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Staff and Departmental Development Unit

Networks, courses and workshops

The following courses aim to enable staff to enhance their professional skills in a wide range of areas including working with others, communication and in a learning and teaching and research context.

Working with others

Personal effectiveness

  • Time Management
    Courses to help staff manage their use of time more effectively
  • Personal Resilience in Times of Change
    This link takes you to a webpage which includes resources and a list or workshops designed to build your personal resilience.
  • Stress & Pressure
    Courses to help staff to develop personal resilience, and to help others manage stress and pressure, particularly during times of change.
  • Meetings
    Courses to enable staff to improve their skills in chairing and servicing meetings.
  • Project Management
    A suite of courses to help staff to manage projects effectively and efficiently.
  • Writing Skills
    Courses to help develop writing skills in a range of contexts, including scientific writing, writing for research and writing for the web.
  • Interpersonal communication
  • This new course aims to enable staff to develop more effective and assertive communication skills.
  • Presentation Skills
    A range of courses to improve presentation skills, and increase the impact of presentations.
  • Personal Development for Women (The Springboard Programme)
    Springboard is an award-winning three-month personal development programme designed especially for women. It has been created to enable women to achieve greater recognition and influence and to fulfil their potential in both their work and personal lives.

Working effectively with University systems and procedures

Self-development

 Learning and teaching, and enhancing the student experience

 Research and innovation