Digital Skills: Home

Your Digital Skills Workshops form part of the Library's Essential Kit for Study and Research. The sessions have been designed to suit your digital skills needs, whether you're a novice or a slightly more experienced user of digital tools. Pick and choose the workshops you want to sign up to; attend as many or as little as you want!

Find more information and register here on our Library Events calendar.

The sessions can be broken down into the following levels:

Essential kit

• Get Digital Ready: Tech skills every student needs
• AI Essentials: Know it, Use it, Question it
• GenAI Under the Microscope: Thinking critically about it

Level One: Pathfinding Kit

• AI Research Assistants Explained: Using them effectively and responsibly

Level Two: Exploring Kit

• Crafting Clever GenAI Prompts: Going beyond basics
• Communicate Smarter: Using GenAI responsibly to elevate your writing

Level Three: Expeditions Kit

• Dissertation 2.0: Next-level research with GenAI

View 2025 dates below. Visit the Library Events Calendar to book your place.

Digital Skills workshops for Post-Graduate Researchers (PGRs):

Check out the PGR Researcher Development Programme and sign up for AI workshops on the Doctoral College Upcoming courses webpage.

If you are a University of Exeter member of staff, and would like to promote the AI training opportunities to students, please feel free to use these resources.

GenAI in Assessments guidance

Digital Skills workshops

Get access to the PowerPoint slides for the Digital Skills workshops by searching for them in the Library & Study Skills Training A-Z.

PowerPoint slides for the remaining Digital Skills workshops will be uploaded to the A-Z when they have been finalised.

Browse the self-study resources created for you by the Library below:

AI: Understanding it

Big Data, data analysis, and strategic decision-making

Coding

Digital Foundations and Emerging Technologies

Digital Productivity and Collaboration

Digital Tools: Outlook, OneNote, Padlet & Mentimeter

GenAI Research Assistants

Generative AI Use in Assessments

External resources

Santander Open Academy - Create an account with your University of Exeter email address and check out their courses on AI, digital safety for daily life, social media advertising, and more!