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Excel Skills Development

You will gain these graduate attribute skills:

Subject Specialist Subject Specialist

Digitally Fluent Professional Digitally Fluent Professional

Enhancing Potential Enhancing Potential

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A workshop to help Accounting, Finance & Economics Students gain a better understanding of how Excel are used within any accounting and professional services sector.

Outline of Activity

Students will attend an employer led half-day practical workshop designed to help students gain a better understanding of Excel and data analysis.  Students will be introduced to important excel skills and utilise spreadsheets for the purposes of data analysis.

Learning Outcomes

  • Gain a better understanding of excel functions and data analysis and appreciation of how they are both used within the accounting and professional services sectors.
  • To develop digital skills and capabilities leading to improved employability skills.

Assessment Details

Prepare a 1,000 word reflective piece of work outlining how the skills identified would be useful to your future career and how you could develop this understanding and knowledge further.

Level of Commitment

10 hours to include:

  • Attendance at workshop
  • Written reflection

Contact

Helen McGuffin

Lecturer in Accounting

Department of Acc, Finance & Economics

Belfast

BC-08-213

Graduate Attributes

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Subject Specialist

A student who displays this skill can:

  • use a breadth and depth of knowledge
  • apply knowledge confidently
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Digitally Fluent Professional

A student who displays this skill can:

  • confidently use and adapt digital devices, applications and services to suit task requirements
  • explore, evaluate and adapt subject specific and generic ICT solutions to professional tasks  and problems
  • operate safely and ethically in a digital world
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Enhancing Potential

A student who displays this skill can:

  • identify development gaps and establish goals that are achievement focused
  • seek ongoing opportunities for personal and professional development