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Essential Training

University Staff Induction

- this course is essential training for all new staff. The aim of the Induction is to provide new staff with an introduction to the University and its vision, staff benefits, training opportunities and services which are available to all staff.  The Staff Induction is to compliment and top up the “local” Induction that is experienced within each School/Service at UEL.  To learn more about UEL’s Induction process http://www.uel.ac.uk/hrservices/induction/index.htm.

Academic Staff Induction

- this course is essential training for all new academic staff, and has been designed to complement the university and local induction programmes by providing specific information and guidance on academic related matters, such as understanding the requirements of the Academic and Quality Framework and know where to seek further information and guidance, be aware of research requirements and the facilities to support research, plus explore professional development opportunities at UEL and available support.                                                   

Leading Success: An Induction Programme for New Programme Leaders

- this course is essential training for all new programme leaders. The programme is hands-on and practical, and is designed to support you in managing your role effectively and confidently by enabling you to fully understand your leadership role, its remit and how it fits in with our infrastructure. It is also an opportunity to update your knowledge and skills, to share your experience with your peers and to develop good practice across UEL. Experienced programme leaders are most welcome to attend if they choose to do so and feel that they would gain value from additional training.

Recruitment and Selection

- this course is essential training for all staff who are involved on interview and selection panels and who have not attended the UEL programme previously. UEL’s Policy on Recruiting and Selecting staff states that all staff are required to attend one of our Staff Recruitment and Selection Skill workshops before they can participate in a job interview panel. The course will cover using the online recruiting software Stonefish, plus review and practice key recruitment and selection activities; compiling a person specification, short listing, and interview/questioning techniques.

Towards Inclusion for People with Disabilities E - Module

- this e-programme allows colleagues to gain a greater insight into how students and staff with disabilities experience our institution and whether we are achieving our vision of becoming truly inclusive. It is designed to be provoking, challenging and ultimately helpful in raising your awareness of disability and the things that we can all do to create a supportive environment for our students and colleagues. It discusses our legal obligations and also provides some excellent information and resources to support our disabled students and staff. In particular it examines the key disabilities at UEL which are Dyslexia; Blind/Partially Sight; Deaf/Hearing Impaired/Hard of Hearing; Wheelchair use/Mobility Difficulty; Unseen Disability (e.g. Diabetes, Epilepsy); Mental Health Difficulty and Aspergers. To access the module please go to the UEL home page at uel.ac.uk and log in to UEL Direct.  Then select UELplus and from your course list select the module entitled ‘Staff Training – Towards Inclusion for People with Disabilities at UEL’.  You will then find instructions for completing this module and the course evaluation.

Diversity in the Workplace E - Module

- this e-programme covers the areas of the key features and provisions of equalities legislation; the broader equality and diversity issues and your responsibilities and rights as a member of staff at UEL. To access this E-Module please use this link https://uel.marshallacmtraining.co.uk/.

Performance Management for SDR for Reviewers

- this one-day workshop is aimed at all new managers and all existing managers who have responsibility for conducting Staff Development Reviews, but have yet to be trained. The specific aim of this practical workshop is to develop an appreciation of performance management and to develop and refresh the skills needed for successfully managing the performance of staff you manage.

 

How to Get the Best from your SDR for Reviewees

- this half-day workshop is aimed at all new and existing staff, academic and support, who have successfully completed their probationary period and are preparing for their Staff Development and Review meeting, but have yet to be trained in the process. The specific aim of this practical workshop is to appreciate Staff Development and Review as an opportunity to develop new skills, clarify your work objectives and further your career.

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IT Courses

Introduction to Access

- this course covers a range of database functionsforcreating a simple Access database including Input screens; Queries and Reports; CreatingTables; Creating Selection Queries; Calculations in Access; Designing Input Screens and Reports.

Introduction to MS Project

- this course is designed to enable you to use the software to plan, monitor and control your project.

Introduction to Prezi

-  It will also include registering to use Prezi, explaining its differences to PowerPoint, creating slides Prezi, inserting images, text, video, linking to Youtube, adding animation and viewing your presentation.

Intermediate - Excel for Graphs & Databases

- this course is designed to develop your graph and data base skills by using advanced functions such as filter and sub tables, creating and amending graphs.

Intermediate - Excel for Statistics & Finance

- this course is designed to provide participants with the skills to produce a spreadsheet to produce statistics or manage budgets.

Advancing with Access

- this course is designed enable you to use the relational aspects to produce a database that will minimise redundant information by using calculated fields, functions in queries forms based on Queries and sub forms and sub reports.

Excel for Graphs and Databases - Advance Level

- this course covers a range of database and graphical functions in Excel that include Bubble Graphs, 2 Axis Graphs, Pivot Tables, Pivot Table Graphs, Custom Graphs and Using Visual Basic in Macros to amend Data.

Using Visual Basic with Excel

- Visual basic can be used to add functionality to an Excel spreadsheet to carryout tasks that may not be possible through the normal tools available.  In this course we explore how you can write you own VBA code to carryout data manipulation tasks. This course is designed to enable delegates to be able to write basic macros using VBA to manipulate and update data. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

Advancing with Word

- this course is designed to provide delegates with an understanding of the word functions to manage long documents, including table of contents, and to use mail merge, macros and auto text.

Advancing with PowerPoint

- this course covers arange of functions in PowerPoint to produce a professional presentation including inserting graphs; creating flowcharts; slide and graph animation; slide transition; inserting sound and video; using video controls; importing ‘youtube’ clips into PowerPoint and adding timings.

Excel for Statistics and Finance - Advance Level

- this course covers a range of statistical functions in Excel to produce a professional data report including Frequency; Scenarios; DataAnalysisToolPack and ‘What is analysis’ usingSolver.

Movie Maker

- this course is designed for delegates to get to know the Windows Movie Maker screen and to learn how to import photos and videos, understanding the timeline, add music or sounds, narration, video transitions and video effects, adding titles and credits, and adjusting frames per second and saving movies in different formats. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

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Continuous Professional Development Courses

Effective Emails and Letters

- this course is designed to provide you with skills on how to structure your emails/letters in a reader-friendly way, write in a way that’s clear and engaging for your readers, construct paragraphs that flow logically and avoid the most common grammar and punctuation mistakes. This course is suitable to anyone who wishes to improve on their written communication.

Writing Effective Reports

- this course is designed to provide you with the skills to apply an appropriate structure for longer documents, learn how to write logically and persuasively, identify the features of a good executive summary, construct paragraphs that flow logically and write in a way that’s clear and engaging for your readers. This course is suitable for those members of staff that frequently write reports and wish to improve their existing skills.

Grammar and Punctuation Essentials

- >this course is designed to give you an understanding of the fundamentals of good punctuation and grammar, give you the confidence about the accuracy of your writing, identify the most common grammar and punctuation myths and learn professional proofreading techniques. This course is suitable for anyone who wishes to brush up on their grammar and punctuation skills.

Handling Challenging Situations with Students

- this course is designed to be interactive and participative, allowing staff to discuss their own examples and experiences of challenging situations with students. The course is designed in such a way that it will give you the confidence to handle a challenging situation with an assertive or aggressive student, particularly in a one to one situation i.e. after a lecture or in your office, to be able to calm situations down in a professional manner, where emotions are taking over in an unhelpful way, to proactively problem solve to resolve conflict situations and where to gain appropriate support at UEL for yourself and your students. The course will cover the topics What creates a challenging situation; Creating a calm environment; Emotional Triggers; Techniques for handling assertiveness and aggression; Handling difficult situations professionally and Planning for action.

Library E - Resources

- this course is designed to provide staff with a brief introduction to the e-resources available via the Library and Learning Centres through demonstrations and hands-on exercises. The session will cover Athens (including creating an Athens account), e-books, accessing individual electronic journals via the library catalogue and Find an E-Journal, accessing and searching the databases, online search strategies and current awareness-alerting services.

Introduction to EndNote

- this course offers a brief introduction to the bibliography and reference management software EndNote. The class will touch on the Web version but will focus on the main EndNote software. It will be a hands-on, practical session where you can add references and export them to Word, and set up your EndNote Web account for offsite use. There will be demos and lots of opportunities to ask questions during the class.

Citation Analysis

- this course is designed to enable staff to gain an awareness of what is meant by citation analysis and its benefits for their research, to develop an understanding of such terms as impact factor, immediacy index, h-index and gain an awareness of the main tools which they could use for citation analysis such as Web of Knowledge Journal Citation Reports, SCIMago, Google Scholars etc.  Having the knowledge of the concept of citation analysis will enable staff to establish the leading journals in their field of research; the leading institutions in their area of research; the leading academics in their area of research and the leading countries in their area of research.  This in turn will enable staff to make an informed judgement as to the journals in which they should publish and with whom they should collaborate.

Understanding the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts

- this course is intended to provide a commonsense approach to dealing with data protection issues. Participants will be provided with an overview of both the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of Information Act, two pieces of very different legislation that can be, and are often, confused, sometimes with unfortunate consequences. The course will provide practical advice and guidance about the handling and disclosure of personal data, and what it is safe, or unsafe, to disclose.

Proactive Project Management

- this course is designed to cover the basics of project management in some detail and to provide delegates with a straightforward model
for managing a project successfully, including the key principles, tools and techniques and skills in project management.

Customer First: Managing Face to Face Customer Relationships

- This workshop is designed to enable participants to confidently and effectively build customer relationships through building a rapport, creating the best first impression and understanding the dynamics within a relationship. The workshop will also focus on the core customer service skills for face-to-face communications, managing conflict for a positive outcome and planning for action.

Copy Right - Keeping Teaching Legal in the Digital Age

- this two-hour workshop will provide various information and discussion that should help you keep your teaching legal. This course is suitable for all research and teaching staff. The course will cover the questions: do all published and unpublished materials have copyrights, does copyright protect ideas; what to consider when preparing and delivering your teaching and research which may involve copyright and what is CLA?

Intellectual Property Development

- this workshop, run in conjunction with ReDS, will highlight some knowledge of innovation and intellectual property, intellectual property rights and intellectual property development, relating to knowledge transfer in the public sector. The workshop has two parts. In part one there will be an introduction of the main forms of intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property rights (IPR). This will be followed by case studies leading to discussion on issues relating to knowledge transfer, benefiting the process of academic or commercial exploitation of their work, in particular research. Various forms of IP covered by the workshop include patents, copyrights, database rights, designs, trademark and know-how. Practical help and advice will be provided.

Consulting for Business

- The purpose of this programme is to explore the role of the management consultant and the application of being a consultant. It considers the
skills, knowledge and professional behaviours required by an effective consultant and will give you a framework to evaluate your current knowledge, skills and behaviours to plan your future development. This programme will use and apply current best practice from the international consultancy market; incorporate a dynamic human behaviours model developed through recent research; be energetic, participative and reflective; contain pre-course material to outline and reflect upon current work practice. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

Pitching for Business

- A selling-skills course that builds on the previously offered Consulting for Business. Having addressed the themes of knowledge, skills and behaviours on that programme, we here extend our understanding of the entry phase of the consultancy cycle, focusing on the art of selling. The aim of this one-day course is to equip participants with the necessary tools, techniques, language and confidence to pitch a business idea to an external client in either the public or private sector. You will have need to already have attended the Consulting for Business course to attend this one. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

Presenting with Impact

- Delivering presentations to deliver a business case, whether it is inside the University or to an external audience, may well require the use of a framework and techniques more easily recognisable in the commercial world than in the classroom. This course will cover creating initial impact and credibility; setting audience expectations and dealing with interruptions; framework and systematic process; use of body language; presenting as part of a team; reducing nerves; presentation tips and advanced tools; practice and feedback; scenarios and advice for individual participants; and a follow-up consultation with the course tutor. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

Building Cross-cultural Understanding: You and Your International Students

- This course is designed to increase your understanding of your own and other cultures so you can work more effectively with students from diverse cultural backgrounds. The course will explore cross-cultural difference: scenarios highlighting issues you may face in your day-to-day work when engaging with people from different cultures, eg language and communication, different views of status, age and gender, different approaches to task and time. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

Cross-cultural Competence in Overseas Recruitment & International Partnerships

- This course is designed to support staff to build on their cross-cultural competence and knowledge so that they are better equipped to recruit international students and develop stronger international partnerships. The course will include scenarios focusing on a number of crosscultural issues (importance of face and harmony; approach to task and relationships; status and hierarchy) to explore different aspects on an international recruitment visit including effective meetings, negotiations and contracts, and presenting to a cross-cultural audience. There will also be an opportunity to speak with an assocaiate from the focused countries to receive an instant response to questions and queries you may have regarding the cultural difference. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

The ILM Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management

- The ILM Level-3 Award in Leadership and Management Skills aims to give practising or aspiring first-line managers the foundation for their formal development in the first-line management role. The course will cover leadership styles and leadership qualities; connecting the team with vision and strategy; motivate and develop the team; know how to describe a problem, its nature, scope and impact; know how to solve a problem; know how to plan the implementation and communication of decisions. You must complete the necessary assessment activities – a leadership reflective review and a work-based assignment. You will be supported with individual feedback on your draft work. Further details can be found in the Learning and Development Handbook.

The ILM Level 5 Award in Leadership and Management

- The ILM Level-5 Award in Leadership and Management aims to give practising middle or senior managers formal development in their management role. The course will cover the two topics Becoming an Effective Leaderand Leading Innovation and Change. These topics in turn will cover the following areas

Becoming an Effective Leader

  • Evaluate own ability to use a range of leadership styles, in different situations and with different types of people, to fulfil the leadership role
  • Use theories of emotional intelligence to review the effect of emotions on own and others’ performance
  • Review own ability to set direction and communicate this to others
  • Review own ability to motivate, delegate and empower others

Leading Innovation and Change

  • Understand the need for innovation and change management within an organisation
  • Be able to propose innovative solutions to improve organisational performance
  • Be able to lead and manage change within an organisation

You must complete the necessary assessment activities – written assignments for both topics, Becoming an Effective Leader and Leading Innovation and Change, plus a book review on leadership. You will be supported with individual feedback on your draft work.

Introduction to Sustainability

- this course is delivered as an interactive and engaging half day workshop. The aim of the session is to provide delegates with an understanding of sustainability at UEL, why it is important to the university and enable staff to embed environmentally responsible actions into the institution. This session will be particularly useful for New Starters and for colleagues who wish to increase their awareness of UEL’s Environmental Management. All delegates who attend the session will receive a free KeepCup. The workshop will cover the areas Why are we here; Environmental Management at UEL; Green things in your workspace; Getting involved and a Q & A section.

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Quality Enhancement

Chairs of Assessment Boards

- this course is designed to provide you with an understanding of the role of the Chair; working effectively with the Assessment BoardServicingOfficer to ensure adequate preparation and planning is done.

Committee Servicing and Minute Taking

- this course is designed to provide an understanding of the business of the committee you service; ensure you are aware of the standing items for the committee; identify appropriate items for each agenda; and develop skills for preparation and organising meetings, writing an agenda, taking notes and minutes and carrying out follow-up work.

Supporting our Collabrative Partners

- this half day course is designed to examine strategies for effective and efficient management of collaborative links; identify strategies for better supporting your partners; identify and share good practice. This course is suitable for link persons (old and new to the role) and administrative staff in Schools with responsibility for day-to-day liaison with partner organisations/ collaborative partners

Members of School Quality Standing Committees (SQSCs)

- this course is designed to provide an understanding of the business of SQSCs and the role of SQSC members; to equip SQSC members to effectively scrutinise REP, external examiner and programme (re)approval documentation, identify relevant lines of enquiry and determine appropriate outcomes; identify key reference points against which to evaluate proposals.

Training for Validation and Review Panel Members

- this course is designed to provide an understanding of the validation and review processes and the role of internal panel members; to equip panel members to effectively scrutinise validation and review documentation, identify relevant lines of enquiry and determine appropriate outcomes; to identify key reference points against which to evaluate proposals. This course is suitable for all academic staff involved or interested in acting as members of validation and review panels. For more information, please contact Joanne Wood.

Review and Enhancement Process Briefings

- this course is designed to identify the key features and messages required in a REP report; use appropriate evidence in constructing a REP report; analysis of statistical indicators for REP; develop analysis and action planning.

Establishing Collaborative Partnerships

- this course is designed to enable staff to understand and be able to use effectively the tools and processes for the establishement and approval of collaborative partnerships and programmes; drafting the memorandum of cooperation (MoC) in order to use as a tool for defining the relationship between UEL and partner institution; commercial and financial imperatives.

Chairs of Validation Panels

- this course is designed to enable staff to gain an understanding of the stages of an approval event and the Chair's role; reponsibilities and good practice; practical advice on handling difficult situations.

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