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A new academic year, a new you? Springboard women's development programme

Friday, 11 October 2013

Springboard

Following the successful pilot of The Springboard Women's Development Programme at the University earlier this year the University has decided to run 2 cohorts of the programme in this academic year.

Some of the feedback we received about the programme from the participants is as follows:

  • It has transformed my attitude and enabled me to make the most of my strengths and skills.
  • It has far exceeded my expectations - I quickly found myself thinking differently and making positive changes. It's been surprisingly revelatory and I feel the next 12 months will be exciting!
  • A great opportunity to reflect on career aspirations and how to make them happen.

What is Springboard?

The Springboard Women's Development Programme enables women to take more control over their own lives and careers by identifying clear, practical and realistic steps that they want to take and developing the skills and confidence to take them. Springboard has been used successfully by over 180,000 women world-wide.

Springboard is for women of all backgrounds, ages and stages of their life and combines the attendance of four full day workshops, completion of a workbook, networking and co-coaching.  Each participant will set their objectives on the first workshop which can be to do with work or their personal life. 

Many women use the programme to get better results at work, such as new qualifications, aiming for a promotion, developing new skills or creating a new attitude to change.  According to the Springboard Consultancy, 80% of participants report increased confidence/self-esteem as a result of undertaking this programme.

If you are curious and want to find out more about the Springboard Women's Development Programme to enable you to decide if you wish to apply there is a briefing/taster session on:

SPRINGBOARD WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - BRIEFING SESSION: 16 October, 12.30-14.00

You can book on this session via Employee Self Service Emplyee Self Service or by emailing cstd@reading.ac.uk

If you are already familiar with Springboard or already know that you'd like to apply at this stage please email Claire Lenders in CQSD (c.m.lenders@reading.ac.uk) and include the following:

  • A confirmation that you will be able to commit to attending the four workshops which will run on the following dates specifying which one or both:

Cohort 2: 5 November 2013, 9 December 2013, 6 January 2014, and 14 February 2014

Cohort 3: 11 March 2014, 9 April 2014, 15 May 2014, and 20 June 2014

  • A short statement explaining why you want to join the programme and what you hope to get out of it.

The deadline for applications is 12.30 pm 23 October 2013 for all hoping to take part in the programme. 

As places are limited to 32 per cohort, consideration of the applications to select the participants will be done on Monday 28 October.  We will be looking for a wide variety of participants at different stages of their careers from all areas of the University.