Employee Lifecycle

Employee Lifecycle

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Induction Buddy

Local induction from Schools and Directorates

Access to the Employee Handbook on the Human Resources page on BEN

Employee Induction

Complete mandatory training modules –eLearning platformLearnUpon

Induction workshops

• Introduction to Blackboard

• Supporting staff & students with a Disability

• Business Connect

Details can be found on the Events page on BEN

New and existing staff can sign up to the training. It is recommended that Academic colleagues sign up for the Blackboard training.

Attend Welcome to BNU: Employee Induction Event (including Dignity & Respect in the workplace session)

Ideally within 12 weeks of start date.

Performance Development Review (PDR)

Set initial objectives on PDR form ongoing performance conversations.

Reviews at interim and end of year meetings.

Probation

Complete probation reviews for PSE at 8, 16 and 26 weeks using the probation form in Business Connect.

Compltete probation reviews for senior managers and Academic staff. 8, 24, 36 and 52

Guide to Induction and Probation

Ensure completetion of all mandatory modules.

Training available for line managers –Management Development Programme:

Module: 1 Orientation to being a Manager at BNU

Module: 2 Managing yourself and personal skills

Module: 3 Strategic Planning & Change

Module 4: Compliance & Governance at BNU

Module 5: Developing Self and Others

Module 6: Managing Individual & Team Performance

Module 7&8 Developing Managerial Agility & Finance for Non-Finance Managers

Manager 9: Transition to Authentic Leadership

• Aurora Leadership Development programme (for those who identify as a woman)

• Embedding PDRs

• Dignity & Respect at Work

• Foundation Investigation Skills

• Honest Conversations

• Inclusive Recruitment

• Managing short and long-term absence

• Mental Health First Aid

• Mentoring

• Microsoft Excel (Introduction, Intermediate & Advanced)

• OneDrive and SharePoint

• Planning & Preparing for your PDR

• Presentation Bootcamp

• Project Management

• SMART workshops

Additional development opportunities

• Access to funding to support attendance at conferences, training & part-time extended studies

• Fee waivers for courses offered at BNU

• 1-2-1 or team coaching

• Strengthscope

• Extensive eLearning courses

Apprenticeships

• Level 3 in Leadership/Management for team leaders/supervisors

• Level 5 apprenticeship for Operations & Departmental managers

• Level 7 Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship

Training available to all staff

• Aurora Leadership development programme (for those who identify as a women)

• Committee Service and Minute Taking

• Dignity & Respect at Work.

• Honest Conversations

• Inclusive Recruitment

• Microsoft Excel (Introduction, Intermediate & Advanced)

• OneDrive and SharePoint

• Planning & Preparing for your PDR

• Project Management

• Presentation Bootcamp

• SMART Targets.

Additional development opportunities

• Access to funding to support attendance at conference, training & part-time extended studies

• Extensive eLearning courses

• Fee waivers for courses offered at BNU

• Strengthscope

Apprenticeships

• Level 3 in Leadership for those aspiring to take up a front-line role in leadership/management*

• Apprenticeships in a wide range of subjects: Business Administration/IT/Customer Service*

There are endless opportunities for development through apprenticeships

*Please email bnulearn@bnu.ac.uk to register your interest

E-Learning Modules

Learning & development support for Academics in HE

Enterprise and Research

Internal Training

Researcher training and development sessions such as:

• Ethics and research integrity

• Research funding

• Research supervisor development

• Managing research projects

• Research methods

• Intellectual property

• Knowledge Exchange and impact

External Training

BNU subscribes to the following training resources

Epigeum :

• Topics such as research ethics, methods, transferable skills and entrepreneurship

• University of East Anglia (UEA) Online Training Series: Topics such as academic writing, qualitative and quantitative research skills, teaching skills

Research Vitae:

Topics such as researcher development, community and well-being.

Research activity funding

Examples of funding provisions include:

• Fee support for research degrees

• Funding to support conference presentations.

Integrated Digital Services

Internal Training

• Staff Induction – Academics, PSE & Partner staff

• Blackboard – Skills training in the use of Blackboard – Academics & PSE

• Panopto (Panopto within Blackboard) – Academics & PSE

• Rubrics (Turnitin and Blackboard) – Academics & PSE

• Technology Enhanced Learning – Academics & PSE

• Using Turnitin, Blackboard and Panopto for student submissions (E-submissions tool) - Academics & PSE

• WEB Conferencing (Blackboard Collaborate Ultra) – Academics & PSE

Directorate for Student Success

Inclusive, Diversity and Disability Team

• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice – Academics

• Teaching and Supporting Learning in HE

• Tailored training on disability and inclusion on request

Academic Practice & Curriculum Development

• Rubrics (Turnitin and Blackboard) – Academics & PSE

• Teaching and Supporting Learning in HE (leads to Associate Fellowship) – 7-week long short course (non-credit bearing) offered three times a year (Autumn, Winter/Spring, Summer –Free to all BNU employees

• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) (leads to Fellowship) 1 academic year (3 20-credit modules delivered over three terms – offered one a year October start. Available to academics and PSEs (dependent upon role) Course fees £3,500.00, but fee waiver to BNU employees

• CPD-based routes to Associate Fellowship, Fellowship and Senior Fellowship – Available to all Academics and PSEs (dependent upon role.

Further information can be found on the CPD page in the Academic Practice and Curriculum Development section on BEN.

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