Oxford University IT Support Staff Continuous Professional Development

Oxford University IT Support Staff Continuous Professional Development Scheme Jane Littlehales

CPD Scheme u Launched ITSSC ’ 00 u Open to all ITSS u Free u Based on BCS scheme u All kinds of training and development recognised

Participation u Awareness amongst ITSS good u Many more participated than submitted forms u Many forms signed by managers, colleagues u Fewer submitted forms than last year u More reminders!

How to get involved next time u Before 31 May 2003 – Decide you want to – Make a note of all training and development activities you have done – Send the form to me

Types of Activity Attend courses u Present courses u Attend seminars u Give seminars u Attend conferences u Present at conferences u Attend exhibitions u Read papers u Write papers u Private study u Practice u u Technical and non technical

Activities Included u u u u u OUCS courses ITSS Conference ITSS Seminars Netware briefings Library Conference Presenting at seminar/conference Giving training course Writing papers Reading technical books and web information u u u City and Guilds courses OUDCE courses Giving technical interviews Supervisory skills courses Writing Newsletter articles Taking part in Webcasts

How many points? u Minimum recommended points is 80 u Submissions varied from 230 to over 1000 u Last year from 22 to over 1000 u Average was 505!

Congratulations to … u This year’s top scorer …

James Richardson 1070 points!

More Awards u Awards never intended just to reward highest number of points u This year, also rewarding Fame and Fortune u Congratulations to …

Man-Suen Chan! Interviewed for Bio. IT World http: //www. bio-itworld. com/news/040702_report 186. html