There is still just over a week until our subscription to LinkedIn Learning ends. If you have completed any training courses on LinkedIn Learning and wish to retain your certificate(s) of completion, you have just over a week to download them. You can view this short video for guidance of how to do this.
Today – 21st March 2025 – is International Day of Forests and to celebrate we’re revisiting all our blogposts and DigiTips related to nature!
Today we celebrate International Women’s Day! The 2025 theme is #AccelerateAction and is an important message that focuses on speeding up the achievement of gender equality. At its current rate it is predicted that we won’t achieve gender equality until 2158 and so this International Women’s Day calls for us to work together to create a more inclusive world. You can view the resources below inspired by International Women’s Day. These include a selection of LinkedIn Learning videos and courses, please note that the University’s subscription to LinkedIn Learning finishes on 28th March 2025. If you have completed any training courses on LinkedIn Learning and wish to retain your certificate(s) of completion, please view our previous blogpost to learn more about this.
If you have any issues accessing the LinkedIn Learning videos or courses, please contact the Digital Skills Team at digi@aber.ac.uk.
The University’s subscription to LinkedIn Learning will end in March 2025. If you have completed any training courses on LinkedIn Learning and wish to retain your certificate(s) of completion, you have just over a month to download them. You can view this short video for guidance of how to do this.
If you haven’t used LinkedIn Learning before, there’s still time for you to log in and make use of this resource to develop your digital skills! Please visit our webpage for further guidance.
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:
If you would like to read the Graduate Digital Skills Profiles, you can view them here or you can download them here.
24th January 2025 marks International Day of Education and we’re celebrating by recapping resources available to develop your digital skills.
LinkedIn Learning [available until March 2025]
Free to all AU staff and students until March 2025, an online platform offering thousands of expert-led courses suitable for all levels, from beginner to advanced. With LinkedIn Learning, you can develop a wide range of skills, from utilising AI tools and presenting with confidence to mastering new software, including various programming languages and Microsoft applications. You can view our webpages for more information including getting started with LinkedIn Learning.
Digital Skills Festival
In 2023, we arranged the Digital Skills Festival and had a variety of internal and external speakers present on a variety of topics such as AI, Excel, Digital Wellbeing and Cyber security. You can view all the resources and recordings from every session here.
Jisc: Everyday AI Tools
As part of Aber Skills Week 2024, we invited Jisc’s Senior AI specialist Paddy Shepperd to talk about ‘Everyday AI Tools’, what tools can be used, how they’re advancing and the dangers. You can view the recording of the entire session here.
AberSkills
AberSkills is the central hub for all skills development on is available on the university webpages. AberSkills includes access to skills workshops, alongside help with library and information skills, wellbeing, and maths, stats and numerical skills.
DigiTips
Every Tuesday since September 2023, the Digital Skills Team have posted a small tip or trick to help develop your digital skills. You can view all DigiTips here.
As we approach exam season, please see below a collection of resources to help you prepare for exams. The resources include organisational tips, study skills as well as suggestions to support your digital wellbeing during stressful times.
Please also take a look at the general FAQ’s for exams, and if you have any questions about any of the resources listed above, please contact the Digital Skills Team (digi@aber.ac.uk).
2024 has been a productive year for the Digital Skills team! Below is a list of the favourite things we’ve created in the last year including new formats, events, and resources:
We hope that you’ve enjoyed using these resources as much as we’ve enjoyed making them. We’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we look forward to supporting your skills in 2025!
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!
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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 recordings and resources from the 2023 Digital Skills Festival.
