Partner Institution Staff
Staff Development
Staff Development
Partner colleagues are invited and welcome to attend all staff development events arranged by the University. Please access the full staff development calendar for details of future sessions and how to book your place.
The New Partner Staff Induction Day is held annually for any partner staff who are new to working with UW provision - either on new courses or new staff on existing teams. The day is designed to introduce new colleagues from partner institutions to the University, UW systems and the support we can offer to both partner staff and students, and serves as a useful induction for these colleagues. The event is also open to any colleagues who would welcome a reminder of UW processes and systems. The event for 2010/11 was held on Tuesday 12th October 2010 - if you were unable to attend but would welcome copies of the presentations please contact Margaret Chaffey.
A briefing morning was held on Thursday 9th September 2010 to update partner staff and Link Tutors regarding recent changes to a number of the University's regulations and policies, including changes to the academic year, timing of reassessment and examination boards, regulatory changes from September 2010, updates to the staff SOLE pages and new guidance on the Link Tutor role.
If you would like further details or copies of the presentations, please contact Debbie Hodson.
The UW Partner Conference 2010 took place on Tuesday 6th July with the theme "Developing and Disseminating Good Practice in the Implementation of Work-Based Learning". The day was a useful opportunity for discussion, sharing of good practice and networking; the presentations and a video of the morning keynote session can be found below:
Keynote session: "Unlocking Work-Based Learning: What's the Key?" video
Keynote session: "Unlocking Work-Based Learning: What's the Key?" presentation
Workshop 1: "Negotiated Learning through e-Portfolio Development: Assessing Practitioner Competence in Work-Based Learning"
Workshop 2: "Routes to Good Practice for Employer Engagement in Work-Based Learning"
Workshop 3: "Developing landscapes of practice: how professional groups come together to support work based practice. What can we learn from the process?"
Workshop 4: "Meet 'George' - Engaging Learners in Personal Development Planning through Modelling"
Workshop 5: "Stakeholder involvement in the Development and Delivery of Work-Based Learning"
Workshop 6: "Opening the Door to the Virtual School"
If you would like more information about the conference, please contact Sue Cuthbert, Head of Collaborative Programmes.
All partner Registered Lecturers, Registered HE Managers and Registered Administrators are eligible for a 50% discount on higher-level programmes offered by the University. In addition, all partner Registered Lecturers are eligible for fee waiver on the University's PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
The University is keen to support scholarly activity and CPD for partner staff - if you have any queries about this, please contact Sue Cuthbert, Head of Collaborative Programmes.
The University often receives information regarding staff development sessions with external organisations, which may be of particular interest to partner colleagues. Any such events will be listed below.
Assessment matters - original assessment for original student work: 31 March 2011, Higher Education Academy, York
HE in FE Assessment - good practice learned from IQER: 9 May 2011, Higher Education Academy, York. Please email Holly Firth-Davies to register your interest.
Association of Colleges (AoC) Annual HE in FE Conference: 31 March 2011, London
The University is also a member of both ASET and the Association for Collaborative Provision of Higher Education in Further Education in England.