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Links to useful training opportunities to support your career development.
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- Mandatory training
- Professional development training
- Personal development
- Leadership training
- Researcher Development
- Innovation & Enterprise training
- Research funding training
- Research IT training
- Research Integrity training
- UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office training
- Data management training
- Data Protection training
- Digital skills development
- Policy Impact Unit
Mandatory training
New staff are required to complete UCL’s mandatory training modules. Existing staff must periodically review and update mandatory training as required.
Professional development training
Research students at UCL are expected to take advantage of UCL DocSkills and other training on offer and should aim to participate in relevant training to an equivalent of 10 days per year.
- Find out more about UCL’s training points
- Research Staff Development Programme
- Doctoral Skills Development Programme
Personal development
Explore personal development strategies to help support your career through a range of self-paced resources and interactive webinars.
Leadership training
UCL provides a range of leadership training programmes to support current and prospective leaders.
- UCL Leadership Programmes
View UCL’s Leadership experiences whether you are leading a department or beginning your career. - Advancing Principal Investigators
UCL's Advancing Principal Investigators programme helps participants to develop the necessary skills and tools to lead a research team. - Lead at UCL
Lead at UCL is a SharePoint site full of management and leadership training, guidance, and advice for all leaders at UCL. - Lab Leader Series
The Lab Leaders Series is a collection of video interviews with UCL's leading researchers providing invaluable insight into what really matters when building successful research teams and projects. - UCL People Managers Hub
The UCL People Managers Hub provides a range of guides to support line managers with common tasks. - Senior Leaders Induction
The Senior Leaders Induction programme is a package for staff moving into senior leadership positions at grades 10 and above.
Managing staff
Visit our Managing staff page to access useful resources on how to effectively manage your staff.
Researcher Development
UCL Researcher Development programmes support the personal, professional, and career development of research staff and students by enabling them to maximise their potential and excel in their roles.
Innovation & Enterprise training
The Innovation & Enterprise team offers a range of training to support innovation, such as:
- Introduction to innovation and enterprise at UCL
- Intellectual Property training
- Conflict of interest training
- Consultancy information sessions
- Training on how to start a business or social enterprise.
Find out more on the UCL Innovation & Enterprise website.
Research funding training
Award Services in collaboration with Organisational Development have developed a new online training course in the Fundamentals of Research Funding Management. The course is aimed at all staff who support externally funded research and innovation projects.
Research IT training
Research IT offers a range of internal and externally provided courses and webinars.
Research Integrity training
The Research Integrity team has created a list of useful training opportunities available for staff and students.
UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office training
The UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office (JRO) provides researchers at UCL and UCLH with courses and training in clinical research governance, regulations, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
Data management training
View our Data management page for more information on data management training.
Data Protection training
All staff, contractors and students are required to complete GDPR training and complete the refresher course on an annual basis. Access online data protection/GDPR training on the UCL Data Protection website.
Digital skills development
Information Services offer face-to-face training in areas such as data analysis, Office 365, programming, desktop applications, and more to help develop the digital skills of UCL staff and students. They also offer individual support through our drop-ins and online learning opportunities.
Policy Impact Unit
The Policy Impact Unit (PIU) provides training on policy engagement. Contact them for more information.