In 2024, our Student Digital Champions conducted interviews with eight Aberystwyth University graduates to understand what skills they now use after graduating and skills that they wished they had learnt and developed while at university. Below are the top five skills across all the profiles that the graduates now use and how you can develop these skills: 

1. Microsoft Excel 

• Digital Skills Blog
• LinkedIn Learning Collection

2. Microsoft Teams/Online Meeting Platforms 

• Digital Skills Blog
• LinkedIn Learning Collection
• 6 Tips for Successful Online Meetings

3. Photoshop and Editing Software 

• LinkedIn Learning: Photoshop 2025 Essential Training (12h 38m)
• LinkedIn Learning: Photoshop Quick Tips (33m 25s)

4. Outlook 

• Digital Skills Blog
• LinkedIn Learning: Outlook Essential Training (1h 48)

5. Microsoft PowerPoint 

• Digital Skills Blog
• LinkedIn Learning Collection

If you would like to read the Graduate Digital Skills Profiles, you can view them here or you can download them here.