Netskills is a training and staff development service with 14 dedicated and expert staff based at Newcastle University. It was set up in 1995 and provides training across the UK. Netskills is partly funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

Services are provided to a wide range of clients including all UK universities and most FE colleges, as well as public libraries, schools, the commercial sector, government and non-government organisiations.