APPLE Course Suite

Must

All administrators should attend these courses. They have been identified as key skills/ knowledge that all administrators should have and should aim to be attended within the first year of employment. Where necessary, these workshops will require you to re-attend after a certain time period (usually 2 years).

Course title / Date Completed
Data Protection and Freedom of Information Briefing
(a compulsory part of your induction)
Encryption Workshop: Protection of Sensitive Information
Equality Essentials
Induction
– Introduction to Edinburgh Napier University
Health and Safety Briefing (a compulsory part of your induction).
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Health and Safety Cardinus training (a compulsory part of your induction).
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Other health and safety courses (that are legal requirements for role )
Professional Development Review (PDR) for Reviewees
Records Management for Non RecordsManagers

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Should

Depending on your role and where you would like to see your role develop, these workshops are developed to give you additional skills as your role progresses at Edinburgh Napier.

Course title / Date Completed
Agresso Finance System
(contact Finance Services
Committee Servicing
Copyright – Using Copyright Works in Education
Customer Service Skills
Communications in the workplace:
□Confident Futures: Assertiveness in Challenging Situations
□Confident Futures: Embracing Change
□Confident Futures: Knowing Yourself
Cultural Awareness
Introduction to Higher Education
(external 2 day residential run once a year by one of the Scottish Universities)
Effective Business Writing
Introduction to Lean Thinking
Introduction to Presentation Skills
Microsoft Office Course Suite.
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Minute taking
Planning Work and Time Management
PECOS Procurement System
(Contact PECOS Online Support )
Recruitment and Selection Training for Administrators
Sharepoint
SITS
□Basic training
□Module assessment mark entry (for administrators in the Faculties only)
□Programme board – full (for administrators in the Faculties only)
□Programme board - refresher (for administrators in the Faculties only)
□Set up, maintenance of modules and programme structure (for administrators in the Faculties only)
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Syllabus plus
□Adhoc Booking training (Conference & Lettings staff)
□New user training (delivered 1-1 in office)
□Printing and Exporting
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Teamwork and Communications
(External event run by the Staff Development Collaborative Group)
WebCT - an introduction
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Could

Depending on your role and how you would like your role as an administrator to develop even further, these workshops are not essential but you can chose to do them in line with your career development plans as an administrator.

Course title / Date Completed
AUA Annual Conferences
-UK
-Scottish
Career development
-Managing Your Career
-Interview Preparation and Practice
-Marketing Yourself on Paper and the Application Process
Effective Personal Organisation
(External event run by the Staff Development Collaborative Group)
Equality Impact Assessment
ILM
-Level 2 Team Leader Award
-Level 3 Award in Leadership and Management Skills
Leadership and Management Development Programme
(including Professional Development Review (PDR) for Reviewers)
Project Management
Records Management for Managers

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March 2011