Have you found a useful document or resource recently which you would like to share with the members of MSDP?
If you would like to contribute something please email ajallen@harper-adams.ac.uk
This is the ideal place for sharing ideas and we hope you all find this useful!
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| LinkedIn Learning
Oh, where to begin? |
Tuesday 22 September 2020: Email to SDF community:
We are going to shortly embark on piloting the use of Linkedin Learning. So looking at the potential of 17,000 titles it’s a bit daunting and as a potential curator role, we would like to steer staff to the good titles. Like Goldilocks in the house of the 3 bears, there are some that are not the right fit, or too America orientated, or too private sector orientated etc, “and some that might be just right”. The response: Grateful thanks to the great and generous response from colleagues from across the SDF. I have collated the response into sage advice, recommendations for courses to preview and a finally a couple of screenshots of collated collections. |
Ian Whiting
Oxford Brookes |
| The Change Game | 
The Change Game is an MSDP collective community resource. The resource can be reserved in advance via notification to the Chair for a duration period of 2 weeks.
The Game has been reserved for the following weeks (below) 2020
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Ian Whiting
MSDP Chair |
| Good practice guide to Action Learning Sets |  This Resource comes courtesy of colleagues in the NWE group. The guide provides advice and guidance and downloadable resources for anyone wanting to set up and run an action learning programme. |
Ian Whiting
MSDP Chair |
| Sim Uni | Sim Uni provides a fun way to learn about the different elements that impact on the running of the University.
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Ian Whiting
MSDP Chair |
| National Training Services Framework |
HEI procurement units have regional consortiums to improve their buying power.
A quick investigation identified that the Midlands Universities Purchasing Consortium (MUPC) folded in 2004 (see link). The Midland Universities then joined either the North East or Southern Consortiums
MSDP member of the NEUPC are Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Loughborough, Nottingham Trent,
MSDP members of the SUPC are Warwick, Wolverhampton, UEA, Oxford Brookes, Nottingham, Northampton, Newman, De Montfort, Cranfield, Coventry, Birmingham City, Aston,
The NEUPC have initiated on behalf of all the regional consortiums a National Training Services Framework (see the following links)
What does this mean for MSDP: We can avail ourselves of the services of these training providers (especially their standard offer) and should get these at preferential rates (less than publicly quoted).
We don’t need to go through the same tender requirements (but it would always be wise to check). We are not restricted in any way to these suppliers (especially as we have many local suppliers who would not wish to go on a national supplier register). |
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| SDF Jiscmail |  Members wishing to sign up to the SDF discussion group should register with www.jiscmail.ac.uk |
Ian Whiting
MSDP Chair |
| Participative Process Review
Tool Kit |
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/OCSLD/Research/Participative-Process-Review/ An overview summary of how the PPR concept originated, its rationale and the fundamentals needed for them to work can be found in this article published in the Staff Development Forum Digest. |
Ian Whiting
OCSLD Oxford Brookes University |
| Change support for Managers |  a “Manager’s personal change checklist”.
OCSLD has initiated a Managers personal change checklist and we extend this to the SDF community under a Creative Commons (Attribution, Noncommercial, share alike) licence. This is part of our support for managers undertaking change which can be found at www.brookes.ac.uk/OCSLD/Your- |
Ian Whiting
OCSLD Oxford Brookes University |