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.

Below you can find our themed digital skills training blocks for Semester 1 and 2 2024/25. 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.

We are in the process of uploading further details about the Semester 1 programme. Some information may be missing and we will supplement it as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please email the Digital Skills Team (is.skills@ed.ac.uk).

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Semester 2 2024/25

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Mon 20 Jan, 13:30-14:30Introduction to data science

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Mon 20 Jan, 10:00-10:50Turnitin: good practice for students

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Mon 20 Jan, 14:00-16:00Introduction to Programming 

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Mon 20 Jan, 14:00-15:00Introduction to SPSS 

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Tue 21 Jan, 11:30-12:30Introduction to Excel 

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Tue 21 Jan, 13:00-14:30Office 363 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the Web

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Wed 22 Jan, 10:00-11:00Data Literacy for Beginners 

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Wed 22 Jan, 13:30-15:00Introduction to Audacity: Audio Recording and Editing

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Wed 22 Jan, 13:00-15:30Introduction to Python

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Wed 22 Jan, 10:00-11:45Building your profile with LinkedIn

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Thu 23 Jan, 12:00-12:30Learn: Learning analytics for students

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Thu 23 Jan, 13:30-15:00Introduction to LinkedIn Learning

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Fri 24 Jan, 10:00-11:00Prompt Engineering 101 for Students

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Mon 27 Jan, 11:30-12:00Excel: Basic Charts in Excel

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Mon 27 Jan, 12:30-13:00Excel: Selected Excel Functions

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Mon 27 Jan, 14:00-14:45Excel: Further Functions

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Mon 27 Jan, 11:00-12:30Introduction to Reference Managers 

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Mon 27 Jan, 14:00-15:00Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure Datasets 

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Tue 28 Jan, 10:00-11:30Getting started with Nvivo 

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Wed 29 Jan, 13:00-13:30Learn: Learning analytics for students

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Wed 29 Jan, 14:00-15:00Python vs R 

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Wed 29 Jan, 13:00-14:30Canva: An introduction for beginners

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Thu 30 Jan, 10:00-11:30Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online

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Fri 31 Jan, 10:00-11:00Git on Track: A Beginner-Friendly Introduction to Git

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Programme and bookings

You can view the whole Digital Skills Programme on our Documents Catalogue:

Student Programme

Staff Programme

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

For instructions on how to book onto a course please see our People & Money course enrolment guide in written and video format.

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