The Professional Development Unit (PDU) Invites University-Wide Feedback on the PDU’s Service Framework
The Professional Development Unit (PDU) was launched at this year’s Teaching and Learning Conference on Wednesday 4 September 2024 as an employer-focussed unit, to address the professional development needs of businesses locally and across the UK. The Office for Apprenticeships and Skills has continued to operate, and we were also delighted to welcome the Selborne team into the unit, united in our passion for driving excellence, quality, and compliance across vocational programmes.
The PDU is a working title, allowing us the opportunity to operate in collaboration with colleagues across the University to understand the shape and size of future executive education and skills provision. This academic year we have launched a series of workshops and skills bootcamps to support internal colleagues with their professional development alongside our ongoing work with those schools already delivering apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and short courses.
Information on our activities this academic year can be found in the attached link: PDU Projects for 2425.pptx
The PDU now invites staff across the University to review a draft PDU Service Framework document to provide feedback on current operational areas, whilst considering how this differs for each team that collaborate with us. We are also seeking feedback from colleagues who may not be working with us at present who could benefit from support with diverse income generation from educational contracts.
We are available to run sessions for individual schools or teams to gather feedback or teams can submit their feedback/comments using the draft document as a guide.
The Office for Apprenticeships and Skills is collecting feedback, and the aim is to complete this initial activity by Friday 31 January. To share your feedback please email oas@lincoln.ac.uk.
Thank you in advance; your ideas and insights are crucial in shaping the PDU and do get in touch if you have any questions.
Story submitted by Elise Roberts
elroberts@lincoln.ac.uk