Learning and Development

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You manage others

As part of our suite of leadership and management programmes we also have a range one-day stand-alone courses to help you in your role as a manager.

Developing Yourself & Others
This course will give you a firm foundation in the skills and understanding needed to develop yourself and to support the development of others.

Date:
Tuesday 22 November, 2011.

Find out more about Developing Yourself & Others.

Managing Performance
This programme will give you a firm foundation in the skills and understanding needed to manage the performance of your staff.

Date:
Thursday 15 December, 2011.

Find out more about Managing Performance.

For Programme Leaders

Are you an Academic Lead, a Director of Education/Research, a Head of Discipline, a Head of Section, or an Assistant Director? Below are some courses that may be of interest to you.

Finance

Do you want to deliver a new programme of study? How do you make it financially viable? How do you present a case to the University or College? This course provides academic and professional services staff with the some of the key knowledge and tools necessary to make financially sound decisions about education programmes delivered in Colleges.

Date:
Friday 2 December, 2011.

Find out more about Finance for Programme Leaders.

Marketing

This programme will show you how you can develop a market led portfolio of programmes and products.

By the end of this programme you will be able to understand:

• The principles of portfolio analysis.
• Understanding the difference between marketing and sales/advertising.
• Developing new programmes: moving from a product-centred to customer/market-centred approach.
• Defining the defining the research proposition.
• Costing and pricing issues.

 Date
Tuesday 7 February, 2012.

 Find out more about Marketing for Programme Leaders.http://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/development/courses/coursedetail/?code=10101 http://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/development/courses/coursedetail/?code=10101 http://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/development/courses/coursedetail/?code=10101

For Professional Services

Introduction to Procurement

This course will provide an overview of Procurement Services, introduce what Procurement is and what the University expects staff who are authorised to buy goods and services to consider when thinking 'I have a need'.

By the end of this course you will:

• Understand Procurement Services structure and what they do.
• Know what procurement means and why is it important.
• Find out about the processes and systems used when buying goods / services.
• Understand the principles of 'Good Procurement'.
• Know who can help.
• Be able to identify development needs.

Who is it for?
This session is for staff in Professional Services who deal with procurement.

Date
Tuesday 15 November, 2011. 

Find out more about Introduction to Procurement. 

You teach

New for 2011 - ASPIRE Fellowship Scheme
Are you a member of staff at the University who teaches or supports students’ learning? Are you looking to gain a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, to accredit your professional practice? From September 2011, you can do this at the University of Exeter through the ASPIRE Fellowship scheme.

What is ASPIRE?
It’s a framework for developing and accrediting staff who teach and support students’ learning that is accredited by the Higher Education Academy. It offers you the opportunity to gain both a University of Exeter ASPIRE Fellowship and the correlating HEA Fellowship at one of four levels.  Not only does it stimulate individual and group development through peer dialogue and the sharing of good practice; it also promotes critical engagement with higher education-related literature.

Find out more about the ASPIRE Fellowship scheme and details of the ASPIRE Guidance Lunchtime Workshops.

Course information

You can find all the information you need on the Learning & Development website, including:

• A list of all the courses delivered by the all University’s internal training providers
• You can search for a course by title, category or date.
• Easy access to pre-course reading
• Advice on training that may be relevant to your job role
• Information on our qualifications (ILM)
• Details of the mandatory training that must be completed by staff
• Links to online learning resources including You e-Develop
• Access to Trent HR Self Service to book learning events

Booking on

All course listings are also available directly through the Trent HR Self Service booking system.

If you are unfamiliar with Trent HR Self Service please take a look at our Quick Start Guide for course bookings.

If you are a member of staff who does not have access to Trent Self Service bookings and enqueries should be made as follows:

• Members of the Temporary Staff Bank should contact the TSB
• Members of Corporate Services staff should contact Corporate Service Training (cstraining@exeter.ac.uk)
• All other staff should contact Staff Learning and Development (sld@exeter.ac.uk)

Contact details

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Learning and Development
University of Exeter
Northcote House
The Queen's Drive
Exeter
Devon
EX4 4 QJ

Tel: +44 (0) 1392 724515
Email: sld@exeter.ac.uk

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