Resources and links to help build knowledge of careers in digital.
Resources
Career Detectives - We have put together a ‘Digital Skills’ version of our Careers Detective resource. An activitiycreated to give you an insight into the wide range of jobs you can pursue within the field of Digital and to know the different pathways to each of these careers.
Career Detectives - Digital Careers Edition
Career Detectives - Digital Edition ANSWERS
Cyber Choices - Find out how the 'Cyber Choices' Programme can help young pepole with computer skills to find rewarding careers in Cyber.
UCAS Explore - UCAS is not just the place where you will make your application. There are lots of useful resources on there to help you figure out what you might do with your future too. You can look at their UCAS Explore function, and we’ve included some search results below. You can find out more about digital skills jobs that are out there.
Explore Jobs – Technical Ability
Explore Jobs – Computer Science
Explore Jobs – IT and Information Management
University of Chester Courses
Take a look at some of our courses that relate to the wonderful world of digital skills!
Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Student Stories
Find out what graduates had to say about their courses, the university and their futures.
Computer Science Graduate Stories - Find out what graduates from the Department of Computer Science had to say about their courses, the University and their futures.
Business and Finance Graduate Stories - Find out what graduates from the Chester Business School had to say about their courses, the University and their futures.
Kitchen Sessions
Whether streaming from kitchens or living rooms, labs or lecture theatres, the Kitchen Sessions give you a taste of the University of Chester’s blended approach to learning and leave you inspired about the subjects you love.
How Software Teams Can Create Happy and Sustainable Human-Computer Relationships - Senior Lecturer for the Department of Computer Science, Andy Davies, gives an introductory talk on a process software teams can use to create digital products users can actually love.
Hidden Figures, a Movie Star, and the Women of Bletchley Park: The Hidden Histories Behind our Mobile Phone Apps - Dr Southall's talk focuses on some of the female inventors, scientists and mathematicians involved in key technologies used by our mobile phones; Bluetooth, GPS, and the programmable electronic computers that make it all possible. It's tempting to take all this for granted, but a huge amount of work and some inspired ideas went into the development of technologies. Some of the people who did that work are famous, but many aren't, often because they had to keep their work secret, or because of where or when they lived.
Drones, Virtual and Augmented Reality in Research, Teaching and Learning - Dr Servel Miller, Programme Leader for Natural Hazard Management, assesses the impact of drone and augmented reality technology.
Remote Rural Connectivity: The Winter of Digital Discontent? - Dr Fiona Williams explores how the lack of reliable broadband in remote areas across the UK presents persistent challenges for rural-dwellers seeking to access key services, including education, healthcare, and employment. Since COVID-19 has increased our dependency on digital services, are rural areas of the UK at even greater risk of missing out?
Kitchen Session: Sitting, Physical Activity and Health - With so many of us learning and working from home over the past few months, Dr Lizzy Deery, Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, examines the importance of sitting less and moving more for our health.