Digital Skills Blog

DigiTip 44: Make quick decisions in MS Teams with the polling feature 📊 

There may be times when you’re in an MS Teams meeting, and you need to make a quick decision. It could be deciding when to hold your next group meeting or voting on which title to choose for a project report.   If you need to create a poll once you’ve started your meeting, Teams […]

Your favourite blogposts in the last year! 🥇

In the last year, the Digital Skills Team including the Student Digital Champions have published many blogposts covering a lot of digital topics and issues. Here are the top 5 blogposts from 2023/24!  To keep up to date with the Digital Skills Blog make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss any posts!  

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 5 – The BBC

Our fifth Employer Profile is with the BBC. As stated in the profile below, the BBC host hackathon events that are usually coding based and also believe importance should be placed on digital wellbeing. As well, the BBC recommend using LinkedIn Learning to develop digital skills especially for future employability. View some resources below to […]

DigiTip 43: Change your work with Replace in Word 🔃

There may be times where you need to replace a word you have used consistently throughout your work – this could be a name or a misspelled word. DigiTip 43 can show you how to quickly find and replace words. Either read the short step-by-step instructions or watch the video to learn how!  Please note […]

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 4 – Cogent Breeding UK Genetic Services

Our fourth Employer Profile is with Cogent Breeding UK genetic services. Cogent UK place importance on knowing excel, being “data-savvy” and knowing basic digital proficiency and problem solving; learn more about developing these skills from the below resources. Text Version Company: Cogent Breeding UK Company Size: 250 employees Founded: 1995 Where is the company based: […]

DigiTip 42: Refine your search results with filters in MS Teams 🔎

Teams has a useful search function, but it can sometimes produce too many results. To save you unnecessary time searching, you can utilise filters. These filters allow you to search using specific criteria such as date, sender, and file type, helping you to quickly pinpoint the information you need! Take a look at the screenshot […]

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 3 – National Library of Wales

Our third Employer Profile is with the National Library of Wales based in Aberystwyth. The National Library of Wales value skills relating to digital proficiency, digital learning and digital communication; learn more about developing these skills from our curated LinkedIn Learning collections below. Text Version Company: National Library of Wales Company Size: 230 Founded: 1907 […]

DigiTip 41: Better Notes with Microsoft OneNote 📒

Have you found that you want all your notes including documents or PDFs all in one place? Well with OneNote, this is possible! As well as being a great space to store your personal notes, did you know that you can insert file printouts including PDFs and Word pages to go alongside your notes? Watch […]

Employer Digital Skills Profile Series – Week 2 – Clicky Media

Our second Employer Profile is with Clicky Media based across the UK. One of the essential digital skills that Clicky Media values is proficiency with LinkedIn. View some resources below to learn how to better engage with LinkedIn and how to create an appealing profile: Text Version Company: Clicky Media Digital Marketing Agency Company Size: […]

AberSkills Week 2024 🎉

As part of Aberystwyth University’s extended induction, next week is AberSkills week! There are several events running, you can view all events being held on the AberSkills site but the Digital Skills team are a part of three sessions! These are:  You can book all sessions through the AberSkills site, you can also view all […]