University Information Services - Staff Learning & Development course timetable
September 2019
Mon 23 |
An informal guidance session for members of the IT Community and UIS Mentoring Scheme. The session will provide the opportunity to meet with other mentees enrolled on the scheme. You’ll be able to talk openly as a group and share any successes or challenges while being a mentee. Please think of examples before coming along so we can discuss in the session and this will hopefully encourage confidence to help you gain the most out of your mentoring relationship and the scheme. |
Fri 27 |
An informal guidance session for members of the IT Community and UIS Mentoring Scheme. The session will provide the opportunity to meet with other mentors on the scheme. You’ll be able to talk openly as a group and share any successes or challenges while being a mentor. Please think of examples before coming along so we can discuss in the session and this will hopefully encourage confidence to help you gain the most out of your mentoring relationship and the scheme. |
October 2019
Thu 10 |
World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. As part of the UIS Wellbeing initiative we are very pleased to invite Hisham Ziauddeen a Clinical Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and the University’s Wellbeing and Disability Champion to deliver a talk on Optimising Brain Functioning. He is a consultant psychiatrist working in early intervention in psychosis. He will talk about the contemporary neuroscience models of the brain as a modeller of its environment (including the debt owed to the cyberneticists Conant and Ashby) and how this helps us think about other minds and our own mental functioning and ways to improve it. |
Mon 28 |
What is the Search Inside Yourself programme? The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) programme will teach emotional intelligence skills that lead to sustained peak performance, strong collaboration, and effective leadership. Search Inside Yourself was born at Google from a dream to change the world. It began in 2007 when a team of leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience and emotional intelligence developed an internal course for fellow Google employees. It quickly became an incredibly popular training program within Google as well as other corporate, non-profit and government organisations around the world The mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills you'll learn will help you:
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Tue 29 |
What is the Search Inside Yourself programme? The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) programme will teach emotional intelligence skills that lead to sustained peak performance, strong collaboration, and effective leadership. Search Inside Yourself was born at Google from a dream to change the world. It began in 2007 when a team of leading experts in mindfulness, neuroscience and emotional intelligence developed an internal course for fellow Google employees. It quickly became an incredibly popular training program within Google as well as other corporate, non-profit and government organisations around the world The mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills you'll learn will help you:
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November 2019
Wed 6 |
Unconscious Bias happens automatically, without conscious control, when our brains make quick judgements or assessments about people and situations. Combatting unconscious bias isn’t about blame. It’s about accountability. This session will provide an introduction to implicit or unconscious bias and will help you start to understand how our biases influence the decisions we make. |
Fri 8 |
UIS Staff: Wellbeing - Search Inside Yourself Programme - Stress Management Open Discussion
Finished
The Wellbeing Team invite UIS staff to join them for an open discussion on stress management. The group discussion will provide the opportunity to share thoughts, ideas and techniques for managing stress. Participants from the recent Search Inside Yourself training event will share some of their learnings from the wellbeing training programme. |
Tue 12 |
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Wed 20 |
Unconscious Bias happens automatically, without conscious control, when our brains make quick judgements or assessments about people and situations. Combatting unconscious bias isn’t about blame. It’s about accountability. This session will provide an introduction to implicit or unconscious bias and will help you start to understand how our biases influence the decisions we make. |
Thu 28 |
Unconscious Bias happens automatically, without conscious control, when our brains make quick judgements or assessments about people and situations. Combatting unconscious bias isn’t about blame. It’s about accountability. This session will provide an introduction to implicit or unconscious bias and will help you start to understand how our biases influence the decisions we make. |
December 2019
Mon 9 |
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February 2020
Thu 6 |
Time to Talk Day 2020 is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. As part of the UIS Wellbeing initiative we are very pleased to invite Hisham Ziauddeen a Clinical Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and the University’s Wellbeing and Disability Champion to deliver a talk on Optimising Brain Functioning. He is a consultant psychiatrist working in early intervention in psychosis. He will talk about how we model other minds and how we manage the cost of mental functioning. He will particularly discuss the impact of work and other stress and the phenomenon of burnout. These are complex problems that don’t have simple solutions but there are a range of things that may help and these will be discussed along the way. |
Tue 25 |
A Business Briefing to talk about the roadmap for the Raven authentication service and related IAM plans, including:
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Wed 26 |
An informal guidance session for anyone thinking about joining the IT Community and UIS Mentoring Scheme. Professional Development Manager, Rinku Raina will give a brief overview about what you can expect from joining the scheme. You'll have the chance to ask informal questions and hear from previous members of the scheme. |
March 2020
Tue 10 |
UIS Business Briefing: Microsoft Teams
POSTPONED
A Business Briefing which will mark the official launch of Microsoft Teams at UIS. There will be a quick demonstration of how it might transform the way you collaborate with your immediate colleagues, the UIS community, across the university and beyond |
Tue 24 |
Meet UIS' User Experience and Business Analyst team members. Find out what they do and how they can help you |
Tue 31 |
A Business Briefing to present an update on recent activities relating to IT Portfolios |
July 2020
Wed 8 |
A contextual, informative and interactive webinar-style event to provide guidance and helpful techniques for mentors enrolled on the UIS Mentoring Scheme and anyone interested in mentoring in general, to support their colleagues and understand how to develop to be an effective mentor. |
Tue 14 |
A contextual, informative and interactive webinar-style online event to provide guidance and helpful techniques for mentors enrolled on the UIS Mentoring Scheme and anyone interested in mentoring in general, to support their colleagues and understand how to develop to be an effective mentor. |
October 2020
Wed 14 |
Mental Health Day is an opportunity for all of us to raise awareness of mental health issues and advocate against social stigma. As part of UIS' Wellbeing initiative, Zara Sheldrake will present a Staff Seminar on wellbeing in the workplace. She'll explain key facts and theories around mental health, the added challenges of Covid-19 and how to look out for signs and symptoms of stress within ourselves and our colleagues, providing practical tips and advice to help you and those around you. |
Tue 20 |
Ian Leslie will present our annual view of the coming year in University IT, touching on pandemic-related issues, recent UIS critical activities and evolving priorities and portfolios. You'll have an opportunity to post questions during the live event. |
November 2020
Wed 4 |
A TechLink Community online event providing an overview of key aspects of cloud computing, such as:
There will be opportunities for Q&A, and follow up discussions. |
Thu 12 |
On World Usability Day, Kate Livingstone and Barney Brown will present an update on the University's Digital Presence Programme. Find out about the vision, activity this year so far and next steps. |
Tue 17 |
TechLink Community: Digital Admissions Overview and Update on the Digital Presence Programme
Finished
A TechLink Community online event for University and affiliated IT professionals. |
Wed 25 |
A TechLink Community online event providing an overview of key aspects of cloud computing, such as:
There will be opportunities for Q&A, and follow up discussions. In addition, there will be an:
With opportunities for Q&A, and follow up discussions. |