About this Workshop
This online workshop is designed to help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in your career as a HE professional. The workshop focuses on increasing your self-awareness through reflection and developing professional capabilities. You will learn how to leverage a reflective tool to explore your strengths and areas for development. Additionally, we’ll explore different approaches to career development and strategies to make the most of them.
Why attend?
Proactively increasing your self-awareness can be an effective way to develop your professional capabilities and, in turn, your career. Reflective practice will enable you to grow, both personally and professionally and deliver your organisation’s strategic objectives.
What you will do:
This session will offer a comprehensive guided reflection using the AHEP Professional Framework, considering its relevance to both your current role and potential future roles. You will identify your own strengths and areas for development before exploring a variety of alternative approaches to career development and how to make the most of them. You will leave with a clear understanding of how to apply the Framework to support your career development, gain insights into your strengths and areas to develop and how to meet your development needs.
The workshop will be interactive and engaging, with a mix of presentations and group discussions. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and network with their peers.
Learning Outcomes
– Understand how to develop your professional capabilities through increased self-awareness.
– Explore strengths and areas for development using the AHEP Professional Framework.
– Identify and use alternative approaches to career development.
This workshop most closely aligns to Empowering Professional Development, by using the AHEP Professional Framework to aid reflection on career development.
Is this workshop right for you?
All are welcome to attend, and this workshop is aimed at Associate Member and Member of AHEP. If you are not yet a member of AHEP, please refer to guidance on our membership levels to determine if this workshop is right for you.
We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Details in brief
Venue: Online via Zoom
Date: Tuesday, 18 June
Duration: 09:30 -13:00
AHEP Member £60+VAT | Non-member £120+VAT
If you have any questions, please contact events@ahep.ac.uk
Sophie Lovejoy
Independent coach, facilitator & OD consultant
Sophie has worked in the HE sector since 1995, in roles spanning technical, research, teaching, and organisational learning and development. Her time as Director of Organisational Development for the 1994 Group saw her leading collaborative development programmes across 18 universities, and she has since worked across the whole spectrum of UK HEIs.
Since leaving the University of Westminster in 2018, Sophie has worked with HE clients to deliver a variety of organisational development activities, including an Athena Swan silver award and a leadership programme for academics. She is an ILM qualified coach, with a particular interest in working with those who are in early to mid career Professional Services roles, and has extensive experience of developing and facilitating workshops (whether courses or bespoke team interventions, both online and in person). She is also co-founder of Thinking Outside, providing nature-based organisational development for teams.
Sophie also convenes the Organisational Development in Higher Education group, and is part of the AHEP consultancy team.