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

   

September 

17th September - Pensions Drop in Session

18th September - Central Induction

19th September - Creative Thinking & Innovation

20th September - Effective Networking

23rd September - Understanding the basics of the University of Reading Pension Scheme x2

23rd September - Pensions Drop in Session x2

26th September - Grade 6 Research Staff Development Workshop

30th September - Confident Conversations for Leaders

 

October

2nd October - Introduction to Writing Successful Research Reports

3rd October - Inspiring Career Conversations

8th October - Pensions Drop in Session

8th October - Where Did You Learn to Behave Like That? The Henley Partnership Masterclass

15th October - Grade 6 Research Staff Development Workshop

15th October - Managing Through Change

15th October - Managing Through Change for Leaders

17th October - Pensions Drop in Session

22nd October - Active Bystander

22nd October - Central Induction

22nd October - How to Carry Out Fair & Lawful Investigations in Staff and Student Cases

23rd October - Financial Planning for Your Retirement

24th October - Resume for Research and Innovation (R4RI) - what, why and how?

25th October - Personal Presence and Impact

30th October - Aspiring Managers

 

November

5th November - Leadership Resilience: Thriving as a Leader in Disruptive Times - The Henley Partnership Webinar

5th November - Skills for Administrative Assistants

7th November - ORCiD Identifiers - What are they and why do I need one?

7th November - Recruitment and Selection

12th November - Will the US Election Trigger a Global Economic Earthquake? and How will Britain Cope with the Aftershocks? The Henley Partnership Webinar 

13th November - Hybrid Working for Staff

13th November - Introduction to Altmetric Explorer

13th November - Pensions Drop in Session

13th November - Research: UKRI Open Access policy for books, chapters, and edited collections

14th November - Emotional Intelligence

14th November - How to Carry Out Fair & Lawful Investigations in Staff and Student cases

19th November - Introduction to Bibliometrics

19th November - Pensions Drop in Session

19th November - Trans Awareness Training

20th November - Mastering Your Mindset: Managing Imposter Syndrome

21th November - Central Induction

26th November - New Line Manager Induction (Day 1 of 2)

 

December

3rd December - New Line Manager Induction (Day 2 of 2)

3rd December - Pensions Drop in Session

3rd December - Software is Eating the World, AI is Changing the Menu - The Henley Partnership Webinar

4th December - Negotiation Skills

9th December - Inclusive Language

10th December - Active Bystander

12th December - Thinking as a Manager

18th December - Central Induction

 

January

8th January - Recruitment and Selection

16th January - Pensions Drop in Session

21st January - Managing through Change

21st January - Managing through Change for Leaders

22nd January - Pensions Drop in Session

23rd January - Central Induction

23rd January - Thinking Under Pressure

29th January - Mastering Your Mindset: Managing Imposter Syndrome

 

February

5th February - Confident Conversations for Leaders