IT training and digital skills
The University's Digital Inclusion, Skills & Creativity team (DISC) provide a range of face-to-face and online training opportunities, tailored to the needs of University students, researchers and staff. Training includes sessions on using Google Workspace, creating documents and presentations, managing references, and working with data.
Skills Guides
Our Skills Guides contain a wealth of online resources and links to training to help you build on your existing skills:
For specific software support, please see the Software pages.
Booking onto training
Listings for DISC training events can be found on the Skills Guides:
IT and digital skills training is provided to members of the University at no charge.
Further training for staff and researchers can be found on the University's course booking systems:
- Staff: via the University's Learning Management System
- Research Postgraduates: via Skills Forge.
Research Computing
For details of research computing training provided by IT Services, see: University of York training resources
IT Essentials
Get started using IT at York or refresh your existing knowledge with our IT Essentials online guide.
Staff Digital Skills Framework
The University has developed a Staff Digital Skills Framework to support staff in enhancing their skills. This provides one of the foundations for the wider digital strategy that is being developed by the University.
Useful communication tools
Find tools to help you keep in touch and collaborate with others online.