Skill sharing masterclasses for academic staff
07 Jan 2014
A new portfolio of lunchtime masterclasses for academics - led by leading academics and administrators - has been added to the staff training calendar as part of a new approach to academic staff training at the University.
Training and learning can be a catalyst for new ways of thinking and for ensuring you have the right combination of skills. It can help you work in new ways, save you time and support you in working effectively with colleagues and the University’s support services.
The new masterclass sessions will cover a wide range of topics including: managing research centres, supporting the career development of researchers, teaching large lectures, being a programme director and finance skills for principal investigators.
Each masterclass includes lunch and the opportunity to share experiences with fellow academic colleagues from across the University. The sessions are open to experienced academics.
Dr Kingsley Purdam, Academic Director for Academic Staff Training and Development at the University said: “The University is investing in a new approach to academic staff training with a focus on Continuing Professional Development (CPD). This involves identifying and planning training needs, skill sharing and recording and reflecting on learning and development. The ongoing undertaking of professional training is increasingly seen as an important part of academic staff career development and is identified in personal development reviews. The content and design of these new masterclasses has been informed by evidence from the staff survey and also the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning in higher education”.
Academic staff are encouraged to keep an Academic Training Record to document the training they have undertaken and to reflect on how useful it has been. Staff can also use the ‘My Profile Training’ tool record hosted on the STDU website.
Places on each masterclass are limited. You can reserve your place at the STDU Training Catalogue. Just type in ‘CPD’ into the search.
Forthcoming masterclasses include:
- CPDA1 Principal Investigator Skills 1 - Successful Research Centres and Building Sustainable Funding Streams.
- CPDA2 Academic Leadership Skills 1 - Skills for Chairing Meetings.
- CPDA3 Advanced Publishing Skills 1 - How to Get Published and to Continue to Get Published in Leading Academic Journals.
- CPDA4 Academic Leadership Skills 2 - Supervising Final Year PhD Students.
- CPDA5 Advanced Teaching Skills 1 - Advanced Approaches for Delivering Large Group Lectures.
- CPDA6 Academic Leadership Skills 3 - Peer Reviewing of Colleagues' Teaching.
- CPDA7 Impact Skills 1 - Communicating Research Through the Media and To Policy Makers.
- CPDA8 Principal Investigator Skills 2 - Successful Management of Research Teams and Career Development of Research Staff.
- CPDA9 Academic Leadership Skills 4 - Career Research Integrity and Reporting Research Findings.
- CPDA10 Impact Skills 2 - Building Links With Industry, Practitioners and Policy Makers (Regional, National, International).
- CPDA11 Principal Investigators Skills 3 - Finance Skills For Managing Grant Funding (i).
- CPDA12 Impact Skills 3 - Social Media For Academics: Research Dissemination.
- CPDA13 Academic Leadership Skills 5 - How to Be a Successful Programme Director.
More masterclasses and training opportunities will be added in the coming months. If you have any suggestions for topics to be covered or would like to give a masterclass, please contact: