HEaTED Yorkshire/North East Joint Regional Network Event - 19 June 2014

HEaTED Yorkshire/North East Joint Regional Network Event.

The National Railway Museum, York, Thursday 19 June 2014.

Venue: The National Railway Museum, York.

Travel Information: There is currently a road closure from the city side of the museum which may affect your journey if you are arriving by car. Please follow the link below to the NRM website for directions. Please note, access will be restricted from the side of Leeman Road as work is being undertaken on the rail bridge. There is a diversion in place, so please allow extra time. Pedestrian access is unaffected.

http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/VisitYork/howtogethere.aspx#visitcar  

All delegates should arrive at the Car Park Entrance (opposite the main visitor car park on Leeman Road).

Audience: Technical Staff, Technical Managers, Technical Team Leaders and Staff Development Professionals from HEIs across the Region.

Aim of Event: To enable technical managers and technical staff to meet and network with colleagues in other HE/FE Institutions across Yorkshire and the North East, to discuss current developments in Higher Education that are pertinent to technical staff, to share good practice and to undertake personal development. The theme of this event is ‘communication’; raising our own awareness of the difficulties in communicating and learning how we can improve our own communication skills.

Event Programme:

9.30 – 10.00 Registration, networking and refreshments

10.00 – 10.15  Welcome and Introductions

10.15 – 11.30 Communicating within a hierarchy

11.30 – 12.30 Setting up your own internal networks: ‘TechNet’ case study from the University of Sheffield (Natalie Kennerley and Melanie Hannah)

12.30 – 13.15   Lunch and networking

13.15 – 14.00 Communication – taking control

14.00 – 14.30 CATTs: working with HEaTED’s competency assessment tool

14.30 – 15.00 HEaTED Update and identifying training needs (Katherine Forsey, HEaTED)

15.00   Tour of the National Railway Museum

15.30 Close

**This is a free event but you must complete the booking form on the HEaTED website to reserve your place. Refreshments and lunch will be provided**

A printable version of the agenda is available to download below.

If you are not able to attend this event but would like to contribute to the items highlighted for discussion please reply to this topic.