Professional and personal development
Personal and professional development opportunities for University staff are available from a number of different University providers, who offer training to their own staff or to staff from other Schools and Units. This page provides links to the wide range of professional learning and support available and to the main providers.
Many scheduled development activities are bookable via the University course booking system PDMS.
Academic staff
- Academic and teaching staff development
- Academic Staff Development Programme (ASDP)
- ASDP teaching strand
- Academic forum
- St Andrews Learning and Teaching Initiative (SALTI)
- Heads of School Zone
- Directors of Teaching Zone
Finance
Health and safety training
IT-related
Mentoring and coaching
New staff
- Essential learning for new staff
- University induction events
- New start online training
- Academic Induction Resources (AIR)
- Managers' essentials
Online learning and development
Personal development
- Wellbeing
- Combined studies MA (General)
- Open Association
- Evening language courses
- Dignity and inclusion portfolio
- Environmental facilitator
- Love Later Life workshop
- Skills Network
Professional staff
- Professional staff development
- Technician Commitment Initiative
- Passport to Management Excellence
- Passport to Administrative Excellence
- Passport to Estates Cleaning Excellence
- HE (Scotland) Today programme
Qualifications/awards
- Passport programmes
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification
- Digital visa
- ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management
- ILM Level 3 Effective Coaching Award
- Public Engagement Portfolio
Research staff
Review and development
- Academic Review and Development Scheme (ARDS) for academics/research staff
- Review and Development Scheme (RDS) for professional staff
- My development - professional development options