Academic Staff Development Programme
Key details: Each individual workshop requires you to book a place through PDMS. You do not need to 'complete' the programme (the workshops all complement each other, but are offered on a stand-alone basis).
Booking not required
Audience
- Academic staff
- Research staff
- Research supervisors
Programme information
The Academic Staff Development Programme (ASDP) is a series of focused, bite-sized workshops designed to equip, support and develop members of academic staff and research staff who teach. Workshops fall under 3 themes (Teaching, PGR Supervision and Development). They are offered once per semester each academic year both in person and online, and draws upon the knowledge, experience and expertise of staff from a variety of schools/units across the University. The ASDP complements the guidance and mentoring already offered within Schools.
To view and book places on ASDP workshops, select 'Academic Staff Development Programme' from the Programme Filter on the Personal Development Management System (PDMS). Throughout the ASDP we have mapped each of the teaching workshops to the Professional Standards Framework (PSF) 2023 | Advance HE .
Development
3 courses - these are all optional.
- Embedding gender-inclusive language principles in pedagogical practice
- Wednesday 11 February 2026
- Practical Conflict Resolution Skills for Academics
- Thursday 19 March 2026
- Voice Awareness for Professional Voice Users
- Wednesday 25 February 2026
PGR Supervision
6 courses - these are all optional.
- Introduction to neurodiversity for PGR supervisors
- Thursday 28 May 2026
- PhD viva examinations: best practice
- Thursday 12 March 2026
- Preparing for Challenging Conversations with PGRs
- Wednesday 4 February 2026
- Supervising part-time PGRs
- Thursday 5 March 2026
- Supervision of interdisciplinary PGRs
- Thursday 19 February 2026
- Training for New PGR Supervisors
- Wednesday 28 January 2026
- Monday 16 March 2026
Teaching
18 courses - these are all optional.
- AI Ethical Use/Safety in HE
- AI in Education
- Assessing reflective writing
- Thursday 26 March 2026
- Becoming an External Examiner
- Convening a module
- Curriculum Design: Putting Module Proposals through C-View
- Deconstructing Ideal Learners & Curriculum Design in HE
- Wednesday 4 February 2026
- Designing and marking student assessments
- Diversifying Student Learning
- Education Development Leave Applications Information Workshop
- Effective feedback on student assessments
- Effective Lecturing: Lecture Styles for Individual Learners
- Module and Curriculum Design: creating effective and constructively aligned modules
- Networking Lunch for Academic Staff
- Small Group Teaching: Student Engagement through Interactive Teaching
- Storytelling for Academics and Researchers: Unleash the Power of Narrative
- Wednesday 11 March 2026
- The use of AI in assessments
- Theories of Learning