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Month: August 2025

A surrealist digital artwork illustrating the theme of student digital preparedness for university by Co-Pilot

Are students digitally prepared for university?

Posted onAugust 13, 2025July 30, 2025

When I did my BSc (Hons) I did a module on Information Tecnology and Quantitative Biology, which involved sitting in a huge computer lab for 4 hours every Wednesday morning to use different general and biology specific software. Then later Continue Reading

CategoriesThe Digital StudentTagsdigital literacy, Students, technical proficiency

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A conversation about digital wellbeing

Posted onAugust 5, 2025July 30, 2025

I rarely come across much discussion over digital wellbeing. For many of us, we are connected to the digital world most of the time. I am currently sat on holiday, using the hotel WiFi (through a VPN, of course) to Continue Reading

CategoriesDigital Literacy DevelopmentTagsdigital literacy, digital wellbeing, DL:Level 1

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Posted onAugust 1, 2025July 30, 2025

This shortcut is one for Word users. This is for a non-breaking space. This is useful when you are reporting something that you want to sit together and not be broken if it gets to the end of a line Continue Reading

CategoriesShortcut Of The WeekTagsdigital literacy, DL:Level 2, technical proficiency, Windows, word

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