Jen BirtlesKelman

Jen BirtlesKelman
Jen BirtlesKelman
Jen BirtlesKelman

BA Hons, PG Cert

Digital Skills Officer

About
School/Department
Digital & Information Services

Biography

Jen has worked in Higher Education for over 11 years, She looked after Digital Skills for staff at the Robert Gordon University working closely with Jisc, Adobe and Linkedin Learning to bring a cohesive bitesize CPD solution to busy staff. Now working for the University of Aberdeen as Digital Skills Officer in AI, where she is developing AI learning labs.

Previously she worked for the Business School Faculty at RGU, in a mix of roles from teaching on Digital Marketing, Fashion Management, Journalism and Media courses to looking after the VLE (Moodle) and module design as an Online Learning Developer.

As Senior Fellow for Advance HE, She has supported Colleagues successfully gain accreditation as a mentor for the fellowship programme and is currently working on her submission for Senior CMALT.

 

Conference Speaker:

AI Literacy in Practice: A Library Perspective. Research Information in collaboration with Clarivate, 2025

Empowering Educators: Building Digital Skills for University Staff: Adobe Creative Campus Collaboration, 2025

CTRL+S Your Time: A Time Saving Approach to Digital Skills at RGU: Jisc Building Digital, 2024

Through the Lens: Enhancing Assessment with Video Based Presentations: ITCSE Norway, 2020

Qualifications

  • BA Hons Textile and Surface Design 
    2008 - Gray's School of Art 

    First Class Honours

  • PG Cert Academic Practice 
    2018 - Robert Gordon University 
  • Data Analytics for Business Decision Making 
    2025 - Robert Gordon University 
  • Strategic Digital Marketing 
    2025 - Robert Gordon University 

External Memberships

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2021

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2017

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2015

 

 

Prizes and Awards

STAR award (RGU Student Led Teaching Award) for extracurricular support, 2016

STAR Award with Distinction for continued excellence, 2018

Teaching Excellence award, 2017