Welcome to People Development's Learning & Development Opportunities.

We are excited to be sharing with you our large selection of courses and programmes that have been hand selected and designed to support your personal and professional development, with each one linked to the University Strategy.               

Alongside this, we also have exciting new online content coming to UoRLearn throughout the course of the year, so make sure that you regularly log in to be kept up to date.

All courses are bookable either by clicking on any of the titles within this guide or by browsing the learning catalogue on UoRLearn.

We hope that you find something that interests you and suits your needs, however, if you do have any other requests or suggestions, then please get in touch at:

peopledevelopment@reading.ac.uk

You can also stay up to date with People Development news, additional courses, booking availability and training recommendations by connecting with us on Viva Engage.

 

Upcoming Courses   2025-2026

 Semester 2: 

February

25^th February – Accessibility Awareness Workshop

25^th February – Research Data Management: An Introduction

26^th February – Aspiring Managers

26^th February – Decision Making in Staff and Student Cases

26^th February – Research Data Management: Data Sharing

 

March

 5^th March – Recruitment and Selection Training

11^th March – Pensions Drop in Session

11^th March – Research Data Management: Data Management Plans

12^th March – Central Induction

12^th March – Research Data Management: An Introduction

17^th March – Active Bystander

17^th March – Pensions Drop in Session

17^th March – Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) – What, Why and How

18^th March – Research Data Management: Data Sharing

19^th March – How to Carry Out Investigations in Staff & Student Cases

25^th March – Stakeholder Management

 

April

1^st April – Research Data Management: Data Management Plans

8^th April – Pensions Drop in Session

9^th April – Recruitment and Selection Training

14^th April – Mental Health Awareness

15^th April – Pensions Drop in Session

16^th April – Central Induction

23^rd April & 11^th May – New Line Manager Day 1&2

23^rd April – Research Data Management: An Introduction

28^th April – Managing for Resilience

29^th April & 30^th April – Mental Health First Aider Day 1&2

30^th April – Research Data Management: Data Management Plans

 

May

6^th May – Research Data Management: Data Sharing

7^th May – Recruitment and Selection Training

13^th May – Central Induction

13^th May – Pensions Drop in Session

18^th May – Successful Mentoring

19^th May – Pensions Drop in Session

19^th May – Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) – What, Why and How

21^st May – Accessibility Awareness Workshop

 

June

2^nd June – Aspiring Managers

2^nd June – Effective Networking

4^th June – Recruitment and Selection Training

9^th June – Introducing LGBTQIQ+ Allyship

9^th June – Mental Health Awareness

10^th June – Pensions Drop in Session

11^th June – Trans Awareness

16^th June – Pensions Drop in Session

18^th June – Central Induction

18^th June – Decision Making in Staff & Student Cases

23^rd June – Active Bystander

30^th June – How to Carry Out Investigations in Staff & Student Cases

 

July

2^nd July – Recruitment and Selection Training

9^th July - Resume for Research & Innovation (R4RI) – What, Why and How

14^th July – Conflict Resolution

15^th July – Pensions Drop in Session

16^th July – Central Induction

17^th July – Introduction to Writing Successful Research Proposals

21^st July – Pensions Drop in Session

 

August

5^th August – Running Meetings

13^th August – Mental Health Awareness

20^th August – Central Induction

25^th August – Recruitment and Selection Training