Welcome to the Students’ Union’s Skills Development Programme (SDP). The SDP is a series of workshops and courses which aim to provide additional skills and qualifications that you may not get chance to gain through your academic course.

Please do take the time to read through this programme and decide if you would like to take part in any of the opportunities. All times given are in GMT.

Most workshops are completely free of charge, with the exception of the Negotiation Skills and Mediation Training courses.

All courses and workshops are held virtually via Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Collaborate, unless otherwise stated. We are trialling a new way of signing up this term – sign ups will be via our website. We hope this will be easier for you to sign up to courses! 

Members of University staff are also welcome to register for sessions. Priority will be for students where numbers are limited, but please do register to join us if you would like to. 

You will receive a certificate of attendance after completing most of the sessions in this booklet, with the exception of the official training courses (such as the Mediation and Negotiation courses, which will provide a separate certificate).

Please do take the time to read through this booklet and decide if you would like to take part in any of the opportunities. All times given are in GMT.

How do I Sign Up?

Please visit our events website page to sign up for most of the sessions in the booklet. Sessions with another sign up method will be clearly marked on the relevant page.

https://studentsunion.law.ac.uk/events

If you have any issues logging in to our website or signing up – please email: su-communications@law.ac.uk 

Who organises the SDP?

Laura Trussell, Academic Representation Coordinator

My name is Laura, and I started as Academic Representation Coordinator at the Students’ Union last August. As part of my role, I have taken over the administration of the Skills Development Programme from Emma, the SU Manager who is now on maternity leave.

Thank you to all the staff and contributors who have volunteered or offered their services at a discount, without them the SDP wouldn't be such a massive success and we're thrilled to offer these opportunities to the ULaw family!  

I would love to hear your feedback about the Skills Development Programme, and your ideas for future sessions! If there’s anything you’d like to discuss, please get in touch with me at laura.trussell@law.ac.uk.