IT Training
On-site learning opportunities are available through the technology team in IELLI to enable you to develop your IT skills, for personal development and to help you work and study more effectively. Resources include:
For all staff and students:
- A range of self-led learning resources that can be accessed and downloaded for individual study
- Certify your skills: see our Microsoft Office Certification Programme page for more information about gaining an IT credential and the resources that can be used for certification preparation.
For staff
- In-person instructor-led courses in all the M365 productivity apps, Adobe Digital Media software, and LaTeX.
- LinkedIn Learning: a comprehensive online platform offering expert-led video courses.
Microsoft Office 365: The official supported version of Office is Microsoft 365 (formerly know as 'Office 365'). For information on the range of apps available, see the Microsoft 365 support page.
Need Office on your personal computer? University staff and students can download a complete version of Office on up to 5 of their own devices, see this link for how to download Office (for personal devices only, contact IT Services for University managed computers).
Help formatting a dissertation in Word: A guide giving tips to controlling formatting and producing your dissertation in Word is available for download. The guide also contains links to other Microsoft training resources. See this link to the Formatting Resources page for more information.
Self-led learning
For all staff and students
Microsoft Imagine Academy training
The University has a subscription to the Microsoft Imagine Academy online courses. These self-led training courses are part of the Microsoft Official Academic Coursework for targeted preparation for Microsoft Certification exams but can be used by anyone aiming to improve their skills in Microsoft Office with courses available in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. For more information on the available courses and how to access the resource see our dedicated page at the link Imagine Academy link above.
A wide range of training workbooks covering the full spectrum of Office 2016 applications is available for self-directed learning. These are structured as a PDF workbook manual that contains sequential topics and exercises with accompanying zip archive of course files for practical working of the exercises. Workbooks are available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Outlook, Visio, Publisher and Microsoft Project. See the Training Workbook page for full information on accessing these resources.
Instructor-led courses for Microsoft Office (in-person delivery)
For all staff and research postgraduates
View the full catalogue
We deliver a rolling series of IT training courses most months throughout the year as a subset of the full course catalogue, designed to improve your efficiency at using the software. The courses currently scheduled for delivery are available from the University’s online course booking system (PDMS). The list is regularly updated so should be checked for recent additions. These courses take place in PC classrooms and are limited to a relatively small number of places to ensure adequate support, so booking is essential. The courses will however be repeated at intervals throughout the session. Details and descriptions for the full list of training courses in the Microsoft Office Suite are available from the Microsoft Office Training Courses page.
Training is also available for the Adobe digital media software, (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro) and the type-setting software, LaTeX, with instructor-lead courses available each semester and bookable from the PDMS booking system.