We are very pleased to announce the arrival of the LUU Staff Training Programme 2011-12.
The training activities below are available for all staff (both weekly and monthly paid) depending on your development needs. There’s a range of options available to best suit your learning style including training workshops, e-learning modules and books. Most of the cost of the training is being met by LUU’s central training budget.
As well as this programme there will also be a separate Development Programme aimed at LUU’s Leaders & Managers. Further info will follow, if you have any queries regarding this Programme please contact Antonia Frezza at a.frezza@leeds.ac.uk
To find out what's on offer and get started, click on the links below.
Improve Your Understanding Of LUU Behaviours
Benefits of this learning
Get a clear understanding of LUU’s five behaviours and what they mean for our staff on a day to day basis
Your Learning Options – please speak to your manager before you sign up for a session!
Option 1: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Ask your manager to run a behaviours session at your next team meeting. Exercises are available from the HR Department.
Option 2: Suitable for: New and existing staff members at LUU
Attend a Leeds Service Experience induction session as a refresher. The session is focused around providing a first class service to our internal and external customers and what our behaviours mean for us on a daily basis at LUU. The refresher can be held at your team meetings if you prefer. Contact Helen Stewart to arrange a LSE session.
Learn About Other Departments
Benefits of this learning
• Feel like you are part of LUU, not just a department.
• Gain knowledge of other operations
• Meet new people
• Student staff – a great opportunity to gain transferrable skills and learn more about your chosen future career
Your learning options – please speak to your manager before you sign up to agree whether your learning will take place during working time
Option 1: suitable for: all LUU members of staff (weekly and monthly paid)
Take part in the ‘Walking In Others Shoes’ Week running in June 2012. This is a great opportunity to shadow a person from another team and find out what goes outside your department.
Contact Georgina Wood for more details.
Option 2: suitable for: all LUU members of staff (weekly and monthly paid)
Take up a volunteer opportunity. Contact Rose Hampton to find out about current staff volunteer opportunities.
Fundraising Knowledge
Improve your ability to write successful fundraising bids and advise our members on fundraising options.
Benefits of this learning
• Increase the money you raise through successful fundraising bids
• Improve the level of advice you give to our members
Your learning Solution
Suitable For: Anyone with responsibility for writing funding bids or advising members on fundraising options.
Speak to your Manager then contact Georgina Wood who can advise on an appropriate external fundraising training programme
Managing Budgets
Benefits of this learning
• Improved budgeting skills for day to day budget management.
• Increased understanding of financial accounting procedures.
• A more effective budgeting process in 2012.
Your Learning Options – please speak to your manager before you sign up to a session!
Option 1: Suitable for: All members of LUU staff
Read the article on Finance for Non-Finance Managers at
www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_45.htm.
Read the above article and want more? Email George Wood for further reading.
Option 2: Suitable for anyone who manages a budget
Attend a LUU training workshop on ‘Managing your budget at LUU’ Training will take place in April 2012. Contact Helen Stewart to sign up to a session
Project Management
Benefits of this learning
• Learn a range of practical tools and techniques to improve how you design, plan and monitor projects.
• e-learning options to be completed at your own pace
• Improve the ‘Big idea’ project managers and contributors.
• Focus on how you can effectively deliver, evaluate and learn from projects.
Your Learning Options please speak to your manager before you sign up to agree your goals and whether your learning will be during working time
Option 1: Suitable for: All members of LUU staff
Complete the Project Management Infokit:
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/project-management/
Follow the programme in the box on the left hand side of the webpage.
Option 2: Suitable For: Available to anyone who is a strategic plan ‘Big Idea’ Leader or Contributor
Attend the Practical Project Management one day course. Training will take place at LUU in February and April 2012 and is delivered by the Directory of Social Change.
To view an agenda and sign up click here
Time Management
Benefits of this learning
• Become more effective with your time to achieve better results
• Quicker, more effective day to day working
• Improve your work-life balance by not having to work long hours!
Your learning options please speak to your manager before you sign up to agree your goals and whether your learning will be during working time
Option 1: suitable for all members of LUU staff
Complete the Time Management Infokit http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/time-management
Follow the programme in the box on the left hand side of the webpage.
Option 2: suitable for all members of LUU Staff
Attend an University of Leeds Personal Time Management course. Click here to book a course. * Please be patient, this link takes time!
Option 3: suitable for all members of LUU Staff
Read LUU’s book of Top Time management tips (available from HR from April 2012).
Option 4: suitable for all members of LUU Staff
Attend a LUU ‘Managing your Time session’ Email Helen Stewart to sign up to a session
Presentation Skills
Benefits of this learning
• Improve your confidence presenting in public
• Pick up practical presenting tips
• Produce better quality, more interesting presentations not just relying on Powerpoint!
Your Learning Options – please speak to your manager before you sign up for a session!
Option 1: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Complete the presentation skills assessment and the follow up actions at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCS_96.htm.
Option 2: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Attend an LUU 1 hour session on “How to give a great presentation” Email Helen Stewart to sign up to the next session here
Option 3: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Attend a University of Leeds training course. Choose from 2 options A) Presentational Skills for Beginners or B) For the more advanced. Click here to book a course. (Please be patient, this link takes time!)
Persuasion and Influencing
Staff 1-2-1 Meetings
Please speak to your manager before you start either of the options!
Benefits of this learning
• More of our staff receiving better quality, more regular feedback
• Improve your ability to support student staff in identifying transferrable skills they have learned at LUU
Option 1: Available to anyone with responsibility for conducting 1-2-1s
Complete an e-learning module 'the importance of criticism'.
Contact Helen Stewart to begin the training.
Option 2: Available to anyone with responsibility for conducting 1-2-1s. Sessions start April 2012.
Attend a 1-2-1 training session, focusing on giving constructive feedback, setting objectives and identifying transferrable skills.
Sign up to a session on 17 April here.
Train the Trainer
Please speak to your manager before you sign up!
Benefits of this learning
• Improve the effectiveness of the training delivered to your staff
• Improve your confidence training others
• Improve your communication skills
• Learn a useful new skill!
Option 1: Suitable for: Anyone who is prepared to train others at LUU
Attend a Train the Trainer 1 day course ran at LUU by an external provider. Course to take place all day at LUU on Thurs 16 Feb 2012.Email Georgina Wood to request a place on the course.
Please note the cost of this training is being covered for one member of staff per department. Everyone taking part on this course may be asked to deliver up to 4 training sessions per year to wider groups of staff in 2012-13.
LUU Brand Guidelines
Benefits of this learning
• Improve the quality of LUU’s communications
• Improve the consistency of LUU’s communications
• Learn how to ‘sound’ and ‘look’ like the Union
• Saves time using ready-made templates for your work
Option 1: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Visit our Brand Guidelines mini site.
Option 2: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Attend the People and Plans induction session which includes training on the brand guidelines. This covers all aspects of the brand guidelines including social media, templates, resources etc. Contact Helen Stewart to sign up to a session.
Web Administration
Benefits of this learning
• Improve the quality of LUU’s communications
• Improve the consistency of LUU’s communications
• Learn how to ‘sound’ and ‘look’ like the Union
• Saves time using ready-made templates for your work
Option 1: Suitable for: all LUU Website Administrators
Book some 1-2-1 training with Emily Carlill, Website Development Coordinator.Contact Emily.
Managing Risks
Manual Handling
Benefits of this learning
• Less injuries at work as a result of manual handling practices
• A safe, happy, healthy workplace
Option 1: Suitable for: Any member of staff at LUU
Attend an office or commercial manual handling training session. Contact Helen Stewart to sign up to a session.
Microsoft Office Skills
Benefits of this learning
• e-learning options to be completed at own pace
• Classroom based learning options on Campus
• You will be able to use more automated processes using Excel
• Quicker, more effective day to day working
• Improve your PC confidence
• Make yourself more employable!
Your Options – speak to your manager before you start to agree whether the cost of the course will be covered and the amount of work time you will be given to complete the training!
Option 1
Suitable for Anyone requiring basic, intermediate or advanced Excel
Complete a University of Leeds e-learning module for Microsoft Excel at the link here http://iss.leeds.ac.uk/info/260/itis_training/866/e-learning_modules * Contact George Wood for LUU’s access codes
* Please be patient, this link is slow!
Option 2
Suitable for LUU staff with intermediate Excel skills
Complete an Advanced Excel e-learning module (6 hours) to become the department’s ‘Excel Expert’.
Contact Helen Stewart to arrange PC access and an account here
Option 3
Suitable For LUU staff needing specific Excel functionality training e.g. V look ups, macros etc
Attend a half/full day University ISS course. Click here to book your place* * Please be patient, this link is slow!
There are other Microsoft modules available here in Word, Outlook etc. If this is a development need, please use this resource freely but let us know so we can keep track of the number of employees using the resource. .