Meet the team

Jenni is the Head of the Digital Skills and Training team and is responsible for the high-level management and strategic direction of the team. 

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Satu is the Digital Skills Team Manager and manages the team on a day-to-day basis. 

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Andrew is one of the team's training officers. He is responsible for creating and delivering digital skills courses and teaches the following courses:

• Audacity: Audio recording and editing

• Developing your Digital Skills (students)

• Getting started with NVivo 

• Introduction to Reference Managers
• Making the Most of IT
• Managing Bibliographies with EndNote
• Media Hopper Create: Introduction
• Producing a Thesis or Dissertation using Word
• Subtitling for Media Creators

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Andy is one of the team's training officers and also manages the University's LinkedIn Learning online learning service. He is responsible for creating and delivering digital skills courses and teaches the following courses: 

• Building your profile with LinkedIn
• Canva: An introduction for beginners
• Developing your Digital Skills (staff)
• Introduction to LinkedIn Learning
• Making the Most of IT
• Media Hopper Create: Introduction
• Office 365 Essentials: 
  • Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the web
  • Notetaking made easy with OneNote online
  • Perfect Planning with Microsoft Planner
  • Simple cloud storage with OneDrive
• Producing a Thesis or Dissertation using Word

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Catherine is one of the team's training officers. She is responsible for creating and delivering digital skills courses and teaches on the following courses: 

• Developing your Digital Skills (students)
• EndNote for Managing References
• Introduction to BusinessObjects
• Making the Most of IT
• Producing a Thesis or Dissertation using Word

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Christina is one of the team's training officers. She is responsible for creating and delivering digital skills courses and teaches the following courses: 

• Developing your Digital Skills (students)
• Excel:
  • Excel Introduction
  • Basic Charts in Excel
  • Selected Excel Functions
  • Further Functions 
  • Basic Data Visualisations
• Making the Most of IT
• Photoshop Introduction

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Jonathan is responsible for professional programmes and is currently overseeing the development of the following areas:

• Digital Skills Specialists Edinburgh Award
• The University of Edinburgh CMALT Programme
• Digital Staff Induction for Professional Services Staff
• JISC Digital Capability Management
• Digital Skills Framework development

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Laura is the Training Coordinator for the team with responsibility for the scheduling, promotion and general upkeep of the Digital Skills Programme of events. 

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Mahima Aggarwal is a post-graduate law student serving as a Training and Event Coordinating Intern with the team. 

Background: 

Before coming to Edinburgh, Scotland, Mahima worked as an advocate in India.

Qualification:

Currently undertaking an LL.M in Commercial Law from the University of Edinburgh. 

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with ongoing event management and creating promotional content for the Digital Skills Programme. 
• Supporting the team with planning and coordination of training events. 
• Creating Social media content. 
• Monitoring the IS Skills mailbox and dealing with basic queries.

Maksims is a student trainer responsible for the delivery and maintenance of the 'Introduction to Python' and 'Python for Data Science' courses. Maksims also runs the 'Coding Club' alongside fellow Digital Skills Trainer Intern, Mustafa Tene Nzokou. 

Riccardo is the team's SharePoint and Microsoft 365 trainer. He is responsible for creating and delivering digital skills courses.

Shivani is the Digital Safety Officer within the team and works to promote a secure and inclusive digital environment for our staff and students. She runs various activities in digital safety, citizenship and wellbeing such as webinars, communications and collaborations with various teams at the University and external organisations.

Before starting at the University of Edinburgh, Shivani worked with organisations such as the Internet Education Foundation; United Nations Human Settlements Programme; Birkbeck, University of London; and the London School of Economics. She has contributed to projects on media ownership, internet policy, digital human rights, smart cities, digitisation policy, user-generated content and social media.

Qualifications:

MSc Media and Communications (Research), London School of Economics and Political Science

Bachelor of Mass Media (Journalism Specialisation), University of Mumbai

Tracy is the Learning and Development Specialist for Data Skills, with responsibility for the development of data skills programmes for our staff and students. 

Tracy is also responsible for creating and delivering digital skills courses and teaches the following courses: 

• Data and AI ethics
• Data literacy for beginners
• Introduction to data science
• Machine learning - the basics

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