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.
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 21st February 2025
10:00 - 12:00 GMT
digital skills, Word, captions, cross-referencing, table of figures
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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
Tuesday 25th February 2025
14:00 - 16:00 GMT
digital skills, PowerPoint, poster design
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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.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 26th February 2025
14:00 - 15:00 GMT
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.
Singlton Campus
Wednesday 26th February 2025
15:00 - 16:00 GMT
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.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 26th February 2025
14:00 - 16:00 GMT
digital skills, PowerPoint, slide design
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Want to find an efficient way to process your data? Learn how to sort and label large quantities of information enabling you to quickly extract the information you need.
Bay Campus
Friday 28th February 2025
10:00 - 12:00 GMT
digital skills, Excel
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