Learning and Development course timetable

This activity is designed to help us better understand how managers at the University group key information related to their roles. You’ll be working with a set of 60 cards, each representing a different task, responsibility, or consideration related to your management, facilitated and observed by a member of the Learning and Organisational Development Team.

Your input will inform the layout of the key content highlighted as essential for managers.

We expect the card sort to take approximately 15 minutes as a guide; however, additional time might be required to understand (and discuss) any further considerations observed.

Please note use of your own laptop with a working euduroam connection will be required

The top two categories of requests from you, the community, are Networking and Community Building and Best Practices and Experience Sharing. These regular catch ups are designed as an open forum for informal conversation, collaboration, and mutual learning with peers across the University, including members of the core team. We encourage you to come prepared to share your successes, challenges, and insights, as your experiences will shape the richness of the discussion. Whether you're looking for a listening ear, fresh ideas, offering your own strategies, or simply seeking to connect with others in similar roles, this is your opportunity to contribute to and benefit from the collective expertise of the community.

The Staff Wellbeing Team invite you to celebrate all your wonderful achievements as Staff Wellbeing Advocates over this past academic year! Share successes, swop ideas, meet other like-minded individuals and hear from the Staff Wellbeing Team about what is coming next!

Objectives

• Celebrate and share all of your achievements as wellbeing advocates. This can be something you are proud of or giving someone else a shout out!
• Share your successes, best practice, learnings and swop ideas - make the most of being in person together!
• Learn more about the sources of support available to you
• Look to the future with the Staff Wellbeing Team
• Fruit platters and hot drinks will be available throughout

Relaxed Agenda for the day

• 12pm-1pm Staff Wellbeing team reflect on the past year and look to the future
• 1pm-2:30pm Activities and a mini expo (think celebrate, sharing and learning!)

Please Note: Once you have booked on the course, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar.

The top two categories of requests from you, the community, are Networking and Community Building and Best Practices and Experience Sharing. These regular catch ups are designed as an open forum for informal conversation, collaboration, and mutual learning with peers across the University, including members of the core team. We encourage you to come prepared to share your successes, challenges, and insights, as your experiences will shape the richness of the discussion. Whether you're looking for a listening ear, fresh ideas, offering your own strategies, or simply seeking to connect with others in similar roles, this is your opportunity to contribute to and benefit from the collective expertise of the community.

This session provides an introduction for both mentors and mentees. We will discuss the benefits of mentoring and provide guidance on how to set objectives for the mentoring relationship and how to prepare for your first session together. We will also offer some tips about how to be a good mentee and mentor.

Values are what makes you you. They are the things that drive and motivate you. Being more aware of them can help you to make better decisions at work, leaving you more fulfilled and happy. They can help you make good choices and provide a guiding force to point you in the right direction at times of uncertainty. This session gives the opportunity to join with a small group of colleagues to explore your values. You will be guided through an exercise by an experienced facilitator from the Organisational Development team.

This is an interactive session, so please join the call from somewhere where you feel comfortable to talk and participate fully in group activities.

Have you ever wished you could get 10 minutes with a senior colleague to ask their advice on how they would handle something? Have you ever wondered how others approach challenging problems? This is your opportunity to ask. We are bringing together a panel of very experienced colleagues from across the University for a special speed mentoring session so that they can offer you their support and advice.

Speed mentoring offers you the opportunity for a series of short, focused conversations about a specific question or issue you are struggling with. You will rotate around four different mentors, spending around 10 minutes with each, to gain different perspectives on an issue you are seeking to resolve or a project you are trying to progress.

"I liked that there were a diverse background of university staff involved in the session, and all of the mentors were really engaged and enthusiastic. I felt that I could be honest about some of my experiences in the University, good and bad. All the mentors I spoke to acted as a good sound board for the issues that I wanted to discuss and they have given me some excellent advice and ideas."

"The fact that we saw 4 different mentees was brilliant - we gained different perspectives, saw different mentoring types and were also introduced to people and roles we may not have known about."

Mentors:

• Richard Hey - Deputy Director - UIS

• Jo Kibble - Head of Finance - Cambridge University Libraries

• Adam Welstead - Head of Student Wellbeing & Fellow of Wolfson College - Student Support, Education Services

• Lucinda Spokes - Head of Public Engagement - Engagement, Knowledge Exchange and Impact Team

• Sarah d-Ambrumenil - Interim Deputy Head of Student Administration - Education Services

• Gordana Najdanovic - Head of Research Funding - Research Office

“A climate where people feel safe to contribute their ideas, thoughts and even challenges without fear of humiliation or recrimination.” Professor Amy Edmondson, Harvard Business School.

Levels of trust and psychological safety in a team can have a significant impact on performance. When it is present, motivation and innovation will increase. When we feel safe, we can communicate openly and transparently, and this allows us to learn and grow. A lack of trust results in mistakes being buried, and in difficulties with retention, stress and low morale.

This session will allow you to reflect on how a psychologically safe environment can be fostered and the role you play in this.

Three alternative dates – please only sign up to one as the content is identical.

In this session we will discuss together how to get your mentoring relationship off to a good start, how to build trust with your mentor and build your confidence as a mentee. We will also touch on how to overcome any obstacles in the mentoring relationship.

This interactive session aims to support our mentees to find a mentor. A selection of our currently available mentors will introduce themselves and share a little bit about their background, knowledge, and experience. It offers the opportunity for mentees to get to know some of our available mentors and consider whether they may be a good potential match. There will then be time for questions so that you can consider which potential mentors could best support your growth, learning, and career development.

Please take advantage of this chance to connect with mentors willing to share their experiences and assist you in achieving your goals. Sign up now and start your mentorship journey!

Leadership Essentials is a key programme suitable for those with responsibilities for the work, behaviour and development of others. The programme aims to help managers refresh and build their skills and experience in this area, as well as clarifying key responsibilities of manager and leader. It focuses on critical areas, such as giving and receiving feedback effectively and handling challenging conversations, using leadership styles and models to support individuals and teams. The programme incorporates tutor input; opportunities for discussion, case studies, reflection and sharing of good practice with others with similar responsibilities. It also includes curated e-learning resources to support managers with their ongoing learning and development.

Participants are required to attend both sessions.

Do you look at role profiles for technical managers and think ‘I could never do that?' If so, this interactive workshop will show you how to tackle that feeling of being stuck at your current level.

You’ll identify the transferable skills you already have, as well as the key management skills you can start developing now. Then you will feel much more confident to apply for the roles you’re interested in and will be better equipped to hit the ground running once you start your new position.

This Professional Services Development Programme Level 2 (previously the Administrator Development Programme, ADP), for generalist and specialist administrators draws on the expertise of senior figures in the University and provides up to date information on the various strands and issues of University strategy and governance. The programme includes some key skills development, a group project, and offers a valuable opportunity to network with professional service colleagues from the UAS and other departments and institutions.

• You need to meet the selection criteria for the programme and complete an application form for the programme.
• Applications will require approval by your line manager and will then be reviewed and prioritised by School Secretary, Head of Division and Head of Institution, Registrary as appropriate.
• Please see further information about key themes and speakers on the programme brochure.
• Applications typically open in May each year.

Leadership Essentials is a key programme suitable for those with responsibilities for the work, behaviour and development of others. The programme aims to help managers refresh and build their skills and experience in this area, as well as clarifying key responsibilities of manager and leader. It focuses on critical areas, such as giving and receiving feedback effectively and handling challenging conversations, using leadership styles and models to support individuals and teams. The programme incorporates tutor input; opportunities for discussion, case studies, reflection and sharing of good practice with others with similar responsibilities. It also includes curated e-learning resources to support managers with their ongoing learning and development.

Participants are required to attend both sessions.

Have you ever wondered what governance is, why it is necessary, and how the University is governed? Join us as we host Dr Regina Sachers, the University’s Director of Governance and Compliance, as she discusses the meaning and importance of governance in the higher education sector. Regina will also explain how the University is governed and will take questions after the talk.