Professional Skills courses
Our in person workshops use blended learning to make the most of your time, focusing the interactive sessions on knowledge sharing and practice, and ensuring you have plenty of opportunities to embed learning on the job.
You will need to complete all accompanying work to come to the session prepared and ready to engage with your colleagues.
Aspiring Managers' Programme
The Aspiring Managers programme is aimed at Professional Services staff who are considering a move into management and want to build their understanding of what a management role involves within the University.
Aurora programme
The annual Aurora programme aims to enable more women to develop leadership skills for their careers. You will need to meet the criteria and apply via the selection process.
Catalyst Programme
The Catalyst programme is a collaborative group coaching programme for emerging academic leaders. The programme is designed for colleagues who are already demonstrating leadership within their Department, or who are preparing to step into their first formal leadership role, and are motivated to develop their leadership practice while navigating a particular challenge, opportunity or transition point.
The Confident Manager Programme
The Confident Manager programme is designed for Professional Services managers who have been in post for at least a year and who have already completed the Management Curriculum workshops.
Heads of Department Development Programme
The development programme has been designed to support academic Heads of Department to lead and manage people with confidence, connection and impact.
Strategic Leaders' Programme
The leaders programme is designed for people with a demonstrated ability to think and act with a strategic mindset, and the potential to take on wider-ranging roles in the future. The programme includes both professional services and academic staff. Its focus is turning strategy into impact through people while working with uncertainty. Understanding organisations as systems is a key foundation.
Mandatory training
Find out and complete the relevant mandatory training you need to do for your role.
Find out more about our Staff Development Performance Review (SDPR) process.
Development Toolkit
The Development Toolkit is an online learning and development resource for all staff which includes:
- '' 鈭� playlists are a group of resources on a particular topic such as and , which may be helpful in supporting you and your teams to work effectively
- ten (45 minutes each)
- over 3,000 resources such as top tips, key guides and self-assessments on a range of topics including leadership, personal skills and wellbeing
Coaching and mentoring
You can review information on the coaching and mentoring services via the following web pages:
- The 性视界 coaching service for staff
- Getting or offering mentoring support (Education and Research job family)
- Strengthscope庐 profiling tool
Outdoor Coaching and team development
Individual and team coaching and development can gain additional effectiveness when undertaken in outdoor environments. These benefits can include:
- Deeper thinking and improved concentration, memory and learning
- Enhanced creativity
- Greater trust and connection
- Health and wellbeing
- Nature connection leading to pro-environmental choices
As the University enjoys generous green space on and around campus, we can design and deliver coaching and development activities wholly or in part in an outdoor space. There are of course some limitations due to accessibility, weather, terrain and facilities; outdoor work is not appropriate for all projects. The outdoor setting is not a passive backdrop but an active element that contributes to the process of insight, reflection and purposeful behaviour change.
If you are curious about whether your development request would benefit from an outdoor component, please get in touch.
Learning and development services across the University
You can review other development opportunities available across the University on the staff learning and development webpage. Topics include training and support to help you get started in a new role, how to use University systems and staying safe at work.
Examples include:
- IT training to support you to use software applications such as Excel and University systems such as Agresso
- Safety, Health and Employee Wellbeing for Health & Safety training, professional health and wellbeing advice, fire safety and first aid training
- Centre for Learning and Teaching to help you develop in your research, teaching and career, including teach-enhanced learning
Other external learning and development opportunities
Please note that these are external opportunities and all course costs would need to be funded by your department. You will be eligible for member rates where indicated.
Higher Education and Technicians Development (HEaTED)
HEaTED provide various the university no longer has institutional membership but you may register for individual membership to be (eligible for member rates).
Advanced HE
Advanced HE offer a range of of higher education (eligible for member rates).
The British Universities Finance Directors Group (BUFDG)
BUFDG have a variety of in their e-learning section, which are available free of charge (registration required) to University staff members. This includes an which aims to give you an overview of finance in HE 鈭� including funding, areas of spending and reporting.
The Association of Higher Education Professionals (AHEP)
AHEP organises a programme of in higher education.