12-13 and December 19-20, 2026 (4-day weekend) | Classroom, London | 2 weekends (4 days), Sat-Sun, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open | |
Weekday BatchDecember 15-18, 2026 (4-day intensive) | Classroom, London | 4-day intensive, 9am to 5pm London time | £2,199£1,799Early Bird, save £400 | Open |
Learners Ink Generative AI and LLM Applied certificate plus aligned pathways to Microsoft AI-102 and AWS AI Practitioner.
Build 6+ real GenAI applications: RAG copilots, structured-output agents, evaluation harnesses and production deployments.
Ship a real GenAI application end-to-end with evaluation, observability, cost controls and stakeholder defence.
Hands-on with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini and open-source models via Hugging Face and Together AI.
Practitioners building production GenAI systems at FAANG, GCC banks, AI-native startups and Big 4.
90-question simulated assessments with answers and explanations across the entire GenAI engineering curriculum.
London is Europe's largest applied Generative AI market. Google DeepMind (King's Cross), Microsoft AI London, Meta AI London, Anthropic London, OpenAI London, Stability AI, Synthesia, ElevenLabs, Cohere London, plus FTSE 100s (HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest, BP, GSK, AstraZeneca, BT) and Big Four consulting all run applied GenAI and LLM platform teams. The credential is the senior credential for LLM engineers, RAG architects and applied AI leads.
Applied GenAI / LLM engineers in London earn 95,000 to 145,000 GBP as LLM engineers, 130,000 to 185,000 GBP as senior LLM engineers and applied AI leads, and 175,000 to 260,000 GBP as principal applied scientists at Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI London, Meta AI, Anthropic, OpenAI London and Synthesia. The credential typically pays back inside 2 months on a single role uplift.
Learners Ink's GenAI and LLM Applied cohort in London is delivered by industry LLM engineers with active DeepMind, Anthropic London and FTSE 100 applied AI experience. The 6-day intensive runs from a Central London (King's Cross / Holborn / Liverpool Street) training venue, ships with hands-on labs on Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI / Anthropic / Mistral APIs, vector DBs (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), RAG architectures, fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA), evaluation (Ragas, TruLens), and a capstone using FTSE 100 reference datasets.
GenAI / LLM Applied holders in London see a 36 to 52 percent salary uplift inside 12 months. The London applied AI ecosystem keeps GenAI-required postings above 4,000 per quarter on LinkedIn alone.
Twelve outcome pillars mapped to the PMI® Examination Content Outline, with deep practice across People, Process and Business Environment.
Transformer intuition, tokens, context windows, temperature, top-p and cost economics.
System and user prompts, few-shot, chain-of-thought, structured outputs and prompt evaluation.
Chunking, embeddings, vector databases, hybrid retrieval and query rewriting.
Tool calling, function calling, ReAct, planner-executor patterns and multi-agent design.
When to fine-tune vs prompt, LoRA basics, parameter-efficient tuning and hosted FT APIs.
LLM-as-a-judge, golden sets, regression tests, hallucination detection and tracing.
Token budgeting, caching, batching and routing between fast/cheap and frontier models.
Prompt injection, data leakage, content filters, guardrails and EU AI Act awareness.
FastAPI, streaming, monitoring, observability and feature flag rollouts.
Ship a real GenAI application with evaluation, observability and stakeholder defence.
Document Q&A, copilots, structured extraction, classification, summarisation and synthetic data.
Public GitHub portfolio, deployed demos and a polished case-study writeup.
Core Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training competencies aligned to the latest Learners Ink exam blueprint, ready to apply on day one.
In-person learning delivers focus, networking and instructor engagement you cannot replicate online. Here is what makes our classroom cohorts stand out.
Side-by-side building of RAG copilots, agents and evaluation harnesses.
Build a network with GenAI engineers and AI product builders from leading employers.
Real API keys provided, with 6+ deployed mini builds across the cohort.
A dedicated training venue removes home distractions for 40 intensive hours.
Centrally located with full amenities, printed materials and parking.
Identical 40-hour GenAI curriculum with the energy of in-room builds.
Three quick calculators to model your salary uplift, course payback period, and long-term career projection. All figures are indicative, based on PMI Earning Power data and local salary benchmarks.
Verified demand across the leading sectors driving GenAI hiring in London, Greater London, with the marquee employers in each industry.
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group
The City and Canary Wharf concentrate global banking PMOs running regulatory, payments, and digital transformation programs.
Deloitte UK
Big Four and Magic Circle advisory practices treat PMP as a baseline credential for senior consultants.
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group
Shoreditch and King's Cross host a deep fintech and SaaS cluster running continuous product programs.
BP
BP, Shell, and National Grid run multi-billion-pound energy-transition programs from London.
HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group
NHS digital transformation and Whitehall delivery require PMP-certified leads.
BBC
BBC, Sky, and global advertising holding companies headquartered in London run continuous transformation programs.
Verified hiring patterns from the largest employers in London, Greater London. GenAI-certified candidates are actively preferred or required for these roles.
| Employer | Industry | Why GenAI Matters | Typical Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSBC | Banking | Global headquarters in Canary Wharf, sustained PM hiring across compliance and digital banking. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| Barclays | Banking | London HQ running risk, payments, and consumer banking programs. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| Lloyds Banking Group | Banking | Largest UK retail bank, active PMO across digital and branch transformation. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| Deloitte UK | Consulting | Largest Big Four UK office, PMP a senior-consultant baseline. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| BP | Energy | London headquarters driving net-zero transition and capex programs. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| AstraZeneca | Pharma | Cambridge-London corridor employer hiring PMs for drug development. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| Vodafone | Telecom | London HQ running 5G and IoT programs globally. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
| BBC | Media | Digital transformation and content operations PM demand. | GenAI aligned senior delivery roles |
The most in-demand GenAI-tagged designations and the value each adds to your career.
Most-posted PM title in London across banking, consulting, and tech.
Cross-portfolio delivery at HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, BP.
Banking and consulting portfolio governance roles.
Big Four and Magic Circle consultancies.
Fintech and SaaS scale-ups in Shoreditch and King's Cross.
FCA-driven compliance programs at City banks.
Source: PwC UK AI Skills Report 2026, Robert Walters UK AI Salary Guide 2026, ITJobsWatch London LLM listings and LinkedIn London live applied AI listings. GenAI / LLM Applied holders in London earn 36 to 52 percent more than uncertified ML engineers, with Google DeepMind, Microsoft AI London, Meta AI, Anthropic, OpenAI London, Synthesia, Stability AI, HSBC, Barclays and Big Four consulting paying a further 18 to 30 percent premium for senior LLM engineer and applied AI lead roles.
Two complete 180-question simulations modelled on the live PMI exam, with detailed answer keys, rationale for every option and instructor-led debriefs. Access is gated, share your details and we unlock both tests instantly.
Full simulation across LLM fundamentals, prompt engineering, RAG, agents, evaluation and safety with code-reading items and answer rationale
Second full simulation with scenario-based stems, observability and cost questions, target 75%+ before capstone defence
Pass guarantee: achieve 75% on both full-length practice tests and we back you with a written GenAI pass guarantee.
Download our complete library of free GenAI preparation resources, no email gate on the practice test, just instant access.
Prompt engineering, RAG, agents and evaluation mini test with instant scoring and answer rationale.
Patterns, anti-patterns and structured-output templates on a printable reference page.
Production RAG patterns: chunking, embeddings, hybrid retrieval, re-ranking and evaluation.
Estimate token costs across GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet, Gemini and open-source for your use case.
City-by-city AI Engineer and GenAI Engineer salary data from LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
Day-by-day editable planner with build-project and capstone checkpoints.
Course outline, fee schedule, batch calendar and instructor profiles.
Most learners complete the full journey in 8 to 12 weeks. We support you end-to-end, from eligibility check to PMI® application narrative and sitting the exam.
Free 30-minute call to map your background and confirm GenAI engineering readiness.
Receive Python and LLM-API setup guide, free API credits and access to the LMS with 100+ notebooks.
Live cohort across LLM fundamentals, prompting, RAG, agents, fine-tuning intro, evaluation, observability, safety and deployment.
Complete 4 graded build projects: RAG copilot, structured-output agent, evaluation harness and multi-modal use case.
Ship a real GenAI application with evaluation, observability, cost controls and FastAPI deployment.
Pass the internal proficiency assessment plus capstone defence to receive your Learners Ink GenAI certificate.
The Learners Ink GenAI and LLM Applied program in London is delivered over 6 instructor-led days at a Central London venue near King's Cross, Holborn or Liverpool Street. The curriculum covers Transformer foundations, OpenAI / Anthropic / Mistral API patterns, prompt engineering and structured outputs, RAG architectures with Pinecone / Weaviate / pgvector, fine-tuning (LoRA, QLoRA), evaluation (Ragas, TruLens), LangGraph multi-agent patterns, guardrails and safety, and an end-to-end capstone using FTSE 100 reference datasets.
| Course Name | Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training (Classroom) |
| Duration | 40 Contact Hours |
| Format | In-Person Classroom, London |
| Accreditation | Industry-aligned, capstone-based |
| Certification Body | Learners Ink |
| Class Size | Max 18 per cohort, personalised attention |
| Certificate | Certificate of Completion from Learners Ink |
| Exam Prep | 2,000+ Practice Questions + 2 Full-Length Practice Tests with Answers and Explanations |
| Course Fee | £1,799 (Early Bird) - was £2,199 |
| Contact | +44-20-3936-2520 |
| support@learnersink.com |
Review the eligibility pathway that matches your background. The Learners Ink Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training programme is designed to satisfy the Learners Ink prerequisites end-to-end.
Ideal for professionals who lead, manage or coordinate projects and are ready to earn a globally recognised credential.
Build production GenAI applications end-to-end with evaluation and observability
Pivot into AI Engineer, GenAI Engineer and Applied AI roles
Add LLM engineering, RAG and agent design to your ML toolkit
Move beyond classical ML into applied GenAI for product impact
Build LLM-powered APIs, copilots and workflow automation
Lead GenAI-powered products with hands-on LLM engineering literacy
Design GenAI platforms, RAG systems and evaluation harnesses
Design and propose enterprise GenAI architectures with cost and safety controls
Lead GenAI engineering teams with credible technical depth
Lead enterprise GenAI advisory and implementation engagements
Specialise into LLM platform engineering and observability
Healthcare, legal, banking and consulting SMEs leading GenAI initiatives
Translate research skills into applied GenAI engineering roles
Build defensible GenAI products with production-grade engineering
Structured GenAI program with capstone and deployed portfolio
6 domains, 28 modules covering every objective on the current Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training blueprint from Learners Ink.
Transformer intuition, model selection and structured prompting that scales.
From LLM foundations to RAG, agents, evaluation, observability and shipping production GenAI.
Instructors actively building production GenAI at FAANG, GCC banks and AI-native startups.
Also officially accredited for PRINCE2, ITIL, PMI and Scrum Alliance credentials.
Across Fortune 500 companies and government agencies since 2019.
Every class is live, never pre-recorded, with real-time Q&A and pair builds.
End-to-end GenAI app with evaluation, observability and stakeholder defence, not toy notebooks.
Weekday, weekend or accelerated bootcamp, live online or in-person.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, open-source via Hugging Face / Together / Groq.
LLM-as-a-judge, Ragas, DeepEval, golden sets and regression tests.
Prompt injection, jailbreak defence, guardrails and EU AI Act awareness.
Real OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Together AI keys provided for hands-on labs.
Real reviews from GenAI alumni across the USA, UK, UAE, Australia and India.
If our training does not meet your expectations, a full refund is available.
Re-attend any future cohort, classroom or live online, free of cost for revision.
Resume polish, LinkedIn makeover, LLM system design mocks and curated GenAI job board.
Tailored in-house GenAI programs for teams of 5+ with group pricing.
Aligned to Microsoft AI-102 and AWS AI Practitioner credentials.
Receive your Learners Ink GenAI and LLM Applied certificate, capstone defence credit and digital badge.
A transparent, feature-by-feature comparison so you can make an informed choice.
| Feature | Learners Ink | Typical Other Providers |
|---|---|---|
| Curriculum Depth | 40 hours: LLM foundations, prompting, RAG, agents, FT intro, eval, safety, deployment | Often 12 to 20 hours, prompt-only |
| Trainer Quality | Senior GenAI engineers building production LLM systems at FAANG, banks, AI-native startups | Recorded video instructors with limited production GenAI experience |
| Live vs Pre-recorded | 100% live instructor-led with real-time code reviews | Often pre-recorded with limited mentor access |
| Production Capstone | Real deployed GenAI app with evaluation, observability and defence | Toy notebook demos |
| Evaluation Coverage | LLM-as-a-judge, Ragas, DeepEval, golden sets, regression tests | Skipped or surface-level |
| Safety Coverage | Prompt injection, jailbreak defence, guardrails, EU AI Act awareness | Skipped |
| Vendor Coverage | Vendor-neutral: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, open-source via Hugging Face / Together / Groq | Single-vendor focus |
| Career Services | Resume, LinkedIn, LLM system design mocks, curated GenAI job board | Limited or upsell |
Side-by-side comparison of our three GenAI delivery formats so you can pick what fits your schedule, learning style and budget.
| Dimension | Classroom (In-Person) | Live Online (Virtual) | Hybrid (Blended) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery Mode | Physical classroom, in-room instructor | Live Zoom or Microsoft Teams, real-time instructor | Mix of classroom days plus live online sessions |
| Learners Ink Accredited | Yes, Learners Ink-aligned curriculum | Yes, Learners Ink-aligned curriculum | Yes, Learners Ink-aligned curriculum |
| Curriculum Hours | Full Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training blueprint coverage | Full Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training blueprint coverage | Full Generative AI and LLM Applied Certification Training blueprint coverage |
| Interaction Level | Highest, in-room peer and instructor | High, breakouts, polls, live Q&A | Very high, classroom days plus virtual reinforcement |
| Schedule Flexibility | Fixed venue and dates | Most flexible, weekday or weekend cohorts | Moderate, anchored to classroom days |
| Travel and Commute | Daily commute to venue | Zero commute, learn from anywhere | Partial commute on classroom days only |
| Session Recordings | Not recorded | Recorded, 90 days portal access | Online sessions recorded, classroom days are live only |
| Networking | Strongest in-room networking | Global cohort networking via virtual breakouts | Best of both, in-person plus global cohort |
| Typical Fee Range | Premium, includes venue and refreshments | 20 to 25 percent lower than classroom | Mid-range between classroom and live online |
| Best Fit | Learners who thrive on in-room energy and local networking | Working professionals, frequent travellers, global learners | Learners who want classroom rigour with online convenience |
Note: Hybrid cohorts are available on request for corporate batches of 8 or more learners. Speak to a counsellor to design a blended schedule.
MS CS, ex-OpenAI partner solutions, production LLM systems lead
Nikhil has shipped production GenAI at scale for Fortune 500 clients, with deep expertise in RAG architectures, agent design and LLM evaluation harnesses.
PhD NLP, Senior AI Engineer, EU AI Act practitioner
Sara leads applied GenAI for a tier-1 GCC bank, specialising in regulated GenAI deployment, prompt injection defence and EU AI Act compliance.
MSc ML, Hugging Face open-source contributor, Ollama practitioner
James has 9+ years across applied NLP and open-source LLMs, with hands-on Llama and Mistral fine-tuning and production observability experience.
"Joined the Learners Ink GenAI cohort serving London learners. Shipped my first agent within 6 weeks of finishing, and the local cohort dynamics across United Kingdom made the experience genuinely worth the fee."
"Joined the Learners Ink GenAI cohort serving London learners. RAG architecture deep-dive was the value, and the local cohort dynamics across United Kingdom made the experience genuinely worth the fee."
"Joined the Learners Ink GenAI cohort serving London learners. Evaluation harness alone was worth the fee, and the local cohort dynamics across United Kingdom made the experience genuinely worth the fee."
"Joined the Learners Ink GenAI cohort serving London learners. Agent safety section was excellent, and the local cohort dynamics across United Kingdom made the experience genuinely worth the fee."
GenAI is a career inflection point. Our learners get end-to-end support, from resume positioning and LinkedIn® optimisation to mock interviews and a curated GenAI job board.
GenAI/LLM Engineer-aligned CV review optimised for ATS keywords and recruiter scans.
Reposition for AI Engineer, GenAI Engineer, LLM Engineer and Applied AI roles.
LLM system design, prompt engineering and evaluation interviews with senior practitioners.
Hand-picked AI Engineer roles across product, fintech, healthcare, consulting and AI-native startups.
Join Learners Ink AI alumni at FAANG, GCC banks, Big 4 and AI-native startups.
GitHub repo polishing, deployed demo reviews and case-study writeup support.
Deepen classical ML and MLOps foundations under your GenAI work.
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