Personal and professional development at Oxford Brookes
Oxford Brookes offers a wide variety of training and development options to staff at all levels across the University (this list of training options is not exhaustive).
When considering your training and development needs please also consider the value and effectiveness of work-based learning and self-managed learning.
As well as the list linked to the left, short courses for Oxford Brookes staff are available through the Library and Computer Services [intranet only].
What can OCSLD do for you?
The OCSLD team draws upon a wide range of skills and specialisms to support training and development at University, school, directorate and individual level.
Each school and directorate has an OCSLD link development consultant who can provide advice in planning staff and educational activities, or bring in the expertise of the others within the OCSLD team. You can find out who yours is at the web address at the bottom of this page.
At individual level
We can meet with you (or phone or email) regarding specific training and development issues and then suggest appropriate development solutions.
We also provide opportunities for you to gain interview practice through our Recruitment and Selection programme. Interviewees receive a small thank you in the form of book tokens.
At team or department level
We can meet with you to discuss specific issues and direct you to appropriate personal and professional workshops, programmes or resources and, where appropriate:
- Adapt any of the OCSLD offerings to your team's circumstances
- Tailor-make a development solution based on an exploration of your team's needs
- Introduce you to colleagues in OCSLD who have expertise in a particular area
- Customer care training specific to a team or department
- Facilitating team building/away days
Across the University
- Supporting conferences, eg providing breakout events for the Administrators' Forum
- Investors in People: we provide advice and support at strategic and operational levels