Courses and Resources

Access to courses and resources as we develop our potential.

Self-Paced Courses and Toolkits - for aspiring managers to established leaders

To complement the Aspiring Manager, Edinburgh Manager and Edinburgh Leader Programme aims, self-paced courses and toolkits have been developed and curated to explore the underpinning skills and behaviours required. They are open to all staff. 

Skills and Behaviours

Self-paced courses

Toolkits

Create psychological safety and build trust with others
 

Psychological Safety

Building Trust (2.71 MB / PDF)

Inclusive Leadership Toolkit

Influence and negotiate with others  in their team and wider network
Influencing People in Higher EducationInfluencing (986.2 KB / PDF)
Hold regular, meaningful conversations so everyone knows what and how they are doing
 

Active Listening

Difficult Conversations (5.24 MB / PDF)

Provide constructive feedback
 

Receiving Feedback 

Giving and Receiving Feedback (1.21 MB / PDF) 

Develop coaching and facilitation skills to enable and delegate to others

 

 Facilitation Skills 
Support self and others when operating in times of change and uncertainty
 

Delegation (1.66 MB / PDF)

New Managers
 New Manager Toolkit
Time Management
Time Management  
Recruitment
Getting Recruitment Right 

Using the Self-Paced Courses and Toolkits

Further guidance on these resources and how to access them

How to use the toolkits (138.14 KB / DOCX)

Talks & Questions with University Leaders

A series of talks with different University Leaders, open to all managers and leaders in the University

Psychometrics and Feedback Tools

This guide has been produced to provide an overview of psychometric tests and feedback tools available to University of Edinburgh staff.

Leadership Development Guide

External & Internal Leadership Programmes, Internal Formal Qualifications and Networks

Other learning providers and resources

Information on other training, learning and development providers within the University.

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