Boost your digital skills with our comprehensive staff training programme! Join us for specialised workshops in Microsoft, Learning & Teaching, Cyber Security, and Project Management. Don’t miss this opportunity to level up your expertise. Sign up today.
Take a look at the lineup of workshops happening next week – Monday, 27th May to Friday, 31st May.
Cyber Security
Intermediate Cyber Security – Threat Actors
Who are the biggest threats to information security at the University, what motivates them and what is your role in foiling their plans? This informational session will cover different types of cyber criminals including individuals, activists and state sponsored threat actors.
| Date | Time | Sign up |
| Tuesday 28th May | 10 – 11am | Sign up here |
Cyber Security Drop-in Sessions
Stop by the Information Centre in the University Library for a chat with a Cyber Security team member. Bring your devices and any questions you have, and we’ll give you practical, hands-on assistance with securing your valuable information.
| Date | Time | Sign up |
| Friday 31st May | 12:30 – 2:30pm | Drop in |
Learning & Teaching
Our Learning & Teaching sessions are finished but you can still use the self-paced training materials.
Microsoft
Working with Files in Microsoft (OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, Word)
Learn the best ways to save, share, and collaborate on your files in Microsoft.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Wednesday 29th May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | SOLD OUT |
Microsoft Excel Essentials
During this half-day Microsoft Excel Essentials session you will learn how to create basic formulas, add formatting, and a few other useful tools to create and work with basic spreadsheets.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Friday 31st May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
Microsoft Excel Formulas and Presenting Data
In this half-day session, you will use more advanced formulas and work with various tools to present data such as Charts and Conditional Formatting.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Tuesday 28th May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | SOLD OUT |
Microsoft Excel Data Analysis with Tables and PivotTables
In this Microsoft Excel Data Analysis with Tables and PivotTables half-day session, attendees will learn how to best model data lists and how to create the extremely powerful Excel Table. You will learn how to apply basic sort orders and complex sort orders and how to filter a Data Table in Excel using various criteria. In order to summarise large data sets, attendees will learn how to use a PivotTable, one of the most powerful analysis tools available in Excel.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Tuesday 28th May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | SOLD OUT |
| Friday 31st May | 09:30 – 12:30 | Sign up here | SOLD OUT |
Microsoft Power BI Desktop Essentials
Power BI is part of the suite of tools from Microsoft which enable data to be analysed and visualised from a variety of sources.
With Power BI Desktop, you get a report authoring tool that enables you to connect to and query data from different sources using the Query Editor. From the datasets you can add visuals and create interactive reports.
In this half-day taster session, attendees will learn how to connect Excel workbooks to Microsoft Power BI Desktop. You will carry out basic data modelling in the data using the Query Editor and then add visuals to a report.
Please note that this course is not suitable for new Excel users.
| Date | Time | Sign up | |
| Wednesday 29th May | 13:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | SOLD OUT |
Microsoft Power BI Reports and Dashboards for Business Users
Power BI provides a variety of methods for using reports and dashboards within which data can be viewed and analysed visually.
This course covers the use of existing Power BI Desktop or Power BI reports and dashboards. It will identify core features, terminology and processes applicable when using reports or dashboards. Its principal aim is to provide the skills to enable a delegate to work with the reports and dashboards effectively.
Please note – this course does not cover creating reports or dashboards.
This session is limited to 12 attendees.
| Date | Time | Sign up | Availability |
| Thursday 30th May | 09:30 – 16:30 | Sign up here | Tickets available |
Project Management
Process Mapping & Gap Analysis
This session will give you a brief overview of:
- What business requirements are?
- Why we need them?
- How process maps work together with business requirements?
- How we apply these business requirements and process mapping in our IS PMO project methodology?
| Date | Time | Sign up |
| Tuesday 28th May | 1-2 pm | Cancelled – new date in July TBC |
Power Platform Overview
This session will give an overview and introduction on how to use PowerBI for the IS PMO Projects and best practices on how to visualise data to support KPIs and other data needs and offer a comprehensive suite of tools that empower project managers in various ways.
| Date | Time | Sign up |
| Wednesday 29th May | 1-2 pm | Sign up here |
Check out the list of all workshops and sign up using the links below:
For any questions, please contact the Information Centre by email at information.centre@stir.ac.uk or by logging a call via UniDesk self-service.