Learning & Professional Development
Organisationsal Development offer a range of programmes and courses which can be accessed either via workshops or via self-directed online learning. You find information about all of these below as well as additional offerings from across The University of Manchester.
Leadership & Management
Organisational Development offer the following Leadership and Management programmes. You can view a summary of all courses here, or go directly onto the programme page links below:
- Leading at Manchester
- Leading for Research Fellows
- Managing at Manchester
- Managing at Manchester for Researchers
Workshops
The below workshop based courses are offered by Learning & Organisational development. Places on these courses are limited and users are invited to apply for courses via the Training Catalogue.
- Chairing Meetings that Deliver Results
- Coaching Skills for Managers
- Communicating Assertively
- Developing Personal Resilience for Change
- Giving Feedback Effectively
- Leading People Through Change
- Project Management - Foundation Level
- Project Management - Practitioner Level
- Project Management for Researchers
- Recruiting Staff at Manchester to PS Posts. Please complete the Recruitment Selection Toolkit before attending this course.
- Recruiting Staff at Manchester to Academic/Research Posts. Please complete the Recruitment Selection Toolkit before attending this course.
- Successful Delegation
The following staff lifecycle events are also faciltated by Learning & Organisational Development on behalf of teams within People & Organisational Development.
Online learning
Learning & Organisational Development have a number of online learning courses which are available to staff to access via self-enrolment on Blackboard.
- Communicating Assertively
- Coaching lessons for non-coaches
- Difficult conversations, Feedback, Influencing and Presentation skills
- Social Media Practioner
- Recruitment Selection Toolkit
After completing these courses, your Training Record will be updated automatically within 72 hrs. NOTE: Due to the cyber incident, staff are advised it can take up to 14 days for training records to be updated.
Your professional development
Our OD department is your gateway to holistic professoinal development. We are dedicated to nurturing your skills, fostering career advancement, and facilitating lifelong learning to empower you in every aspect of your profesional journey.
Training opportunities across UoM
You can discover more training opportunities across the University ranging from essential induction information for our new starters, important compliance and risk training, and ongoing resources and support for wellbeing, equality, diversity, inclusion and more.
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New Starters
All your induction information
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EDI
Equality, diversity & Inclusion
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AMBS ExecEd
Staff get 50% off fees
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ITL
Institute of Teaching & Learning
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Researcher Development
Development for researchers
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Manager Essentials
Information for Managers
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Microsoft 365
Help and support for Office365
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T&L Delivery
Find out more about our Teaching & Learning delivery
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Compliance and Risk
Compliance and Risk training
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Health & Safety
Browse courses
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Self-development
Browse our platforms