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Staff Development Events, from Helen Crabtree, Staff Development

• Interview Practice for Clerical Staff, 19 October 2001

The Staff Development Unit needs a number of Clerical Staff to participate in University of Bradford Recruitment & Selection Training as Applicants for an Administrative Assistant Post. You will need to be able to commit to submitting an application form for the post by Friday 5 October and attending the second day of the training on 19 October 2001 from 11.00am to 3.45pm8 (lunch and refreshments included).

This would be an ideal opportunity for those who aspire to gaining an Academic Related role within the University, or an equivalent position elsewhere. It will include 2-way feedback on how you have done and how well the panel interviewed. If you take leave or this falls outside your working hours, you will be entitled to receive £30 (- tax) for the day.

If you would like to get involved and get further information, please either e-mail: staffdev@bradford.ac.uk or call the Staff Development Unit on ext. 3102.

• Committee Servicing - 15 October 2001 Time: 9.00am - 4.45pm
  Tutors: Lorna Noble and Helen Crabtree

The seminar aims to clarify the reasons for the actions of the administrator/secretary involved in committee servicing and to look at the processes involved. It is a practical session, looking at all aspects of committee servicing from initial preparation to writing of the minutes and the final follow-up action.

The objectives are:

• to understand the roles of the committee secretary and the convenor
• to learn how problems can be avoided by adequate preparation
• to gain practical experience through an "in basket" exercise
• to address concerns and problems raised by participants
• to share experience.

• Facilitation Skills: 12 October 2001 Time: 9.00am - 4.45pm
  Tutor: Pete Sayers

This course will provide an overview of the theory and the techniques used by University teachers and staff developers and an opportunity for some practice and feedback. It can be used for: leading groups; running metings and helping people learn. The course will include an introduction to the theory and where and how the techniques are anchored in the theory, an opportunity to practice feedback and observation techniques and look at team/group interaction.

If you would like to attend an event, please either complete the on-line booking form at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/staffdev/programmes/booking.html, e-mail: staffdev@bradford.ac.uk or call the Staff Development Unit on ext. 3102

Administrative/Professional Career Development Scheme
Invitation to become a Mentor to a participant joining the Scheme in 2001/2002
Deadline 12 October 2001

The Administrative/Professional Career Development Scheme is now entering its fourth year, and we are looking for Academic Related staff who would be interested in acting as a mentor to a participant joining the Scheme in autumn this year. Your involvement would provide not only valuable support to a participant but a development opportunity for yourself.

A half-day briefing on Mentoring Schemes will take place on 2nd October, followed by a one day training course for mentors on 25 October. These are part of the Staff Development Core Programme and application for either or both should be made to the Staff Development Unit.

The criteria for acting as a mentor are simply experience of working on administrative/ professional grades for at least two years and an interest in supporting a member of staff on the scheme. Mentors are asked to provide a brief profile (see below*) and these are circulated to new participants so that they may choose 3 people as possible mentors. The matching of mentors and mentees is undertaken by the Scheme Coordinator and Head of Personnel. If you wish to share experience of mentoring within the Scheme, the Scheme Coordinator will be able to put you in touch with mentors who have been working with participants.

Expressions of interest in participating on the scheme as a mentor, together with a brief profile (see * below), should be forwarded, in writing, to Lorna Noble, Staff Development, E5 Richmond Building by Friday 12 October 2001.

Copies of the Scheme are available from the Staff Development Unit, (Lorna Noble, ext. 3069, email L.M.Noble@bradford.ac.uk, or Room E5 Richmond Building) or on the Staff Development website http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/staffdev/Careerdv/Schemdet

* Guidelines for a Mentor's Profile:

Career background and CV

• Background/position/department/ how long with the university
• Qualifications
• Career Milestones
• Particular Specialisms/Professionalisms

Interests

• Inside and outside work

Role as a mentor

• Experience as a Mentor and as a Mentee
• Why you are prepared to be a Mentor
• What you hope to get out of it
• How you see your role as Mentor
• Where you are located. How easy is it to meet?
• The time you can commit to the Scheme - weekly? monthly?
• The continuity you can offer

New Quality Assurance Handbook, from Dr Jon Owen, ASSU

A new edition of the Quality Assurance Handbook for the 2001-2002 academic session is available at http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/acsec/QA_Hbk/. It includes the most up-to-date versions of the Ordinances, Regulations, and procedures relating to taught courses, taking into account changes approved by the Senate. In particular, a number of changes have been made to the Regulations Governing Undergraduate Awards (section 5.3), to the Annual Monitoring Guidelines (section 8.2), and a new Handbook for the Approval of New Courses and Units and Changes to Existing Courses and Units (for Taught, On-Site Provision) has been introduced (section 3.1).

An update of the taught course regulations homepage is available at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/acsec/taught_courses.html This web-site is a primary route for students to access information about regulatory matters for taught courses.

A new version of the Year Planner is also available for 2001/02 at: http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/acsec/assu/year_planner.html which shows the dates of University committee meetings and School Boards.

Reminder - Professor Terry Baker's retirement party on 8 October.

If you would like to attend contact Christine Dove asap. Please ring ext. 3560.

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Last updated: 1 October 2001
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