Blogpost by Shân Saunders (Digital Capabilities and Skills Development Coordinator)

In November 2023, we held Aberystwyth University’s first ever Digital Skills Festival. We held 28 different events over 5 days that spanned a variety of digital skills areas including sessions conducted on AI, cybersecurity, LinkedIn Learning, digital wellbeing, Excel and much more!  

You’re able to review all the workshops and presentations that took place on our Digital Skills Festival website under the 2023 recordings and resources tab where you can watch the sessions back and for practical sessions you can work along on the provided worksheets.  

If you have any issues accessing the recordings, please contact the Digital Skills Team at digi@aber.ac.uk and keep an eye out for upcoming information on Digital Skills Festival 2024 due to return later this year! 

We would like to extend a big thank you to all our speakers and participants who attended Aberystwyth University’s first Digital Skills Festival in November 2023.

With 28 different digital events being held over 5 days, it was fantastic to be able to offer a variety of sessions ranging from an introduction to learning how to code to understanding the importance of our digital wellbeing and digital identity.

From our Digital Skills Festival website, you are now able to access all the recordings and resources from the sessions during the week so please take a look if you would like to refresh your knowledge on what you learnt or if you were unable to attend.

We look forward to seeing you all at the next Digital Skills Festival in 2024!

From 6^th – 10^th November 2023 we are hosting Aberystwyth University’s Digital Skills Festival and we are looking for postgraduate students to deliver sessions. You can deliver a session either online or in-person and it can be a workshop, drop-in session or demonstration on a digital skill or software that you are proficient in using. For example, we would like some sessions on the following skills and software: 

• Microsoft Packages – Essential or Advanced 
• SPSS 
• NVivo 
• ArcGIS 
• Python (or other programming software) 
• Adobe Photoshop 
• Social Media e.g., creating Instagram Reels, TikToks, Twitter, YouTube etc. 
• Creating or editing videos 
• ProTools 
• Discord 

We are also open to any other skill or software you think is important and should be delivered! 

Please register your interest by 28^th July 2023 through the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/EQsxd8wdD7 

If you have any questions or problems accessing the registration form, please contact us at: digi@aber.ac.uk.