Staff Development provide a diverse range of training and development activities for all university staff to assist you in your current or future role at the University. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/ http://www.lboro.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/Copyright 2010, Loughborough University, UK en-us 10 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/upcoming.asp?sem=4 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run= There are a number of online course which can be accessed at any time. Online Courses Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:05:44 +0000 Not Known http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/upcoming.asp?sem=4 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run= There are a number of online course which can be accessed at any time. Online Courses Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:44 +0100 Not Known http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11447 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11447 This one day session is facilitated by the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science Engineering and Technology (UKRC). It is designed to provide women in leadership positions (or those aspiring to them) in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences with a forum for: - Discussion of leadershi......... Management and Leadership Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 Research Office http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10559 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10559 The aim of this session is to: - develop an evaluative perspective on teaching practice - encourage a proactive approach to continuing professional development (CPD) - develop and enhance the skills of a reflective practitioner - understand the final requirements for the teaching portfolio......... Academic Practice Fri, 25 May 2012 09:15:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11465 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11465 Includes; Information on action to be taken upon receiving a bomb threat or suspicious package How to obtain information and record from telephoned bomb threat callers The procedures for dealing with a bomb threat against the University, including evacuation of buildings How to deal with suspi......... Health, Safety and Environment Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:00 +0100 Health, Safety and Environment http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11466 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11466 Includes; Information on action to be taken upon receiving a bomb threat or suspicious package How to obtain information and record from telephoned bomb threat callers The procedures for dealing with a bomb threat against the University, including evacuation of buildings How to deal with suspi......... Health, Safety and Environment Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Health, Safety and Environment http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10699 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10699 Do your students have the requisite academic skills to learn their subject? Do they know what skills they need? How are they supported in critical thinking? This workshop provides the opportunity to explore the idea of critical thinking and how you can play a role in supporting its development.......... Academic Practice Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10604 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10604 Coaching, as John Whitmore writes, "is not merely a technique to be wheeled out and rigidly applied in certain prescribed circumstances. It is a way of managing, a way of treating people, a way of thinking, a way of being." This one day workshop provides a safe environment to develop a shared un......... Management and Leadership Wed, 30 May 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10512 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10512 To make Japanese visitors/students feel welcome and comfortable and to show we care. To exceed expectations by speaking a few words of greeting and showing a knowledge of Japanese culture and their country - this reflects well on the staff member and their colleagues, the University, Loughborou......... Excellence Programme Wed, 30 May 2012 10:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10878 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10878 This session will help you to: - Understand the different ways Employers recruit Researchers - Gain greater awareness of different techniques for job seeking - Create your own job search strategy - Improve your preparation for the job search process - Understand sources of job vacancies - ......... Personal and Career Development Wed, 30 May 2012 12:00:00 +0100 Research Office http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10513 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10513 To make Japanese visitors/students feel welcome and comfortable and to show we care. To exceed expectations by speaking a few words of greeting and showing a knowledge of Japanese culture and their country - this reflects well on the staff member and their colleagues, the University, Loughborou......... Excellence Programme Wed, 30 May 2012 13:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10568 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10568 Academic writing style is different from general writing as there is a preference for more formal grammatical structures such as the use of passive voice and nominalization. Writing within an academic context requires formal or specialist vocabulary often uncommon in general writing. It should be a......... Administrative Skills Thu, 31 May 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10992 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10992 This course will explain the background to many common aspects of computer security. Terminology and concepts will be explained in easy to understand terms and there will be plenty of time for questions and practical advice.......... IT and University Systems Thu, 31 May 2012 13:00:00 +0100 IT Services http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11343 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11343 Many of us are trying to cope with the things that the world throws at us on a daily basis, changing economic climate, uncertainty, changing roles, values and cultures, working with limited resources. The world has always been a challenging place and one thing is for certain, change will continue t......... Personal and Career Development Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10526 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10526 Meditation and Relaxation has been practiced over 1000s of years and many have sung the praises of its great benefits. In our time now, there is established fact both scientifically and medically, that the regular practice of meditation releases stress and tension, mentally, emotionally and physi......... Personal and Career Development Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11160 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11160 Many users of Microsoft Project use it for tasks, relationships, milestones, scheduling, and completion recording (this is covered in our Introduction course). They stop, however, when it comes to resources and the allocation of resources, because Project does not work as they wish and it starts res......... IT and University Systems Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:00:00 +0100 IT Services http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11044 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11044 A workshop which provides information on the principles of risk assessment and an overview of their practical application in departments......... Health, Safety and Environment Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0100 Health, Safety and Environment http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10801 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10801 This session will highlight the importance of developing an appropriate and effective publishing strategy. It will demonstrate tools and databases that provide journal and bibliometric data and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both the tools and the statistics. It will help you to develop a......... Research Students Training Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Library http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10543 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10543 Many people find themselves managing projects without ever having been prepared for the task. This session will examine the planning that needs to go into successful project management and the skills that project managers need to have if they are to implement their plans. The emphasis will be on ......... Academic Practice Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10515 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10515 Assertiveness is about valuing ourselves, knowing our rights, and being able to speak up clearly and respectfully on our own behalf. These two sessions will offer participants a chance to learn and practise some skills in situations where assertiveness is often difficult like saying 'No' and mai......... Personal and Career Development Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10881 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10881 The course will highlight the principles of representing your skills and experience and achievements positiviely using good CV design. There will then be an opportunity for personal CVs to be reviewed and evaluated. This is a participative workshop.......... Personal and Career Development Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:00 +0100 Research Office http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10431 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10431 The aim of this session is to: - foster links between subject-based research and teaching - apply a scholarly approach to teaching, fostered in Units 1 and 2, to current teaching issues and future developments - to consider the role of student research and professional practice activity in taught......... Academic Practice Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10435 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10435 The relationship between teaching and research is complex and provides on-going challenges for all academics. This session allows us to explore the links between subject-based research and teaching within our own practice. We will also consider ways in which aspects of professional practice can be i......... Academic Practice Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11316 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11316 This session arises out of the University's commitment to equality and diversity as outlined in its 2016 strategy and out of a desire to respond to recent changes in legislation. The sessions will: - Explain why equality, diversity, harassment and bullying are key issues for the university to ad......... Essential training Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10439 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10439 Most undergraduate and masters courses include a final individual research project or a professional practice activity. These provide students with an opportunity to practise and demonstrate the combination of skills and knowledge acquired in the rest of the course. Supervision for these activities ......... Academic Practice Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10840 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10840 This workshop will pay particular attention to marketing and selling our research ideas and intellectual property to outside organisations for commercial gain. We will pay particular attention to marketing ideas to non-subject specialists.......... Research Students Training Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Graduate School http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10589 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10589 The session will examine best practice in bid writing, by considering examples of real research proposals. Participants will act as peer reviewers, in order to identify key features of successful proposals, and conversely, characteristics of poor proposals.......... Academic Practice Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10480 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10480 Mind Maps are powerful tools for absorbing information and organising large volumes of facts. The principal idea is drawn in the centre, with major branches radiating outwards. Further levels of thought, expressed in terms of key words or images, are connected to the main branches with thinner lines......... Administrative Skills Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10428 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10428 Spring Forward is a personal development programme and the outcome will vary depending on the individual, how much the individual wants to participate and personally get out of it. Things that are covered include - putting your positive attributes to work - harnessing your 'drivers' for increa......... Personal and Career Development Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10482 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10482 In this age of information overload, speed reading skills will help you to conquer those stacks of unread memos, reports, manuals, newspapers and journals. This technique is more than just reading fast, it's about reading efficiently. It involves selecting carefully what you will read and deciding w......... Administrative Skills Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10865 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10865 These are short sessions offering individual advice for any research student deciding the best way for them to satisfy transferable skills element of the PhD. If you are not sure what is expected of you, whether the activities you have undertaken are suitable, or simply how you can fit everything i......... Research Students Training Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Graduate School http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11180 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11180 Do you know what an Equality Impact Assessment is? Have you been tasked with completing one? Are you developing a new strategy/project/policy/service or revising an existing strategy/project/policy/service? Are you organising an office move for your staff? Are you advising others on equality and......... Equality and Diversity Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10586 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10586 To highlight the importance of getting articles published. To identify the editor's perspective on publications. To share good practice.......... Academic Practice Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10386 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10386 This brief session will help internal applications present themselves as effectively as possible when they apply for an internal post. Good practice in writing an application and in being interviewed will be described, and particular issues for internal candidates will be highlighted.......... Personal and Career Development Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10573 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10573 To enable participants to develop the clarity of their spoken English and to improve communication skills for lecturing purposes in the UK university context. To provide delegates with diagnostic help for specific voice and communication issues. Content will include - understanding the way th......... Academic Practice Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11132 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11132 If you have ever wondered what kinds of programs get recommended to assist students with disabilities, this is a chance to see some of them. You might have heard of text to speech or speech to text, but what is the difference and what do they look like? The Assessment Centre based in Counselling a......... Equality and Diversity Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:10:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10571 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10571 The aims of the session are to enable participants to develop a range of techniques for good voice production and to provide diagnostic help for delegates on specific voice issues. Content will include: * why you have the voice you do * understanding the way the voice works * posture * breat......... Academic Practice Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10780 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10780 Sustainability is being taken increasingly seriously across the higher education sector and it is an issue which Loughborough University has prioritised within its strategic plan. A massively important aspect of the sustainability agenda concerns how we integrate sustainability thinking within our t......... Academic Practice Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11375 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11375 USS personnel will explain the scheme's details, benefits and future developments.......... Personal and Career Development Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11142 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11142 Following a successful pilot, we're pleased to announce the roll out of training. Please register your interest and once we have sufficient numbers we will advise you of the date. Manage your email, don't let your email manage you! This unrivalled email etiquette seminar will help you bre......... IT and University Systems Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0100 IT Services http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11376 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=11376 USS personnel will explain the scheme's details, benefits and future developments.......... Personal and Career Development Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10611 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10611 OUTLINE COURSE PROGRAMME Identifying problems for the note-taker. Planning for the meeting and preparing an agenda. Purpose and functions of agenda; content, sequence, timing, wording. Listening and recall techniques. How to extract central ideas; understanding and then rephrasing the sp......... Administrative Skills Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Staff Development http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10443 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10443 Supervisors play a key role in the lives of PhD students. The aim of this session is to increase understanding of what is required to support research students to satisfactory completion of a PhD and to have an excellent research student experience at Loughborough. You will have the opportunity ......... Academic Practice Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:30:00 +0100 Teaching Centre http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10745 http://pdwww.lboro.ac.uk/eventdetails.asp?run=10745 ......... Research Students Training Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:00:00 +0100 Graduate School