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Your digital skills and capabilities

Supporting you to develop your digital skills and capabilities, through resources, tools and technologies at Bath.

What are digital skills?

Digital skills enable you to be able to study and work in our fast-evolving digital world. They are woven into your everyday university experience, from being able to stream lectures on Panopto to using tools like Office 365. Having a strong digital skillset and feeling confident in your ability to navigate a constantly changing digital environment, is important for your studies and future employment.

Developing your digital skills

We use the JISC digital capability framework to help you develop and evaluate your digital skills.

This framework categorises digital skills and capabilities across six key areas:

  • ICT Proficiency
  • Information, data and media literacies
  • Digital creation, problem solving and innovation
  • Digital communication, collaboration and participation
  • Digital identity and wellbeing.

We've curated a range of resources linked to the six areas of digital capabilities to support you to build a well-rounded and versatile digital skill set.

Access digital skills resources on MySkills
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My Employability Profile

My Employability Profile uses a Capabilities Framework to help you build a profile of your employability skills and access resources to develop those skills. Digital and AI Literacy is a key capability within the framework, and you can find a range of resources and events to build your skills in this area in My Employability Profile.

Find out more about My Employability Profile
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Further opportunities

Find out more about further digital skills development opportunities available to you as students.

Code First Girls

Code First Girls run a range of free online coding courses for women and non-binary students and recent graduates, designed to support them to develop coding skills and break into the tech industry. As an affiliate partner of Code First Girls, University of Bath students get priority access to their South West regional courses.

Learn more about Code First Girls

Institute of Coding

The Institute of Coding (IoC) is a collaboration of universities, employers, and charities who provide exciting opportunities for learners from diverse backgrounds. Through activities such as training programmes, bootcamps and courses, IoC provide access to high-quality digital support to help make digital learning accessible to everyone.

Learn more about the Institute of Coding

Contact us

If you have any questions about how to develop your digital skills, please get in touch.