We in Organisational and People Development (OPD), are constantly working behind the scenes to ensure the development opportunities we offer colleagues are the most relevant and current.
Vice-Chancellor’s Challenge
At the last Vice-chancellor’s Challenge back in December 2019 the HR&OD Team “Heroes Ride on Dragons”, won the much-coveted ‘Fair Play’ award. Well, the dragons are back to defend their […]
Happiness Lessons
What? Lessons in Happiness? Happiness is an emotion, how do I have lessons in it? I watched an online session the other day and it was a great reflection on […]
Lights, Camera, Action!
Have you ever wanted to be able to record professional-looking video using your smartphone? I know I always have. And last week I attended a free online session where I […]
Work Hack #3: Is it important, or just urgent?
In any given day it is inevitable that there is more work in front of us than can be completed in that day, far far from it. So we need […]
Bullet Journaling
Our guest blog today is from Helen Davies in the Timetabling team, who shares insight into her practice of bullet journaling, as well as letting us peek inside the covers […]
The Sound of Silence
At the beginning of the week, Zoe shared a little of her relationship with music and how it motivated her in different ways. I, too, love music. I especially love […]
Delivering Virtual Learning & Development for Staff, Part 2
In yesterday’s blog we explored digital learning principles and what you need to consider when designing online learning and development for staff, whether that is through formal “training sessions” or […]
Delivering Virtual Learning & Development for Staff, Part 1
With the move to remote working, we also have to consider how we deliver staff training online. And training isn’t just facilitating “formal” training sessions for large groups of staff […]