The document discusses professional development processes and opportunities for staff. It identifies different learning styles and various types of off-campus and on-campus development opportunities, including courses, qualifications, seminars, workshops, and shadowing or mentoring programs. It provides tips for building the business case for training, including demonstrating how previous training benefited the business and aligning requests with strategy. It also asks what an ideal employee looks like and promotes integrating learning.

1. Professional development
processes
Matt Cook

2. Professional Development
Networkshop 44 - 22-24th March 2016

3. Introduction
Matt Cook
Assistant Director of IT
Loughborough University

4. Why do you
want to
develop your
colleagues?
Source: https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/look-after-your-staff

5. Learning Styles
• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic
• Reflective

6. Different Types
Off-campus
Courses
Staff Dev
Programme
Evening
Classes
External
Trainer
Online
Courses
Conferences
Voluntary
Activities
Shadowing
Placement
Secondment
Buddy
Mentoring
Self led
Reading
Prof Orgs
UCISA
Seminar/
Workshop
Visits to
other sites
Academic
Courses

7. Opportunities
Jisc UCISA
OWASPBCS
Commercial

8. Courses and Qualifications

9. Building the Business Case
• Demonstrate the application of previous training resources;
• How will the new training benefit the business;
• Align the request with the IT strategy;
• Include training as part of project activities;
• Some events provide “letter to my manager” examples;
• Watch out for UCISA bursary opportunities.

10. Integration

11. What does the ideal engineer look like?
• Good business awareness: Prince II and ITIL training/qualification;
• Breadth of experience and interpersonal skills;
• They demonstrated the closest fit to the Person Specification.

12. Discussion and Feedback…

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Matt Cook
Loughborough University