Welcome to People Development's Learning & Development Opportunities.

We are excited to be sharing with you our large selection of courses and programmes that have been hand selected and designed to support your personal and professional development, with each one linked to the University Strategy.               

Alongside this, we also have exciting new online content coming to UoRLearn throughout the course of the year, so make sure that you regularly log in to be kept up to date.

All courses are bookable either by clicking on any of the titles within this guide or by browsing the learning catalogue on UoRLearn.

We hope that you find something that interests you and suits your needs, however, if you do have any other requests or suggestions, then please get in touch at:

peopledevelopment@reading.ac.uk

You can also stay up to date with People Development news, additional courses, booking availability and training recommendations by connecting with us on Viva Engage.

 

Upcoming Courses   2025-2026

 Semester 1: 

November

6^th November – Coaching Skills for Leaders

6^th November – Change Management Training

11^th November – Effective Customer Support

11^th November - How to carry out fair and lawful investigations in staff and student cases

11^th November – Customer Service

12^th November – Managing Your Digital Researcher Profile

13^th November – Central Induction

13^th November - Shift Happens: Be the Change - The Henley Partnership

18^th November – Mental Health Awareness

19^th November – Data Management Plans for Research

19^th November – Storytelling

20^th November – Trans Awareness Training

20^th November – Active Bystander

25^th November - Riding the Rapids: Searching for Growth in an Increasingly Fractious World - The Henley Partnership

26^th November – Stakeholder Management

26^th November – Research Data Management: An Introduction

 

December

  2^nd December – Recruitment and Selection

3^rd December - Influencing with Impact - The Henley Partnership

4^th December - Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

4^th December - Data Management Plans for Research

 9^th December – Mental Health Awareness

9^th December – Decision Making in Staff and Student Cases

10^th December - Developing Leadership Presence: Increasing Your Range as a Leader - The Henley Partnership

11^th December – Active Bystander

16^th December - Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) – What, Why and How?

16^th December – Body Language

17^th December – Motivating Others

18^th December – Central Induction

 

January

8^th January – Recruitment and Selection Training

13^th January – Introduction to writing Successful Research Proposals

13th January – Successful Mentoring Workshop

14^th January – Presentation Skills

15^th January – Inspirational Leadership

15^th January – Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) – What, Why and How?

15^th January – How to carry out fair and lawful investigations in staff and student cases

15^th January – Central Induction

20^th January – New Line Manager Induction

21^st January – Active Bystander

22^nd January – Mental Health Awareness

28^th January -Confident Conversations for Leaders

28^th January – Research Data Management: An Introduction

29^th January – Team Development