Learn through others

Learning through meaningful interaction with others - whether through coaching, mentoring or peer learning - is a powerful way of acquiring skills, knowledge, self-awareness and new connections.

Coaching opportunities

Coaching is a powerful developmental technique that uses intentional conversations between you and a coach to help you grow your self-awareness, find solutions to personal and professional challenges and work towards your goals.

We offer our staff different opportunities for personal, one-to-one coaching conversations.

Career coaching appointments

You can make appointments to speak 1:1 with a career development specialist to help you move forward with their career goals or consider alternative paths.

Staff Coaching Service

Additionally, our internal Staff Coaching Service offer a formal coaching provision for:

  • Senior leaders and managers from around the University
  • Researchers on Pathway 2 contracts
  • Staff about to embark upon or return from maternity, adoption, paternity and partner (MAPP) leave.   

 

Mentoring opportunities

Mentoring is a two-way developmental process where a mentor guides a less experienced mentee by sharing their knowledge and experience, asking powerful questions and supporting their mentee to develop skills and networks, set career goals and navigate workplace challenges. 

The UoB Staff Mentoring Network

The University has an all-Staff Mentoring Network, open to any main UoB staff member in any role and any level who is looking to grow their skills, overcome professional challenges, work towards promotion or reach specific career goals with the help of a supportive mentor.

Find out more about the Network including how to train and enrol as a mentor or a mentee (or both!).

 

Peer learning networks

Learning from and sharing knowledge with your professional peers can be one of the most powerful forms of work-based learning and development within a large organisation.

You can join one of the University's many learning communities which bring together peers in similar roles from across the University to help you share knowledge, insights and skills. Some examples include:

  • Research Professionals Network
  • Communications and Marketing Network
  • Executive Support Network
  • School Managers group
  • Heads of School forum

The People Development team can also support staff or teams who wish to set up their own mentoring schemes or new peer learning networks.