Work skills E-Learning: Home

Work skills E-Learning is available across several portals including Astute, NILE, LinkedIn Learning and external websites.

IT skills training and digital capabilities development

The best place to start with IT skills development is to use our top tips IT guides:  10 IT Tips series  

What’s included within these guides are: 

• GDPR: Email Do’s and don’ts, GDPR tips when using email, How to encrypt documents and more. 

• Microsoft 365: Microsoft Forms, OneDrive, OneNote (online), Planner, Teams and Word (online). 

• Microsoft Desktop apps: Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word 

• Chrome tips: how to get the most out of using the Chrome browser 

• Windows 10 and Windows 11 tips: how to best use the Windows operating system 

Use these PDFs like a checklist. Simply scan down through them, get a feel for what the app can do and then dive in if you want to know more about anything in particular. All PDFs contain links to relevant LinkedIn Learning content so that you can see demonstrations or download training files to practice on yourself. 

Work skills E-Learning on Astute

• UON Strategy 2023-2027: an introduction and overview of the new UON strategy, plus visit a series of Padlets, where staff can add their own ideas, but also view other people’s ideas and upvote them.

To log in to Astute, please:

• Go to https://uon.astute-elearning.com (using only Chrome or Firefox)
• Your username is your UON work email address
• Your password is password1 (please note you will be asked to change this after you log in for the first time)

Work skills internal UON resources

UON Customer Service Portfolio: our brand-new UON Customer Service training portfolio equips you with the latest skills and knowledge to excel within this important area.

Artificial Intelligence: resources to help you explore how best to use GenAI both in and out of work.

Developing an Eye for Accuracy: improve your data accuracy skills, attention to detail, concentration levels and approach to checking.

Developing your assertiveness and negotiation skills: resources to help you develop and use assertiveness and negotiation techniques more easily in all areas of life.

Work skills E-Learning on NILE

Creating Accessible Content: how to produce online content (Word, PowerPoint, PDFs, videos etc) that are accessible to everyone regardless of their specific needs.

Digital capabilities: a variety of training resources, guides, and tips to help you develop your digital skills and capabilities.

Writing for the web: practical tips for ensuring your web content is as effective as it can be.

Work skills E-Learning on LinkedIn Learning

Use the below collections to view curated content, or simply visit https://lnkd.in/eNEwe4pT to log into the LinkedIn Learning homepage to search for and browse content yourself.

Work skills and personal effectiveness:

• Working with others
• Smarter working
• Time Management and Personal Effectiveness
• Listening and Communication
• Professional Networking Skills
• Assertiveness
• Building relationships
• Developing yourself and others

Microsoft Office and IT skills:

• Microsoft Office 365 
• Microsoft Office (Desktop apps) 
• Online document collaboration 
• Enabling Digital Transformation 
• Adobe Creative Cloud 

Work skills E-Learning on external websites

Touch Typing: Assistance with learning and improving your typing speed. Practice each lesson over and over to achieve the maximum star rating. It really doesn't take much to learn, a few minutes a day for one or two weeks can make a great difference. To enroll on the module please email sdbookings@northampton.ac.uk for login details.

For help and any further queries

If you have problems logging in to any of the E-Learning above or have any queries, please contact us via sdbookings@northampton.ac.uk