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Digital skills are about how you handle, present and communicate information and content using digital tools and platforms. This includes problem-solving, innovation and the creation of digital content and media, both academically and professionally.

Here you can explore the live workshops the Centre for Academic Success has to offer over the next couple of weeks on the theme of Digital skills. 


Monday 25th November 2024

Creating Pivot tables

Learn to use pivot tables, allowing you to pull out key information while leaving the original data intact. The workshop will also cover how to add a series of pivot tables within the same Excel spreadsheet, which look at different aspects of the data, and how to update and refresh them.

 Online via Zoom
  Monday 25th November 2024
10:00 - 12:00 GMT

 digital skills, Excel

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Wednesday 27th November 2024

The principles of slide design

Do your presentations engage your audience? Come along to our hands-on slide design workshop and discover top tips to make the most of Microsoft PowerPoint. Create better looking presentations and avoid the basic errors that cause your audience to switch off.

 Online by Zoom
 Wednesday 27th November 2024
14:00 - 16:00 GMT

 digital skills, PowerPoint, slide design

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Thursday 28th November 2024

Getting to know Python

This workshop is a beginner’s guide to python. We will cover basic concepts (variable, types, lists), and then move onto using functions, methods and packages to improve your code writing skills. At the end we will touch on NumPy a fundamental data science package in Python.

  Bay Campus
 Thursday 28th November 2024
  13:00 - 14:00 GMT

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Intermediate Python

This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know Python workshop by exploring data visualisation through Matplotlib, understanding dictionaries and Pandas, using logic, control flow and filtering as well a loop for executing repeated code.

 Bay Campus
 Thursday 28th November 2024
 14:00 - 15:00 GMT

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Friday 29th November 2024

Applying captions in Word

Learn to add pictures, charts, tables and equations to a Word document , and to adjust labels and numbering styles. Create lists of tables or figures, and a reference link to the caption in your text.

 Bay Campus
  Friday 29th November 2024
 10:00 - 12:00 GMT

digital skills, Word, captions, cross-referencing, table of figures

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Monday 2nd December 2024

Charts and graphs in Excel

Learn how to showcase your findings using the appropriate chart, and to amend chart elements to edit the design and layout. This workshop will also teach you how to apply a logarithmic scale and error bars, and how to export your charts to other documents.

 Online via Zoom
 Monday 2nd December 2024
 10:00 - 12:00 GMT

 digital skills, Excel, charts

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Wednesday 4th December 2024

Poster design in PowerPoint

Want to design professional quality posters to grab your audience’s attention? This workshop shows you how to create effective academic posters, ensuring information is readable from an appropriate distance.

 Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 4th December 2024
 14:00 - 16:00 GMT

 digital skills, PowerPoint, poster design

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Friday 6th December 2024

Page Layout & Time saving tips

Learn to adjust page layout, insert or remove page or section breaks and add numbering and a coversheet. Master editing shortcuts and tools to dictate and help proofread your work, plus troubleshooting tips.

 Bay Campus
 Friday 6th December 2024
10:00 - 12:00 GMT

digital skills, Word, page margins, section breaks, page numbering, dictation, proofreading

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