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.

Semester 2 2024/25

Below you can find our themed digital skills training blocks for Semester 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.

If you have any questions, please email the Digital Skills Team (is.skills@ed.ac.uk).

Start the new semester with a range of courses helping markers and academic support staff with assessment and feedback.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Mon 13 Jan, 10:00-10:50	Turnitin: good practice for markers	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 13 Jan, 14:00-14:50	Turnitin: good practice for academic support staff	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 13 Jan, 14:00-15:00	Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 13 Jan, 15:00-15:50	Turnitin: Good practice for students	Student booking in Event Booking
Tue 14 Jan, 13:00-14:00	Learn: Tests and Question Banks in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 14 Jan, 14:00-15:00	Learn: Assignments in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 14 Jan, 15:00-16:00	Wooclap In-Class Polling for Student Interaction and Engagement	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 15 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Learn: Gradebook	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 15 Jan, 13:30-14:00	Library Bitesize: Check your source	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Thu 16 Jan, 14:00-15:00	Learn: Using groups in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 16 Jan, 14:00-15:30	QMP: Introduction to Questionmark Perception (QMP)	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 28 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Learn: Learn Ultra Basics	Staff booking in People & Money

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 20 Jan, 13:30-14:30	Introduction to data science	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 20 Jan, 10:00-10:50	Turnitin: good practice for students	Student booking in Event Booking
Mon 20 Jan, 14:00-16:00	Introduction to Programming	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 20 Jan, 14:00-15:00	Introduction to SPSS	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 21 Jan, 11:30-12:30	Excel: Introduction to Excel	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 21 Jan, 13:00-14:00	EndNote for managing references	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 21 Jan, 13:00-14:30	Office 363 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the Web	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 22 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Data Literacy for Beginners	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 22 Jan, 10:00-11:45	Building your profile with LinkedIn	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 22 Jan, 13:30-15:00	Introduction to Audacity: Audio Recording and Editing	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 22 Jan, 13:00-15:30	Introduction to Python	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 22 Jan, 13:30-14:30	How to use the Library & How to reference and avoid plagiarism	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Thu 23 Jan, 10:00-12:00	Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word	Student booking in Event Booking
Thu 23 Jan, 12:00-12:30	Learn: Learning analytics for students	Student booking in Event Booking
Thu 23 Jan, 13:30-15:00	Introduction to LinkedIn Learning	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Fri 24 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Prompt Engineering 101 for Students	Student booking in Event Booking
Mon 27 Jan, 11:30-12:00	Excel: Basic Charts in Excel	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 27 Jan, 12:30-13:00	Excel: Selected Excel Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 27 Jan, 14:00-14:45	Excel: Further Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 27 Jan, 11:00-12:30	Introduction to Reference Managers	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 27 Jan, 14:00-15:00	Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure Datasets	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 28 Jan, 10:00-11:30	Getting started with Nvivo	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 29 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 29 Jan, 13:00-13:30	Learn: Learning analytics for students	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 29 Jan, 14:00-15:00	Python vs R	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 29 Jan, 13:00-14:30	Canva: An introduction for beginners	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 30 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Developing your digital skills for students	Student booking in Event Booking
Thu 30 Jan, 10:00-11:30	Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Fri 31 Jan, 10:00-11:00	Git on Track: A Beginner-Friendly Introduction to Git	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

Join us for two weeks of data and programming courses.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Tue 04 Feb, 10:00-11:00	Big data: logistics, storage and ethics	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 04 Feb, 11:00-12:30	BusinessObjects: Introduction to BusinessObjects	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 04 Feb, 12:30-13:00	Library Bitesize: Introduction to automated tools for systematic reviews	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Wed 05 Feb, 10:00-12:00	Introduction to Programming	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 05 Feb, 11:00-12:30	Generative AI: Introduction to responsible use of Generative AI and ELM (for staff)	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 05 Feb, 13:30-14:30	Machine learning - the basics	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 05 Feb, 13:30-14:30	Practical Machine Learning in Python: From Theory to Implementation	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 06 Feb, 10:00-12:00	BusinessObjects: BusinessObjects Advanced	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 06 Feb, 10:30-11:30	Data and AI Ethics	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Fri 07 Feb, 10:00-11:00	Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure Datasets	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 10 Feb, 11:30-12:00	Excel: Selected Excel Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 10 Feb, 12:30-13:15	Excel: Further Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 10 Feb, 11:00-12:00	Python vs R	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 10 Feb, 14:00-15:00	Prompt Engineering 101 for Students	Student booking in Event Booking
Mon 10 Feb, 11:00-12:00	Office 365 Essentials: Simple cloud storage with OneDrive	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 11 Feb, 10:00-11:00	Data Literacy for Beginners	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 12 Feb, 10:00-11:00	Introduction to data science	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 12 Feb, 13:30-13:00	Library Bitesize: Capturing search histories for sharing and reporting in systematic reviews	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 12 Feb, 10:00-12:30	Introduction to Python	Student booking in Event Booking
Fri 14 Feb, 10:00-11:00	Introduction to SPSS	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

Aimed mainly (but not only) at staff, this is a selection of courses about using Learn Ultra and other learning technology.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Mon 17 Feb, 11:00-11:50	BadgEd: introducing the digital badge service for the University of Edinburgh	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 17 Feb, 14:00-14:50	Student personae for learning design	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 17 Feb, 14:00-15:00	Learn: Learn Ultra Basics	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 17 Feb, 14:00-16:30	EdWeb 2: 5 things to get started in EdWeb 2	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 17 Feb, 15:00-16:00	Tik Toks and Instagram reels: Creating engaging short-form video	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 17 Feb, 15:00-15:50	Increasing the accessibility of your teaching using learning technology	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 18 Feb, 12:30-13:00	Library Bitesize: Finding Company Information	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Tue 18 Feb, 13:00-14:30	Media Hopper Create: Introduction	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 18 Feb, 14:00-14:50	Turnitin: good practice for markers	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 18 Feb, 14:30-15:40	Learn: Using Collaborate in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 18 Feb, 15:00-15:50	Turnitin: good practice for academic support staff	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 18 Feb, 15:00-16:00	Wooclap In-Class Polling for Student Interaction and Engagement	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 19 Feb, 11:00-12:00	Learn: Assignments in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 19 Feb, 14:00-15:30	Wooclap: Introduction to WooClap	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 20 Feb, 11:00-12:00	Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 20 Feb, 14:00-15:30	QMP: Introduction to Questionmark Perception (QMP)	Staff booking in People & Money

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
Thu 20 Feb, 13:30-15:00	Getting started with Nvivo	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 24 Feb, 13:30-14:00	Library Bitesize: Using current news sources	Student booking in Event Booking
Tue 25 Feb, 10:00-10:30	Library Bitesize: Using newspaper databases to find historical news	Student booking in Event Booking
Tue 25 Feb, 13:00-15:00	Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 26 Feb, 10:00-11:00	EndNote for managing references	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 26 Feb, 13:30-14:00	Library Bitesize: Using Web of Science to find relevant articles	Student booking in Event Booking
Thu 27 Feb, 12:30-13:00	Library Bitesize: Cited Reference Searching	Student booking in Event Booking
Thu 27 Feb, 13:00-14:00	Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster	Student booking in Event Booking
Fri 28 Feb, 10:30-12:00	Introduction to Reference Managers	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

Learn digital skills to boost your CV, and fulfill criteria for advancing or changing your career.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Self-paced	Getting Started with Microsoft Excel LinkedIn Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Excel Boot Camp LinkedIn Learning Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Getting Started with Microsoft 365 LinkedIn Learning Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Outlook on the Web Essential Training LinkedIn Learning course	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	OneDrive for Business Essential Training (2021) LinkedIn Learning course	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Advance Your Python in Excel Skills	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Mon 03 Mar, 11:30-12:30	Excel: Introduction to Excel	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 03 Mar, 12:30-13:00	Excel: Basic Charts in Excel	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 03 Mar, 13:00-14:00	Python vs R	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 03 Mar, 13:00-14:30	Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with OneNote Online	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 03 Mar, 14:00-14:50	Student personae for learning design	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 03 Mar, 14:00-14:30	Library Bitesize: GenAI and Images	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Mon 03 Mar, 15:00-15:50	Increasing the accessibility of your teaching using learning technology	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 04 Mar, 11:00-11:30	Library BiteSize: SIFTing the literature: critically evaluating the reliability of sources	Student booking in Event Booking
Tue 04 Mar, 11:00-11:50	BadgEd: introducing the digital badge service for the University of Edinburgh	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 04 Mar, 13:00-14:45	Building your profile with LinkedIn	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 05 Mar, 10:00-11:30	Introduction to LinkedIn Learning	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 05 Mar, 10:00-12:00	Introduction to Programming	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 11 Mar, 11:00-12:00	Developing your Digital Skills – Staff	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 12 Mar, 10:00-11:30	Coding Club	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 12 Mar, 13:30-14:00	Microsoft Bitesize: Mastering your inbox with automated rules in Outlook on the web	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 12 Mar, 15:10-16:40	Study resources for literature reviews	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Thu 13 Mar, 13:30-14:30	Office 363 Essentials: Perfect Planning with Microsoft Planner	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Fri 14 Mar, 10:00-11:00	Introduction to SPSS	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Fri 14 Mar, 10:00-11:30	Getting started with Nvivo	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

* 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.

Want to know more about Artificial Intelligence (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 17 Mar, 10:00-10:50	Ethical and responsible use of generative AI	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Mon 17 Mar, 14:00-15:00	Prompt Engineering 101 for Students	Student booking in Event Booking
Tue 18 Mar, 10:00-11:00	Information Security: A.I. and cyber security	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 18 Mar, 10:30-11:30	Data and AI Ethics	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 19 Mar, 12:30-14:00	Generative AI: Introduction to responsible use of Generative AI and ELM (for staff)	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 19 Mar, 14:10-15:00	Using generative AI to improve your literature searching skills	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Thu 20 Mar, 10:00-11:00	Information Security: Spotting deep fakes	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 20 Mar, 10:30-11:30	Machine learning - the basics	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 20 Mar, 13:00-14:15	Generative AI: Introduction to responsible use of Generative AI and ELM for students	Student booking in Event Booking
Fri 21 Mar, 10:00-11:00	AI tools for searching and sifting the literature	Student booking in Event Booking
Fri 21 Mar, 11:00-12:00	Synthetic Data Workshop: Creating Secure Datasets	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Fri 28 Mar, 10:00-11:00	Practical Machine Learning in Python: From Theory to Implementation	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

* 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.

Learn how to study more effectively and efficiently with a range of digital skills courses about referencing, using the library, organising your notes and materials and more.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Self-paced	Learning Git and GitHub LinkedIn Learning course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Develop Your Data Analysis Skills LinkedIn Learning path	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	NVivo 2018 Essential Training LinkedIn Learning course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Mon 24 Mar, 14:00-15:00	Git on Track: A Beginner-Friendly Introduction to Git	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 25 Mar, 12:30-13:00	Library BiteSize: EndNote and writing up: beyond the basics	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Tue 25 Mar, 13:30-14:30	Data literacy for beginners	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 26 Mar, 14:10-14:40	Library BiteSize: Navigating the Digital Page: Enhancing Comprehension and Retention of Online Information	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Wed 26 Mar, 10:00-11:00	Python vs R	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 26 Mar, 13:00-14:30	Office 363 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the Web	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 01 Apr, 12:30-14:00	Getting started with Nvivo	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

* 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.

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	Photoshop 2021 Essential Training: The Basics LinkedIn Learning Course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Learning Audacity LinkedIn Learning Course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Canva: Designing Engaging, Accessible Presentations LinkedIn Learning Course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Mon 31 Mar, 14:00-17:00	Photoshop Introduction	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 31 Mar, 15:00-16:00	Tik Toks and Instagram reels: Creating engaging short-form video	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 01 Apr, 12:30-13:00	Library BiteSize: Embedding content from Library resources into presentations and courses	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Wed 02 Apr, 11:00-12:00	Academic Blogging: Blogging to Build your Professional Profile	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 03 Apr, 11:00-12:00	Introduction to Audacity: Audio Recording and Editing	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 03 Apr, 13:30-15:00	Canva: An introduction for beginners	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

* 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.

An entire week of digital skills courses and resources around information security, and digital safety and wellbeing.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Wed 02 Apr, 10:00-11:00	Information Security: Spotting deep fakes	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 07 Apr, 13:00-14:30	Generative AI: Introduction to responsible use of Generative AI and ELM (for staff)	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 08 Apr, 10:00-11:00	Information Security: Hacking Humans	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 09 Apr, 10:00-11:00	Information Security: Mobile phone security	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 10 Apr, 10:00-11:00	Information Security: My neighbour hacked my toothbrush	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

Two weeks 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
Self-paced	Getting Started with Microsoft Excel LinkedIn Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Excel Boot Camp LinkedIn Learning Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Learning Audacity LinkedIn Learning course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Mon 14 Apr, 10:00-10:50	Turnitin: good practice for markers	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 11:30-12:00	Basic Data Visualisations	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 12:30-13:00	Excel: Basic Charts in Excel	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 13:00-14:00	Data and AI Ethics	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 14:00-15:00	Learn: Using groups in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 14:00-14:50	Turnitin: good practice for academic support staff	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 14:00-14:30	Excel: Selected Excel Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 15:00-15:45	Excel: Further Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 14 Apr, 15:00-16:00	Tik Toks and Instagram reels: Creating engaging short-form video	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 10:00-10:50	BadgEd: introducing the digital badge service for the University of Edinburgh	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 10:00-11:00	Learn: Learn Ultra Basics	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 10:00-11:00	Zoom: Using Zoom in Learn	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 10:00-12:30	EdWeb 2: 5 things to get started in EdWeb 2	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 11:00-11:50	Increasing the accessibility of your teaching using learning technology	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 14:00-14:50	Student personae for learning design	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 14:00-16:00	SharePoint Groups and Permissions: introduction and best practices	Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 15 Apr, 14:10-15:00	Using PRISMA for reporting your systematic review search methods	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Tue 15 Apr, 15:00-16:00	Wooclap In-Class Polling for Student Interaction and Engagement	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 16 Apr, 10:00-11:30	Introduction to Audacity: Audio Recording and Editing	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 17 Apr, 13:30-14:30	Data Literacy for Beginners	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 17 Apr, 14:00-15:30	QMP: Introduction to Questionmark Perception (QMP)	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 17 Apr, 10:00-12:00	SharePoint: Planning and designing a SharePoint site	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 17 Apr, 11:00-12:00	Subtitling for Media Creators	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 17 Apr, 13:30-3:00	Generative AI: Introduction to responsible use of Generative AI and ELM (for staff)	Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 21 Apr, 10:30-12:00	Introduction to LinkedIn Learning	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 23, Apr, 10:00-11:30	BusinessObjects: Introduction to BusinessObjects	Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 23, Apr, 15:00-16:00	Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 24 Apr, 10:00-12:00	BusinessObjects: BusinessObjects Advanced	Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 24 Apr, 11:00-12:00	Introduction to data science	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money

* 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.

Aimed specifically at postgraduate students, this week includes a range of courses about writing academic texts, data analysis, and efficiently coordinating your studies.

Date and time	Course title	Booking link
Self-paced	Getting Started with Microsoft Excel LinkedIn Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Excel Boot Camp LinkedIn Learning Learning path	Staff & student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	NVivo 2018 Essential Training LinkedIn Learning course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	Microsoft Planner Essential Training LinkedIn Learning course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Self-paced	PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365) LinkedIn Learning course	Staff and student access on LinkedIn Learning*
Mon 02 Jun, 11:30-12:00	Basic Data Visualisations	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 02 Jun, 12:30-13:00	Excel: Basic Charts in Excel	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 02 Jun, 14:00-14:30	Excel: Selected Excel Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 02 Jun, 15:00-15:45	Excel: Further Functions	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Mon 02 Jun, 16:00-16:50	Turnitin: good practice for students	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 03 Jun, 11:00-12:00	Practical Machine Learning in Python: From Theory to Implementation	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 03 Jun, 13:00-14:00	Office 363 Essentials: Perfect Planning with Microsoft Planner	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Tue 03 Jun, 13:00-14:00	Using PowerPoint to create an academic poster	Student booking in Event Booking
Wed 04 Jun, 13:30-14:00	Citation metrics: what do numbers tell you about research?	Student and Staff booking in Event Booking
Wed 04 Jun, 11:00-12:00	Academic Blogging: Blogging to Build your Professional Profile	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Wed 04 Jun, 10:00-12:00	Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word	Student booking in Event Booking
Thu 05 Jun, 10:00-11:45	Building your profile with LinkedIn	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 05 Jun, 13:00-14:30	Getting started with Nvivo	Student booking in Event Booking Staff booking in People & Money
Thu 05 Jun, 10:00-11:00	EndNote for managing references	Student booking in Event Booking (online) Student booking in Event Booking (in-person) Staff booking in People & Money

* 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.

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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This article was published on 2024-10-08

Digital Skills Programme

Semester 2 2024/25

Assessment and Feedback Week (13th January – 17th January)

Student Focus Fortnight (20th January – 31st January)

Data and Programming Fortnight (3rd February – 14th February)

Learning Technology Week (17th February – 21st February)

Library Spring Dissertation and Thesis Festival (24th – 28th February)

Digital Skills for Employability Fortnight (3rd March – 14th March)

AI Week (17th March – 21st March)

Study Skills Week (24th March – 28th March)

Media and Creativity Week (31st March – 4th April)

Information Security and Digital Safety Week (7th April – 11th April)

Digital Skills For Staff Week (14th – 18th April)

Digital Skills for Postgrads Week (2nd June – 6th June)

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