The University strongly encourages all colleagues to invest in themselves and their career by taking advantage of a range of learning and development opportunities. The University creates and supports learning and development opportunities including a central programme of events and workshops to support organisational, team, personal and professional development.
Here are just some examples of the activities our staff may undertake to develop both individuals and teams:
- Professional and personal development, including accredited and professional qualifications
- Leadership and management and supervisory development
- Fee remission scheme
- Corporate induction programme
- NVQs and apprenticeship schemes
- Conference attendance
- Work shadowing opportunities
- Team development days
- Secondments
- Workshop attendance
- Coaching and mentoring
- Legal and compliance briefings and updates
- IT skills continuous development
- Staff volunteering
All colleagues participate in annual performance review which identifies personal and organisation learning needs and these inform our staff learning and development programme.