development and training

Quality Assurance Services (QAS) provides advice, staff development and support for schools in maintaining academic standards, assuring the quality of our courses and enhancing the academic experiences of our students through the delivery of a flexible and proportionate quality framework.

Our quality assurance activities are underpinned by the Academic Regulations, which all staff and students/apprentices are required to follow. We have produced a number of factsheets and guidance material that is available through the regulations website that summarise the key elements of our regulatory framework.

Colleagues and students/apprentices can access the Academic Regulations through the main Leeds Beckett website. QAS also has an internal webpage with a range of additional resources for staff. Please email QAS@leedsbeckett.ac.uk for further information.

The Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT) supports colleagues to research and develop academic practices. CLT’s three teams, the Developing Excellent Academic Practice team, the Centre for Research into Teaching in Higher Education, and the Educational Enhancement Unit work together to provide inclusive opportunities for all to engage in learning and teaching research, innovation, collaboration, support, professional recognition and enhancement.

The Developing Excellent Academic Practice (DEAP) team offers colleagues who are supporting learning and teaching across the University, the opportunity to develop themselves, their practice and their courses, through our Educational Development Programme.

The Centre for Research into Teaching in Higher Education (CRTHE) can offer resources to support pedagogic research initiatives, workshops, advice and funding for projects related to teaching.

The Educational Enhancement Unit (EEU) provides advice, consultancy and guidance on flexible pedagogic design for the fully online and blended environment and works with course teams to create bespoke, specialist, online learning and teaching material including video, audio, animations, graphics and immersive and interactive learning resources.

To get you started, CLT offer a regular opportunity to attend an ‘Introduction to CLT' session, where you can find out in more detail about the support, resources and development opportunities we provide to support your teaching development. You will be guided through the resources available and the wide variety of educational development sessions you can access throughout your time at Leeds Beckett. Upcoming session dates can be found in the Educational Development Programme.

If you cannot make one of the organised sessions, but would still like to chat to a member of the team, please email clt@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

Business Engagement and Beckett Careers is a central service which is focused on bridging the gap between university and employers/the skills agenda regionally, nationally and internationally. As a central service we are fundamentally a gateway into the University and our team works across professional service departments and all of our academic Schools and subject disciplines.

Find out more about the 4 strands of Business Engagement and Beckett Careers in this document.

The People and Organisational Development (POD) webpages detail a range of development opportunities to stretch and support you at different stages of your career, whilst also offering support and information on wellbeing, engagement and performance.

We have development sessions and a growing catalogue of elearning courses, all available within this MyDevelopment platform. You'll also find information about leadership events and 1-to-1 coaching and mentoring via our POD website.

For more information email POD@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Beckett IT Essentials (BITE) has been created for all Leeds Beckett colleagues, from new colleagues to those who just want to brush up on their digital literacy skills.

The IT induction aims to help you get up to speed with how we do things here at Leeds Beckett, including terminology, named resources and tips and tricks.

If you need IT Support, please contact the IT Service Desk via the IT Self-Service Portal, phone on 0113 81 22222 or in person at our City and Headingley Campus Libraries between 9:00-17:00.

The People and Organisational Development (POD) webpages detail a range of development opportunities to stretch and support you at different stages of your career, whilst also offering support and information on wellbeing, engagement and performance.

We have development sessions and a growing catalogue of elearning courses, all available within this MyDevelopment platform. You'll also find information about leadership events and 1-to-1 coaching and mentoring via our POD website.

For more information email POD@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

The Registrar and Secretary’s Office has a broad range of responsibilities from; managing the work of the Board of Governors, Academic Board and other executive committees to legal services across the university, managing institutional policies and information governance, visa compliance and student casework as well as the Student Registry and Graduate School administration.

Find out more about the separate teams that make up the Registrar and Secretary’s Office via the staff website.

The Research and Enterprise Service is here to help academics in all Schools access opportunities to engage in research and enterprise activities.

To find out more, you can watch a short introduction video about Research and Enterprise.

An induction roadmap and video overview of the development and training programme are also available.

Library and Student Services play a key role in the student and staff experience. Student Services are dedicated to ensuring our students get the most from their time at university and we recognise that the overall wellbeing of our students is at the core of this ambition.

They provide a range of initial advice and guidance for students, colleagues, and visitors, online and within our Student Services Centres, as well as a range of services to those students who require more specialised support. They also help organise student Welcome & Induction and coordinate student surveys, including the National Student Survey (NSS) and Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES).

Our Student Services teams -