Saints Professional Development

Key details: Saints Professional Development workshops are for all Undergraduate and Postgraduate students who want to build, enhance, and evidence their professional skills.

Booking not required

Audience

• PG research
• PG taught
• UG

Programme information

Communication and Engagement

3 courses - these are all optional.

• Deliver your personal brand in 30 seconds: become elevator pitch perfect
  • Thursday 19 March 2026
• Effective presentation skills: a Pecha Kucha picture presentation masterclass
  • Thursday 26 March 2026
• Meme your degree: using social media to boost reach and gain traction for academic ideas
  • Thursday 16 April 2026

Confidence and leadership

4 courses - these are all optional.

• Discover your leadership style (and why you need a new one)
• Effective negotiation with Tobias Hartmann (CEO, Ativion)
• Future-ready leadership
  • Thursday 12 March 2026
• Quickfire charity consultancy: give ideas, gain social leadership expertise

Creative and Critical Thinking

4 courses - these are all optional.

• Build your own escape room: (critical) thinking outside the box
• DIY escape room testing and evaluation: can you break out of negative feedback cycles
• Transform your coursework into artwork
  • Thursday 19 February 2026
• Zombies in the Quad: sharpen your teamwork skills; save St Andrews!

Data and Digital Skills

2 courses - these are all optional.

• AI prompt engineering: effective and ethical applications of generative artificial intelligence
  • Thursday 12 February 2026
• Driving growth through data
  • Thursday 5 February 2026

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Programme organiser

IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk