Financial Arrangements and External Training

Professional development interventions provided within the University are normally free of charge to Directorates/Schools/Institutes/Faculties. You can find a range of development opportunities on CPD Training and info on teams who provide development is available here. 

Central budgets would normally be used to provide:

• University wide development initiatives e.g. leadership development programmes, wellbeing, education technology, enhancing learning and teaching practice
• University-wide mandatory training requirements (e.g. Anti-Bribery)

Staff development budgets held within business areas would normally be used to fund:

• Externally sourced training which relate to the specific requirements of the individual business area (e.g. specialist/technical training required for a role or team)

In most instances the University would expect business areas to use existing internal expertise and development activities in the first instance, rather than incur external spend for activities which can be provided in-house. For advice on professional development provision please contact us, we can advise on whether development needs can be met. If no such internal offerings are available or suitable, then it would be appropriate to use external providers. Appropriate policies and procedures relating to finance and procurement must be followed wherever external spend is incurred.