Kim England

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• Kim England
• Head of Personnel Operations Staff Development
• University of Bristol

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Information About Bristol

• Situated - South West of England
• Top Research Institution
• 5,500 Staff
• 1,000 Academic
• 1,000 Research
• 2,000 Admin / Other
• 800 Technicians
• 700 Manual
• Over 11,000 Undergraduate Students
• Nearly 7,000 Postgraduate Students

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Staff Development at Bristol

• General Training Provision
• Management Training
• Teaching and Learning
• Staff Review Process
• Additional Activities
• Budget
• University Commitment to Staff Development
• Benefits of embracing Staff Development

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General Training Provision (The Diary)

• Leadership Management Supervision
• Personal Development
• Equal Opportunities
• Technicians
• Research
• Teaching Learning
• Learning Technologies
• Information Technology Communications
• Corporate Information Systems
• Safety

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Management Training

• Programme for New Heads
• Head of Department lunchtime Fora
• Away Days
• General training events
• Including Fair Selection (mandatory)
• Coaching
• 360 Appraisal Psychometrics
• An extra 100,000 for 2004/5 2005/6

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Teaching Learning

• In-house provision from our Graduate School of
  Education
• Mandatory for all new lecturers (monitored under
  probationary period)
• Accredited by the Institute of Learning
  Teaching (Teaching Academy)
• Include Modules on
• Course Design
• Assessment Methods
• Evaluation
• Portfolio
• Mentoring provision

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Staff Review Process

• Mandatory for all academic related staff
• Strongly encouraged for all support staff
• Different forms for different groups
• Extended timescales September July
• Mandatory training for Reviewers
• Aiming for full inclusion (currently approx. 80)
• Increasingly used for monitoring performance

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Budget 2004/5 - 300,000

• Teaching Learning 60,000
• Management training 162,600
• Research 10,400
• Personal Development / NVQs 14,300
• Investors in People 4,500
• Safety 6,000
• Equal Opportunities 5,400
• IT / ECDL 7,500
• Equipment other resources 29,300

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University Commitment to Staff Development

• Top Management Support Essential
• Staff Development included in University vision
  plan
• Activities must reflect overall university
  objectives
• Focus on core activities
• Produce training plans
• Evaluate and review
• Celebrate success

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Benefits of embracing commitment to Staff
Development

• Higher standards of performance
• Improved management effectiveness
• Achieve university aims and objectives
• Higher staff motivation morale
• Good return on investment