Digital Skills Programme
Our Digital Skills Programme consists of over 140 courses open to staff and students. Our courses run throughout the academic year, and are delivered by trainers and experts from across the University.
After the success of our themed digital skills training blocks in semester 1, we are continuing to run these in Semester 2 2023/24. The blocks focus on specific audience groups and spotlight various digital skills topics. If you are unable to join a course during one of the dedicated blocks, do not worry, as most of our courses run regularly throughout the academic year.
Start the new semester with a solid foundation of digital skills to set you up for studying, research and beyond.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 22 Jan, 13:00-14:45 | Building your profile with LinkedIn | |
| Tue 23 Jan, 10:00-10:30 | Excel: Basic charts in Excel | |
| Tue 23 Jan, 10:00-11:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the web | |
| Tue 23 Jan, 13:00-14:00 | DIY Film School | |
| Wed 24 Jan, 09:30-12:30 | Python for Data Science: Part 1 of 2 | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 24 Jan, 11:00-12:00 | Developing your Digital Skills (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 24 Jan, 12:00-12:30 | OER: Copyright and Exceptions Quick Start: A short introduction to UK Copyright and Exceptions (PG students and staff only) | |
| Wed 24 Jan, 13:00-14:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online | |
| Wed 24 Jan, 14:00-15:00 | Data literacy for beginners | |
| Thu 25 Jan, 10:00-11:30 | Getting started with NVivo | |
| Thu 25 Jan, 12:00-13:00 | Digital Identity 101 - Creating a safe and authentic digital presence | |
| Thu 25 Jan, 13:30-14:00 | Library Bitesize: Starting to use e-books | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 25 Jan, 14:00-17:00 | Learn how to edit Wikipedia: a workshop to add more biographies of women to Wikipedia (on campus) | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 25 Jan, 15:10-16:45 | Study resources for literature reviews (on campus) | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Fri 26 Jan, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: How hackers attack | |
| Fri 26 Jan, 10:00-11:30 | Introduction to LinkedIn Learning | |
| Mon 29 Jan, 14:00-15:00 | Office 365 Essentials: Perfect planning with Microsoft Planner | |
| Tue 30 Jan, 12:00-13:00 | Digital Identity 101 - Creating a safe and authentic digital presence | |
| Tue 30 Jan, 13:00-14:30 | Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 30 Jan, 15:00-16:00 | Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 31 Jan, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: Hacking Humans | |
| Wed 31 Jan, 11:00-12:00 | EndNote for managing references | |
| Wed 31 Jan, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: Introduction to Web of Science | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 31 Jan, 13:00-14:30 | Canva: An introduction for beginners | |
| Wed 31 Jan, 14:00-16:00 | Excel: Introduction for students (on campus, students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 01 Feb, 09:30-10:00 | Library Bitesize: Introduction to CAB Abstracts | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 01 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Data and AI ethics | |
| Thu 01 Feb, 11:00-12:00 | Office 365 Essentials: Simple cloud storage with OneDrive | |
| Thu 01 Feb, 13:00-15:30 | Introduction to Python (on campus, students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Fri 02 Feb, 10:00-11:30 | Introduction to reference managers |
Join us for two weeks of data and programming courses.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 05 Feb, 14:00-15:00 | Data literacy for beginners | |
| Tue 06 Feb, 10:00-10:30 | Basic data visualisations | |
| Tue 06 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Introduction to BusinessObjects (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 06 Feb, 11:30-12:00 | Excel: Basic charts in Excel | |
| Tue 06 Feb, 14:00-15:00 | Excel: Introduction to Excel | |
| Wed 07 Feb, 14:00-16:00 | Introduction to Programming | |
| Thu 08 Feb, 10:00-11:15 | Introduction to data science | |
| Tue 13 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Machine learning - the basics | |
| Tue 13 Feb, 11:30-12:00 | Excel: Selected Excel functions | |
| Tue 13 Feb, 14:00-15:00 | Excel: Further functions | |
| Tue 13 Feb, 14:30-16:30 | Introduction to R: Part 1 of 2 (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 14 Feb, 12:00-13:00 | Witches and Wikidata: An introduction to linked open data with Wikipedia's sister project | Staff and student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 14 Feb, 11:00-12:00 | Python vs R | |
| Wed 14 Feb, 14:00-17:00 | Python for Data Science: Part 2 of 2 | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 15 Feb, 13:30-16:00 | Introduction to Python (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Fri 16 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Data and AI ethics |
A week of digital skills for our colleagues across the University. Spruce up your Office 365 skills, or learn how to make the most of Wikimedia for your teaching.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Feb, 13:00-14:30 | Canva: An introduction for beginners | |
| Mon 19 Feb, 15:00-16:00 | TikToks and Instagram Reels: Creating engaging short-form video (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 20 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Learn: Tests and question banks in Learn Ultra (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 20 Feb, 10:00-11:45 | Building your profile with LinkedIn | |
| Tue 20 Feb, 10:00-11:30 | EndNote for managing references (hybrid course) | |
| Tue 20 Feb, 11:30-12:00 | Excel: Selected Excel functions | |
| Tue 20 Feb, 13:30-14:30 | Developing your digital skills for staff (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 20 Feb, 14:30-16:00 | QMP: Introduction to Questionmark Perception (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 20 Feb, 14:00-15:00 | Excel: Further functions | |
| Wed 21 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: How hackers attack | |
| Wed 21 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Media Hopper Replay: Advanced | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Wed 21 Feb, 10:00-11:30 | Introduction to Programming | |
| Wed 21 Feb, 11:00-12:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the web | |
| Wed 21 Feb, 12:00-12:30 | OER: Creative Commons quick start: A short introduction to using Creative Commons licenses (staff and PG students only) | |
| Wed 21 Feb, 12:00-13:00 | OER in the Curriculum: Teaching with Wikipedia (on campus) | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 21 Feb, 15:00-16:00 | Wooclap: In-class polling for student interaction and engagement (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Wed 21 Feb, 16:00-17:00 | Learn how to edit Wikipedia (on campus) | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 22 Feb, 10:00-11:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online | |
| Thu 22 Feb, 13:00-14:00 | Office 365 Essentials: Perfect planning with Microsoft Planner | |
| Thu 22 Feb, 14:00-15:15 | Introduction to data science | |
| Fri 23 Feb, 10:00-11:00 | Machine learning - the basics | |
| Fri 23 Feb, 11:00-12:00 | Office 365 Essentials: Simple cloud storage with OneDrive | |
| Fri 23 Feb, 14:00-15:00 | Subtitling for media creators |
From audio editing to mobile phone film making, there are plenty of opportunities to get creative during our Media and Creativity Week.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Self-paced | 23 Things for Digital Knowledge (2024) | 23things |
| Mon 26 Feb, 14:00-17:00 | Photoshop Introduction (on campus) | |
| Tue 27 Feb, 10:00-11:30 | Media Hopper Create: Introduction | |
| Wed 28 Feb, 10:00-11:45 | Building your profile with LinkedIn | |
| Wed 28 Feb, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: Introduction to newspapers and other news sources | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 29 Feb, 10:00-11:30 | Canva: An introduction for beginners | |
| Thu 29 Feb, 14:00-15:00 | Introduction to Audacity: Audio recording and editing | |
| Thu 29 Feb, 15:00-16:00 | DIY Film School | |
| Fri 01 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | TikToks and Instagram Reels: Creating engaging short-form video (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Fri 01 Mar, 11:00-12:00 | Subtitling for media creators | |
| Fri 01 Mar, 12:00-13:00 | Images, videos and timelines - help improve Wikipedia! (on campus) | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
An entire week of digital skills courses and resources around information security, and digital safety and wellbeing.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Self-paced | 23 Things for Digital Knowledge (2024) | 23things |
| Online resources | The Digital Safety Supporter Toolkit | Resources for students and staff |
| Online resources | #NoExcuse for Online Gender-Based Violence: Resources for University students and staff | Resources for students and staff |
| Mon 04 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: My neighbour hacked my toothbrush | |
| Tue 05 Mar, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: SIFTing the literature: critically evaluating the reliability of sources | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 06 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: How hackers attack | |
| Wed 06 Mar, 12:00-13:00 | Digital Identity 101 - Creating a safe and authentic digital presence | |
| Wed 06 Mar, 14:00-15:00 | Information Security: Mobile phone security | |
| Thu 07 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: Hacking Humans | |
| Fri 08 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: Hacking, cybercrime and the movies: why cyber needs a makeover |
Our Academic Support Librarian colleagues are delivering a programme of events to help you succeed with your dissertation or thesis. We are supporting the Dissertation and Thesis Festival with a number of digital skills courses. Find the full programme on the Dissertation and Thesis Festival website, or browse our supporting digital skills courses below.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 11 Mar, 10:10-11:40 | Study resources for literature reviews | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Mon 11 Mar, 13:00-14:00 | EndNote for managing references | |
| Mon 11 Mar, 14:30-15:30 | Introduction to SPSS | |
| Tue 12 Mar, 11:00-12:30 | Introduction to LinkedIn Learning | |
| Tue 12 Mar, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: AI tools for literature searching: Opportunities, limitations, and responsible use | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 12 Mar, 14:00-15:30 | Getting started with NVivo | |
| Wed 13 Mar, 10:00-11:30 | Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 13 Mar, 13:30-14:00 | Library Bitesize: EndNote and writing up: beyond the basics | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 13 Mar, 15:00-16:00 | Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 14 Mar, 10:00-11:30 | Getting started with NVivo | |
| Thu 14 Mar, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: Cited reference searching | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 14 Mar, 13:00-14:30 | Introduction to reference managers | |
| Fri 15 Mar, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: Searching grey literature for reviews and evidence synthesis | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
Two weeks of events focussed on digital skills for post-University employment.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 18 Mar, 11:00-11:30 | Basic data visualisations | |
| Mon 18 Mar, 12:00-12:30 | Excel: Basic charts in Excel | |
| Mon 18 Mar, 13:00-14:45 | Building your profile with LinkedIn | |
| Mon 18 Mar, 14:00-15:00 | Excel: Introduction to Excel | |
| Tue 19 Mar, 10:00-10:30 | Excel: Selected Excel functions | |
| Tue 19 Mar, 10:30-11:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Perfect planning with Microsoft Planner | |
| Tue 19 Mar, 12:00-13:00 | Excel: Further functions | |
| Tue 19 Mar, 13:00-14:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the web | |
| Tue 19 Mar, 14:30-16:30 | Introduction to R: Part 1 of 2 (students only, on campus) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 19 Mar, 14:00-15:00 | DIY Film School | |
| Wed 20 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: How hackers attack | |
| Wed 20 Mar, 10:00-11:30 | Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online | |
| Wed 20 Mar 12:00-13:00 | Learn how to edit Wikipedia (on campus) | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 20 Mar, 13:00-14:00 | Office 365 Essentials: Simple cloud storage with OneDrive | |
| Wed 20 Mar, 14:00-16:00 | Introduction to Programming | |
| Wed 20 Mar, 14:00-17:00 | Python for Data Science: Part 1 of 2 (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 21 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Developing your Digital Skills - Students (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 21 Mar, 13:30-16:00 | Introduction to Python (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Fri 22 Mar, 10:00-11:15 | Introduction to data science | |
| Mon 25 Mar, 13:00-14:30 | Canva: An introduction for beginners | |
| Mon 25 Mar, 13:10-13:55 | Starting a Job in a Hybrid World (students only, run by the Careers Service) | Student booking in MyCareerHub |
| Mon 25 Mar, 14:00-16:00 | Introduction to SPSS (on campus) | |
| Tue 26 Mar, 13:10-13:40 | Top Tips: Psychometric Tests (students only, run by the Careers Service) | Student booking in MyCareerHub |
| Tue 26 Mar 13:30-14:30 | Developing your digital skills - staff (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 26 Mar 14:00-15:00 | TikToks and Instagram Reels: Creating engaging short-form video (staff only) | Staff booking in People & Money |
| Tue 26 Mar, 14:30-16:00 | Introduction to R: Part 2 of 2 (students only, on campus) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 28 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Information Security: Hacking Humans | |
| Thu 28 Mar, 10:00-11:00 | Data literacy for beginners |
Brush up your study skills with our dedicated week of courses.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Self-paced | 23 Things for Digital Knowledge (2024) | 23things |
| Mon 15 Apr, 13:00-14:30 | Introduction to LinkedIn Learning | |
| Tue 16 Apr, 13:00-14:00 | EndNote for managing references (hybrid course) |
Online student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 16 Apr, 13:10-14:00 | Library Bitesize: How to use the Library & How to reference and avoid plagiarism | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 16 Apr, 16:00-17:00 | Developing your Digital Skills - Students (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 17 Apr, 10:00-11:30 | Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 17 Apr, 13:10-14:00 | Building complex searches for systematic reviews | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 17 Apr, 15:00-16:00 | Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Fri 19 Apr, 10:00-11:30 | Getting started with NVivo |
Want to know more about AI? We have a week of courses for you!
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Self-paced | Responsible AI Foundations LinkedIn Learning path | Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning* |
| Self-paced | Building AI Literacy LinkedIn Learning path | Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning* |
| Self-paced | Foundations of AI LinkedIn Learning path | Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning* |
| Mon 22 Apr, 14:00-15:00 | Using generative AI effectively as a University student | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 23 Apr, 10:00-11:00 | AI and cyber security | |
| Tue 23 Apr, 11:00-12:00 | Library Bitesize: AI tools for literature searching: Opportunities, limitations, and responsible use | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 23 Apr, 14:00-15:00 | Data and AI ethics | |
| Thu 25 Apr, 14:00-15:00 | Machine learning - the basics |
* Staff and students at the University have free access to LinkedIn Learning. Find out how to set up your account here: LinkedIn Learning account creation and service access.
A week of digital skills events specifically aimed at postgraduate students.
| Date and time | Course title | Booking link |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 03 Jun, 13:00-14:30 | Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Tue 04 Jun, 10:00-11:00 | Introduction to Audacity: Audio recording and editing | |
| Wed 05 Jun, 10:00-11:30 | Introduction to LinkedIn Learning | |
| Wed 05 Jun, 12:30-13:00 | Library Bitesize: Predatory journals | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 05 Jun, 13:00-14:00 | EndNote for managing references | |
| Wed 05 Jun, 14:00-15:30 | Getting started with NVivo | |
| Wed 05 Jun, 15:00-16:00 | Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster (students only) | Student booking in Event Booking |
| Wed 05 Jun, 11:00-12:00 | Python vs R | |
| Thu 06 Jun, 09:30-10:00 | Library Bitesize: Using PRISMA for reporting your systematic review search methods | Staff & student booking in Event Booking |
| Thu 06 Jun, 10:00-11:30 | Introduction to reference managers |
Programme and bookings
You can view the entire Digital Skills Programme for Semester 2 2023/24 on our Documents Catalogue:
Our student courses can be booked through the University’s Event Booking system:
Digital Skills Programme courses on Event Booking
Most staff courses can be booked through the People & Money Learning app (note that a few staff courses are bookable via Event Booking – these are marked ‘Event Booking’ in the staff programme):
Digital Skills Programme collection on People & Money
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