Each year we delivered a range of training for students, university staff and early career staff across the third sector. This included sessions in areas such as leadership, volunteer management, innovation, accessible communications, unconscious bias, and skills training.
The content on making training memorable and mixing sessions was very useful. The opportunities to present also made me really confident in my style and delivery and by the end I felt like I could deliver training straight away.
University staff training participant
TRAINING OVERVIEW
Student training
We had a variety of sessions which could be brought in as one-off support or as a package of support specifically for student leaders. Topics we covered included:
- Leadership;
- Volunteer management;
- Public speaking;
- Wellbeing, resilience and growth mindsets;
- Project management;
- Communication and conflict resolution;
- Equity, diversity and inclusion.
STAFF training
Our modular approach was designed using our expertise in training graduates and early career staff, and included key areas of professional development in:
- Leadership, including adaptability and coaching;
- Managing, including productivity, time management and problem solving;
- Sustaining, including resilience, wellbeing and growth mindsets;
- Communication, including public speaking and inclusion;
- Line management and more.
This series has been valuable as it’s helped improve my confidence and understanding of campaigns. I definitely think this [training series] should keep being sponsored [by my university] because it teaches real life skills that we will come across often – even seeing campaigners in the street, or current strikes from lecturers or the trains – and it helps me understand from the perspective of the strikers even more so than before. It’s about equally valuable to learn these life skills as it is to learn the course content taught on my degree.
Campaigns and Advocacy training series student participant
our virtual training series
campaigns & advocacy
We designed this series to support and empower students and incoming staff or officers who are passionate about tackling social issues and want to build up the skills to make change. The series has 5 weekly virtual sessions covering the essential planning and project management skills for building a campaign, the tools needed to communicate effectively, and how to manage confidence and resilience.
Pricing
The below table provides an indication only of rough pricing, as we have seen with other partners. Costs below do not include travel for in-person delivery or any adaptation fees needed to tailor the session (from £50 per additional hour of our trainer’s time).
| 1 hour session | Prices start from £250 |
| 2 hour session | Prices start from £350 |
| Half-day | Prices start from £500 |
| Whole day | Prices start from £750 |
| Session packages | Prices start from £1000 |