Digital Skills

Here you will find Unit Award Scheme (UAS) units in essential digital skills for life and work. Written with school-aged learners and adults in mind, these units include the skills needed to safely benefit from, participate in and contribute to the digital world of today and in the future.

You can choose to teach any of the units from the suite or amend them to meet bespoke student needs. Learners receive a certificate each time they complete a unit, providing tangible evidence of achievement. This is a proven way to help students engage in their learning, build confidence and take clear steps towards success.

The units are mapped against the Department for Education's essential digital skills framework, starting with Foundation Skills. This unit covers the basic skills typically needed by those not currently using digital technology or using it in limited ways. It provides learners with a stepping stone towards engagement, focusing on five categories that cover the essential digital skills for life and work. These are:

  • Communicating
  • Handling information and content
  • Transacting
  • Problem solving
  • Being safe and legal online

Find out more about the essential digital skills framework >

Foundation Skills

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

Digital Skills: Foundation Skills

121153

Communicating

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

Digital Skills: Communicating

121154

Digital Skills: Communicating in the workplace

121155

Handling information and content

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

Digital Skills: Handling content and information

121156

Digital Skills: Handling content and information in the workplace

121157

Transacting

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

Digital Skills: Transacting

121158

Digital Skills: Transacting in the workplace

121159

Problem solving

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

Digital Skills: Problem solving

121160

Digital Skills: Problem solving in the workplace

121161

Being safe and legal online

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

Digital Skills: Being safe and legal online

121162

Digital Skills: Being safe and legal online in the workplace

121163

Additional Digital Skills units

In our unit library, you’ll find a wide range of ready-made Digital Skills units to use as they are or amend. Here are some examples:

UAS unit title UAS unit code
Basic keyboard and early writing skills 119890
Using Microsoft Publisher 119670
ICT skills: PowerPoint 119461
ICT skills: Excel 119462
ICT skills: Word documents 119451
ICT: Touch typing 112763
Footnote:

Essential digital skills framework - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) reproduced here under the Open Government Licence (nationalarchives.gov.uk)

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