#TechItUpTuesday JISC describes digital creation as: “The capacity to design and/or create new digital artefacts and materials such as digital writing, digital imaging, digital audio and video, digital code, apps and interfaces, web pages.” JISC Digital capability framework What do we mean by digital creation? Previously we have covered digital creation basics through PowerPoint and Word. […]
Learning how to manage your time effectively is crucial to any student’s time at university, but also something you will need to take into any job/career. We, interns, are no different, the techniques we learnt as students to help us tackle procrastination have helped us manage our time whilst in our current roles. Here are […]
#TechItUpTuesday PowerPoint is an important part of your digital creation skills. Today we are going to discuss how to use it effectively and create great presentations. Most of you have probably given the odd presentation at school and you are likely to give more at university and possibly even more in your working life depending […]
Endless discoveries to be made! Every November the archives world takes a week out to celebrate our collections, encouraging everyone to #ExploreYourArchive. At Hull University Archives we’re always discovering interesting things hidden away in our collections and the national #ExploreYourArchive campaign is the perfect opportunity to show them off. Archive Animals With so much to […]
It’s been an amazing journey for the last 3 months, and I can’t say enough how much I’ve enjoyed my time as an intern. Through it all, I’ve learnt a lot and improved my skills in web design, as well as having learnt a lot about Customer Engagement, a field of work I never fully […]
My Internship Progress – The Final Post via GIPHY Two weeks ago, the public communication skills guide I’ve been working on went live and is now available for all who need/want guidance and advice on these types of assessments, but also for anyone who wants to learn more about writing for the public. I am […]
After 12 weeks of work experience and how time has flown by, my internship is at an end and what an experience it has been. From meeting new people, learning new skills and gaining experience within a working environment. So, after the first week which was hectic but enjoyable my work began from learning how […]
Well, my internship adventure has now come to an end and I’m writing this after saying all my goodbyes. This has gone very fast the past three months only feel like a few weeks, but it has been a great learning experience for me. I have learned new things got to build on my experience […]
#TechItUpTuesday As a student, you have probably used Word to write a document maybe an essay or analysis/review. Additionally, Word is also a program you are often likely to use in your working life and so it is an important part of your digital skills. Even though so many people use Microsoft Word, not everyone […]
Joanna Rawnsley Stella Cottrell thinks so. Cottrell is the author of Mindfulness for Students (2018) which isn’t only a book explaining what mindfulness is and how it can be useful, but it’s also full of exercises which can help you learn how to be mindful. What do you think of when you hear the term […]