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Development and training
We want you to succeed and develop new skills through our training opportunities.
If you are a staff member or postgraduate student at the University, you can take advantage of some amazing development opportunities.
Having great people is central to the University’s success and an integral part of our strategy. This is why we encourage everyone to develop their skills, not only to help the University but also to empower themselves.
SDDU – Develop your knowledge
and work skills
The Staff and Departmental Development Unit (SDDU) runs a varied programme
of seminars, courses and workshops for personal and professional development.
The courses are available for University staff and postgraduate research
students, and there is often no charge.
Courses and
workshops
Visit our comprehensive listing of development opportunities, and use
our search engine.
LOGIK centre
The centre aims to get non-traditional learners back into studying just
about anything they want. The courses include Spanish, wine tasting and
yoga, so you can improve your teamwork and social skills while learning
something new.
ISS
training
Training on IT issues and software packages including SAP and BANNER.
SRDS – the staff review and development scheme
All staff will take part in the staff review and development scheme. It’s
an annual review which gives you an opportunity to look back at your successes
and difficulties over the past year, and to plan your objectives for the
future.
Reseacher training and
development
An outstanding range of training and development workshops and opportunities
for postgraduate research students.
Making Leeds an employer of choice
“Our aim is to make Leeds an employer of choice – by continuously striving for high quality, consistency and innovation through our people management priorities.”
Director of Human Resources, Matthew Knight.
Our employment framework ensures we have consistently high standards in recruitment and in our management of staff across Leeds. Implementing it is a priority and will take us towards our target of achieving Investors in People status in 2012. – Strategic Plan 2009