Supporting Your Career Development
It’s a team effort.
Here at the University of Glasgow we invest in training and development for all staff. Find out what's on offer when you join us.
Developing our Leaders
We continually look for ways to develop your career progression and provide you with ample leadership and managerial training to support you on your journey:
Investing in Academic Careers
We have a number of academic networks and early career researcher development programmes to support our research and teaching staff:
- Network for Early Career Researcher Development (NERD)
- Researcher Development
- Mentoring
- Researcher Development Concordat
- Academic and Digital Development for teaching
- Graduate School Supervisor Training
Developing our Professional Services Staff
We have a number of networking and training opportunities for our professional services staff including our Professional Services Seminars and several Professional Communities of Practice:
Career Induction Pathway
Buddy Assignment
In addition to continued support from your line manager you will be assigned a buddy on arrival in your role at UofG. Your buddy will be your peer in similar role to help you build connections as you settle in.
Setting Objectives
During your probation period you and your line manager will agree on 3-5 objectives to work on whilst you settle in. This will ensure that you stay on track to achieve your goals in these early stages.
Learning and Development
At University of Glasgow we are proud to support all our staff with the provision of training. Whether it be conferences, internal training or external training we will continually support you in your professional learning journey.