During my time as a Modern Apprentice at the University of Edinburgh, there are a lot of professional development training courses available to me. These are provided by both the University and my apprenticeship provider QA.

Here are some of the University courses that I have taken so far:

  •  EdWeb training (the University’s Drupal-based content management software)
  • Academic Blogging :Blogging to build your professional profile
  • Adobe Spark-Create Social Graphics, Web Pages and Videos in Minutes
  • Effective Digital Content
  • DIY Film School
  • Induction (for the School of Divinity plus a Modern Apprentice session)
  • IT Skills (Modern Apprentice session)
  • Communication Skills (Modern Apprentice Session)

I also have a wide variety of other University courses available to me along with the University’s two Modern Apprentice sessions each month.

QA also offers a range of different courses that I can take to help me achieve the 13 mandatory credits and 50 optional credits needed to gain my SCQF Level 6 Diploma in Digital Marketing:

  • Analytics (6 mandatory credits, 6 optional credits)
  • Creative Business Skills (8 optional credits)
  • SEO (12 optional credits)
  • Web Skills (25 optional credits)
  • DM Bootcamp (7 mandatory credits)
  • Digital Marketing (11 optional credits)
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