I spent the afternoon of the 18th at a 3 hour workshop covering project management. In light of my meeting with Mick Fuller and Andy F. on the 10th, I felt that this would be a step in the right direction regarding my CPD and hopefully aid in me being able to successfully pull off the huge project regarding postgrads/undergrads. It was a great course, I just wish that it had been longer as we were unable to cover all of the material the facilitator had prepared. I did get to see Satish again though, which was great. He explained in greater detail the changes he was hoping to make over the course of the summer. Very ambitious, and potentially some barriers, but hopefully with our newfound negotiation skills he'll be able to manage it. It would be a very positive outcome for the students.
What I gained from this course is improving my powers of negotiation, listening to people's fears of change and then facilitating their ability to change. I thought about how I might employ these skills in my upcoming meeting with all of the programme leads concerning PALS. I need to be able to SELL the programme and its benefits to the academics because without their support it will be very difficult to get student buy-in... maybe.
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