Learning & Professional Development

Talent Development offer a range of programmes and courses. You find information about all of these below as well as additional offerings from across The University of Manchester.

Leadership & Management

Talent Development offer the following Leadership and Management programmes. You can view a summary of all courses here, or go directly onto the programme page links below:

Colleague lifecycle

The below colleague lifecycle events are offered by Talent Development. Places on these courses are limited and users are invited to apply for courses via the Training Catalogue.

University Welcome Event
Pre-retirement course
Recruiting Staff at Manchester - this is a blended learning course, once you have completed the self-directed component you will be able to book on to the workshop.

Digital learning

Talent Development have a number of professional development digital learning courses which are available to staff to access via self-enrolment.

Accessibility for Web Editors
Change Management Foundations
Giving Feedback Effectively
Project Management Fundamentals (Beginner / New to Project Management)
Social Media Practitioner

The below courses provide Certifications via LinkedIn Learning when you complete them.

Career Essentials in Data Analysis: Certification by Microsoft and LinkedIn learning (Beginner to Intermediate)
Career Essentials in Generative AI: Certification by Microsoft and LinkedIn (Beginner to Intermediate)
Career Essentials in Project Management: Certification by Microsoft and LinkedIn (Intermediate / Experience of Project Management)

The below courses are made available for colleagues to develop their coaching skills.

Coaching lessons for non-coaches (Beginner / New to coaching)
Coaching Conversations (Intermediate / Line manager recommended)
Coaching for Skills (Intermediate / Line manager recommended)
Coaching for Mindset (Intermediate / Line manager recommended)
Coaching for Diversity and Inclusion (Intermediate / Line manager recommended)
Team Coaching (Advanced / Experienced coaches)

Your professional development

Talent Development is your gateway to holistic professional development. We are dedicated to nurturing your skills, fostering career advancement, and facilitating lifelong learning to empower you in every aspect of your professional journey.

Training opportunities across UoM

You can discover more training opportunities across the University ranging from essential induction information for our new starters, important compliance and risk training, and ongoing resources and support for wellbeing, equality, diversity, inclusion and more.