{"id":2014,"date":"2021-01-15T13:55:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T13:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2021-01-15T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T13:55:13","slug":"online-courses-from-fdm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/soc-employability\/2021\/01\/15\/online-courses-from-fdm\/","title":{"rendered":"Online courses from FDM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">January Workshops<\/p>\n<p><b>Excel \u2013 Part 1<\/b>, 18 Jan, 2.30-4pm<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s climate, technology influences almost everything we do. That\u2019s why at FDM Group we are passionate about equipping students &amp; graduates with the skills to shape our digital future.\u00a0\u00a0Part one of our two &#8211; part 1 of the Excel series will explore the fundamentals of Excel by going through the implementation of formulas, referencing, tables, data cleaning, data validation and filtering. Ideal if\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0new to using the different features of Excel, or if you already have a basic understanding and looking to refresh your skills! Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/events\/digital-bootcamp-excel-part-1\/?utm_source=Careers_Centre&amp;utm_medium=Direct_Comms&amp;utm_campaign=excel_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Excel \u2013 Part 2<\/b>, 20 Jan, 2.30-4pm<\/p>\n<p>Part two of our three-part Excel series will expand on the fundamentals of Excel by going into demonstrating the value of various Excel Functions. We will be taking you through aggregation functions, logic functions and look-up functions.\u00a0 Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/events\/digital-bootcamp-excel-part-2\/?utm_source=Careers_Centre&amp;utm_medium=Direct_Comms&amp;utm_campaign=excel_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Excel \u2013 Part 3<\/b>, 22 Jan, 2.30-4pm<\/p>\n<p>The final part of our three-part Excel series will cover Pivot Tables, Pivot Charts and how to create your very own interactive Excel Dashboard using Excel Formulas.\u00a0 Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/events\/digital-bootcamp-excel-part-3\/?utm_source=Careers_Centre&amp;utm_medium=Direct_Comms&amp;utm_campaign=excel_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Intro to SQL<\/b>, 25 Jan, 10.30-12pm<\/p>\n<p>Think coding is too hard? Think again. This session will provide final year students and graduates an insight\u00a0into\u00a0SQL\u00a0&#8211; a coding language any data enthusiast should have in their skillset. We will provide you with a dataset and show you how to query and manipulate using an example business case.\u00a0 Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/events\/digital-bootcamp-introduction-to-sql\/?utm_source=Careers_Centre&amp;utm_medium=Direct_Comms&amp;utm_campaign=intro_sql\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>HTML\/CSS<\/b>, 27 Jan, 10.30-12pm<\/p>\n<p>We will explore the fundamentals of HTML and\u00a0CSS\u00a0by going through the building blocks that make up the websites you visit every day! This session is ideal if\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0completely\u00a0new to coding.\u00a0 Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/events\/digital-bootcamp-html-css\/?utm_source=Careers_Centre&amp;utm_medium=Direct_Comms&amp;utm_campaign=html_css\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Python<\/b>, 29 Jan, 10.30-12pm<\/p>\n<p>An introductory session for those looking to learn the basics of programming in Python. There is a practical demonstration for this event to allow you to follow along &#8211; so please use an online tool such as Repl.it or download a python interpreter to your computer.\u00a0 Sign up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdmgroup.com\/events\/digital-bootcamp-python\/?utm_source=Careers_Centre&amp;utm_medium=Direct_Comms&amp;utm_campaign=python\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January Workshops Excel \u2013 Part 1, 18 Jan, 2.30-4pm In today\u2019s climate, technology influences almost everything we do. 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