General courses
A selection of workshops offered by OCSLD to support personal effectiveness at work.
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Academic performance tracking tool user training ½ day |
Learn how to run reports on student and programme performance, and analyse demographics and Widening Participation attributes. In particular, learn how to get up-to-date information to support the Strategic Planning and Annual Review processes. | Anyone who needs up-to-date info on KPIs, students (retention etc) and applications. | |
| APQO staff development workshops | A series of workshops focusing on quality assurance and committee governance. | For dates see here | |
| This workshop (based on the capability policy) offers an opportunity to look at practical ways to raise your initial concerns about individual performance and setting a measurable action plan and the way forward. | New Managers |
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Career and personal development website ½ day |
The Career and Personal Development website, launched at the end of 2011 by OCSLD. It is a resource for all staff to support both personal and professional development, whatever stage in your career. | All staff |
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½ day |
Learn to plan, conduct and contribute to effective meetings; explore different techniques for managing content and interaction at meetings. | Anyone who has to chair meetings |
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Communication and assertiveness skills (Communicating effectively) 1 day
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This workshop will explore models of effective interpersonal communication and identify factors that influence organisational communication. You will identify barriers to effective communication and explore skills for improving communication. The workshop will also identify types of assertive behaviour, identify triggers to your behaviour and explore techniques for developing assertiveness skills. | Anyone who needs to communicates effectively with a range of people and wants to behave assertively |
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1 day
This course is also part of the Core Management and Leadership Programme. |
By the end of this workshop, participants will have a series of tools, techniques and processes to assist them in facilitating change on their return to the workplace. |
Managers who are preparing to lead their teams through a change process |
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Improving financial awareness for non-financial managers 1 day |
This is a 1-day course for managers to improve understanding of basic finance principles and methods, accountancy terms and procedures and make better use of financial information. Topics include: accounting profit and cash, accruals, provisions and depreciation, the nature of costs, cost control, adding value and adding cost, budgets and forecasting, communicating financial data to others. |
New managers |
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Introduction to consultancy skills 1½ days |
This workshop is run in conjunction with RBDO and aims to provide an insight into the consultancy cycle together with the key skills displayed by effective consultants. | Anyone who needs to form a positive relationship with external clients | |
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Half day |
This workshop uses the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to help you determine your personality profile. This will help you understand your behavioural preferences and those of others, the impact these differences may have, and consider where you could adapt your style to work with others. There is a cost for the MBTI materials of £15. |
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Introduction to Leadership and Management for New Managers Apr - May 12, 11 - 18 Jun 12, |
This course will give new managers insights into their management and leadership role and practical strategies for carrying out the tasks of the role. Topics include: managing workload, management/ leadership styles, the management relationship, communicating as a manager/leader, delegation, encouraging engagement, agreeing objectives. |
New Managers | 4 half days
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1 day
This course is also part of the Core Management and Leadership Programme. |
This workshop enables you to explore differences between leadership and management and the effectiveness of your own styles of leadership. It includes sessions on involving staff in problem-solving and making changes, as well as effective leadership communication. |
Team leaders and managers |
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Making the most of your job application and interview ½ day 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Please email Roy Grant to be put on the waiting list if no dates available. |
This half day workshop will help those who are daunted by the prospect of applying and being interviewed for a new post. We’ll help you to design and structure the content of your application and to see that confidence comes from effective preparation. |
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(Two ½ days) Mornings
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This workshop is held over 2 half days, and will provide you with a range of coaching tools and techniques to enhance working relationships and get the best out of individuals and teams. The second session will offer an opportunity to further develop and practice a coaching style to enhance working relationships. | Managers and anyone interested in developing a coaching style to enhance working relationships. |
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½ day (9.30 am - 1.00 pm)
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This course is designed to give managers the tools and techniques to better manage sickness absence as well as raise awareness of the support available. Jointly facilitated by Human Resources and Occupational Health, you will better understand your role as the line manager in dealing with issues involving sickness absence, how and when to involve Occupational Health and when support/intervention is also needed from Human Resources. | Compulsory for managers |
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This workshop is led by internal speakers, who, utilising their specialist knowledge and experience across the University, to help you to understand and explore your legal and ethical responsibilities as a manager. |
Anyone in a management role |
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Managing the work of your team 1 day
This course is also part of the Core Management and Leadership Programme. |
This workshop will help you to plan and monitor the work of your team, develop your understanding of motivation of individuals and teams and provide feedback. It will contain a mixture of theory, discussion-based sessions and practical exercises. | Anyone in a management role |
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1 day
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This workshop follows on from Introduction to Performance Management (although it is not vital to have undertaken that workshop before this course). It will give you tools and techniques to identify underperformance and manage it appropriately through the formal stages across the whole spectrum of employee relations issues (e.g. capability, disciplinary, sickness absence and grievances). | Anyone in a management role. |
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| Mentee training | This workshop will offer you an introduction to being mentored, looking at expectations of a mentoring relationship | Anyone who wants to join the mentoring scheme | |
| Mentor training | This workshop will provide you with a range of mentoring knowledge, tools and techniques to be an effective mentor | Anyone who wants to become a mentor with the mentoring scheme | |
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½ day
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Learn to take notes from meetings using a variety of techniques and organise them into clear and accurate minutes. | Anyone who needs to take minutes or notes of meetings |
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1 day (9.30 am - 4.00 pm)
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This workshop is interactive, experimental and flexible to allow you to learn skills and thinking that will enhance the way you manage yourself and others, how you communicate, influence, manage change and coach yourself. | Anyone interested in NLP wishing to practice and build on their skills |
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Pedagogic research support events
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Varied events |
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Performance management (introduction) 1 day
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‘Performance Management’ to many people means a focus on poor performance; however this is not necessarily the case. This workshop gives an introduction to all aspects of performance management, including the day-to-day informal management of the performance of your team and tools and techniques to inspire your team as well as preventing underperformance developing. | Anyone in a management role. |
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Positive management and motivation ½ day
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This workshop is designed for managers who want to be proactive in managing their team to get the best out of them. Including areas of Positive Psychology, motivation, and Emotional Intelligence, this half day course should leave you energised and with lots of practical tools and techniques to take away. |
Anyone in a management role. |
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1½ days
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This workshop will help all those for whom the prospect of giving a presentation is daunting (and worse!) We'll help you to design and structure the content of your presentation and to see that confidence comes from effective preparation. | Anyone who needs to give presentations |
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| Purchasing awareness | This course looks at the key elements involved in procuring goods and services on behalf of the University. Delegates will have the opportunity to understand the standard best practice approach to purchasing in Oxford Brookes, including examining the processes involved, the financial regulations and other legal requirements. We will also cover the key requirements of inviting suppliers to tender and the most effective way to select suppliers. | Part 1: for anyone whose role involves purchasing. Part 2: for anyone whose role involves tendering. (Sessions can be atttended separately.) |
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Stress management and Resilience The first session is important for line managers and the second is of interest to both managers and non-managers.
2 half day courses, on the same day.
Book one session or both |
Providing information on the responsibilities of managers in preventing and managing stress in their teams (morning). | Line managers
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| Strategies for individuals to prevent and manage stressful feelings by increasing resilience (afternoon). | Managers and non-managers |
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This workshop will explain the key steps in managing the time cycle, help you to analyse your approach to time management and identify strategies for managing your time more effectively. | Anyone who is interested in making the most of their time |
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This list is not exhaustive. Please speak to your Link Developer in OCSLD about your requirements.