For Staff New to Keele - Keele University
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Welcome to

Learning and Professional Development Centre

Support for all staff in their learning and development

Learning and Professional Development Centre

Staff new to Keele

The Learning and Professional Development Centre would like to take this opportunity of welcoming all new staff to Keele. We hope that your time here will exceed your initial expectations, and we look forward to helping you further develop your skills and abilities in whatever role you have within the University.

The LPDC is the central staff development unit in the University. We provide help, assistance and encouragement to all staff along their path towards continuous professional development. We act as a development resource as well as providing a very wide range of central training courses and short programmes. Some of the events we run are required, depending on your role. The Centre also supports Faculties and Directorates in providing specific development work within their sector.

As part of your welcome to the University, you will be invited to participate in the Keele Knowledge Programme. The programme begins with a half day Welcome Session where senior members of the University with give you a broad introduction to Keele University. These sessions are run from September through to the following July and are published on the on-line booking system.  These sessions provide a University-wide context to the induction that will be given by your Faculty or Directorate. Following this introduction, you will also be expected to attend at least two open sessions within the first eighteen months of your employment with Keele. These workshops and briefings cover a wide range of topics relevant to the priorities and activities of the University. Some of the events we run are required, depending on your role. See the full list of progammes offered here.

The centre is presently working on increasing the provision of on-line support material for the induction of new staff.

Although the welcome session give a general understanding of  health, safety and personal support at Keele, your Faculty and/or Directorate induction will cover the specific health and safety arrangements appropriate to your place of work. An Induction Checklist is provided as a basis for your workplace induction.

We advertise our events weekly via email in the Staff Development Digest and forthcoming events are available to browse on the online booking system. These webpages provide an overview of our work and they are updated when new developments, projects or services are available. If you have any inquiries about our training and development offer please contact us on lpdc@keele.ac.uk