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Professional Development workshops

Professional Development workshops can complement units, or provide a one-off development opportunity to enhance knowledge with regard to a number of legislative, strategic and operational topics. The workshops currently available are listed below. Click on the link to view further information - each page opens in a new window.

• Age legislation in a recruitment and admissions context
• A guide to admissions tests
• Best practice when interviewing
• Criminal convictions, CRB, ISA and avoiding discrimination
• Engaging parents
• Equality legislation in a recruitment and admissions context
• From care to higher education
• International issues for non-international staff
• Positive and constructive feedback for unsuccessful applicants
• Qualifications outside the UCAS Tariff
• Qualifications within the UCAS Tariff
• Qualifications update
• Recruitment activities with children and young people
• The Data Protection Act (DPA) in a recruitment and admissions context
• The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) in a recruitment and admissions context
• The Race Relations Amendment Act (RRAA) in a recruitment and admissions context
• UCAS data for non-data specialists
• UCAS systems
• Verification and fraud and the points based system for immigrant students
• Widening participation and fair admissions

Workshops can be delivered at your institution or you can attend workshops that are run at the UCAS office in Cheltenham (Rosehill).

At your institution

Workshops can be delivered at your institution or a venue of your choice and tailored to suit your specific needs or requirements (e.g. mixing elements of two or more workshops).

UCAS is happy for you to invite colleagues from other institutions.

Cost is £500 (+VAT) for a three hour workshop for up to 15 participants (+ travel and accommodation costs where incurred)

Download the booking form for workshops at your institution

At UCAS

A selection of CPD workshops are run on a regular basis at our office in Cheltenham (Rosehill).

Cost is £85 (+VAT) per person (10% discount if two or more attendees from the same institution attend the same workshop).

Download the booking form for workshops at UCAS

The current list of workshops available at UCAS (Rosehill) are:

 

2008	Dates	Workshop
	18 Sept:	Positive and constructive feedback for unsuccessful applicants
	16 Oct:	The Disability Discrimination Act in a recruitment and admissions context
	22 Oct:	Verification and fraud and the new the points based system for Immigration
	28 Oct:	UCAS data for non-data specialists
	25 Nov:	Best practice when interviewing
	26 Nov:	Qualifications update
	27 Nov:	UCAS data for non-data specialists
	10 Dec:	International issues for non-international staff

 

2009	Dates	Workshop
	20 Jan:	Age legislation in a recruitment and admissions context
	21 Jan:	From care to higher education
	19 Feb:	Criminal convictions, CRB, ISA and avoiding discrimination
	18 Mar:	Positive and constructive feedback for unsuccessful applicants
	23 Apr:	UCAS data for non-data specialists
	02 Jun:	UCAS systems
	01 Jul:	Qualifications update
	23 Jul:	Verification and fraud and the points based system for immigrant students
	29 Sep:	Equality legislation in a recruitment and admissions context
	22 Oct:	Widening participation and fair admissions