Andrew Kirk

Digital Skills Trainer

Biography

Background

Andrew develops and delivers training courses with a focus on qualitative data analysis, reference management, video and audio editing and document preparation. He also supervises student interns who deliver training in Python and SQL and is a mentor for the Digital Skills Specialist Edinburgh Award. A qualified librarian, before joining the Digital Skills Team he worked in libraries in Scotland and Ireland and in a television newsroom.

 

Qualifications

MSc Information and Library Studies (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)

MA (Hons) English (University of Glasgow)

Responsibilities & affiliations

Courses:

  • Getting started with NVivo - qualitative data analysis software

  • Audacity: audio recording and editing
  • MediaHopper Create: introduction
  • Producing a thesis or dissertation in Word

  • Introduction to reference managers

  • Subtitling for media creators

  • Developing your digital skills for students workshop
  • Making the most of IT
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