UQ promotes a culture of continuous learning and performance improvement. We provide resources designed to support staff development and training.
Staff Development encourages all staff to further develop their careers and professional goals with training and mentoring by offering impactful staff development courses. The staff development program includes courses that focus on skill development and career enhancement, which can be taken at your (and your supervisor's) discretion.
Staff training can be accessed through Workday. Learning guides for Employees and Managers are available to help staff navigate, enrol and drop courses in Workday. Mandatory training and various other online training is still available for UQ affliates, controlled entities and contractors through Learn.UQ.
All new staff need to complete mandatory training. Depending on your area or role, you may also be required to complete additional training. Ask your supervisor what training is required for your specific role. It's the responsibility of staff and supervisors to ensure that you undertake the appropriate courses for your role and/or function.
Mandatory Courses
The following is a list of mandatory courses to be completed by all UQ staff (see below exceptions for casual staff). Additionally, Supervisor Work Health and Safety Responsibilities is mandatory for all supervisors (Professional and Academic) who manage staff and/or students.
Casual staff are advised to discuss with their supervisor to determine which courses are mandatory based on duties inherent to their role. At a minimum and unless exceptional circumstances apply, it is expected that all casual staff complete the four courses listed in the ‘Casual staff completion required’ column below.
HDR candidates are required to undertake mandatory training. For further information and a list of mandatory HDR courses, please visit the Graduate School website.
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Course – Module 1: Thinking about cultures and identities
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Course – Module 2: My Country, Our Country
- Annual Fire Safety Awareness
- Appropriate Workplace Behaviour
- Staff Standards of Conduct
- Health, Safety and Wellness Induction
- Privacy at UQ
- Cyber Security Awareness - Essentials
- Casual Academic Employment Course
Recommended Courses
People and Culture
Other Training Providers
Staff may also access training courses offered by other providers, both within and outside UQ. Approval from your Manager is required, before enrolling into a course run by other providers. During this discussion with your Manager confirm who will pay the course fees. You can add external training to your Workday profile.
Please see below list of some external providers:
Queensland Ambulance First Aid Training
St John Ambulance
UQ Sport
Mental Health First Aid Australia
For further advice on how to find other training providers, contact learning.hr@enquire.uq.edu.au
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) give you (usually free) online access to a broad range of courses offered by leading universities from around the world.
All available courses
Courses run by UQ
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is available through Workday. From Learning Home, go to Browse function which sits under the Explore the Learning Catalogue. You can filter the Content Provider to LinkedIn Learning. There is over 6000 On Demand Courses available which all UQ staff can access to enhance their technology and professional skills. These courses don't require enrollment and can be paused and resumed as required.
Leadership Development at UQ
At UQ, we recognise that leaders can be born, but more often they must be made. As an organisation, we strive for a culture of leadership that is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive.
We promote leadership that supports individuals and teams to do their best work in service of our broader UQ community, at all levels throughout the University.
Learning to Lead
Designed for aspiring leaders, providing foundational learning to lay the groundwork for those who are preparing to undertake their first leadership role.
- Eligibility: Professional staff HEW 4 to 6, and academic staff levels A to B
Leadership in Practice
Targeted toward first time or emerging people leaders, who are building their knowledge and skills, broadening their awareness of self, and enhancing their ability to lead others.
- Eligibility: Professional staff HEW 6 to 8, and academic staff levels B to D, who currently have people leadership responsibilities
Leading UQ
Our flagship program, Leading UQ, is designed for experienced leaders who are consolidating their approach to leadership, challenging their perspective, expanding their self-awareness, and optimising their leadership practice.
- Eligibility: Professional staff HEW 9 to 10, and academic staff level D and E, who have portfolio leadership responsibilities
Early-Career Academic Development Program
The Early-Career Academic Development Program is designed to help you transition from being a leading academic to an academic leader.
UQ Career Progression for Women Program (CPW)
This program is designed for academic women at Level C who are actively pursuing career development within UQ. It provides participants with the opportunity for both personal and professional growth and helps them to clarify and pursue their career goals in an academic environment.
UQ Promoting Women Fellowships (PFW)
This fellowship aims to increase the percentage of women at Senior Lecturer level and above, and to facilitate the career progression of academic women. Funding is available to provide relief from teaching, administrative or other duties, providing the opportunity to complete research, publications, or demonstrate leadership through undertaking a special project or program of work, so you can be appropriately prepared in your application for promotion.
UQ Career Advancement for Senior Academic (CASA)
This program is designed to assist high calibre academic women advance in their careers. It is targeted at senior women at Academic Level D wishing to progress to Professorial level. The program aims to broaden participants' understanding of leadership in a global academic context; leverage off existing leadership strengths to build great capacity to lead strategically; increase knowledge of the university professorial promotion process and provides a gender frame of reference to academic leadership.
Intersectionality
- UQ Guide to Inclusive Language
This guide provides information about how to apply the principles of inclusive language to foster a safe and inclusive environment for all staff and students. - UQ Guide to Inclusive Events
This guide provides an overview of the protocols, best practices, and principles that should be applied to all UQ events to ensure they are inclusive and supportive for all attendees. - UQ Guide to Inclusive Meetings
This guide provides information for UQ staff about how to ensure that professional meetings are as inclusive as possible for all staff. - UQ Guide to Increasing Under-represented Staff
This guide provides an overview of UQ-endorsed special measures which may be applied to improve UQ’s staff diversity through targeted recruitment selection and appointment activities. - Australia Talks: Are there more than two genders?
- Managing Cultural Diversity toolkit from Australian Multicultural Foundation provides a comprehensive overview of how to effectively manage cultural diversity in the workplace.
- Inclusive Practice contains resources providing insight from exemplary practitioners on the topic of inclusive practices in education.
- Beyond Blue's Invisible Discrimination campaign addresses the impact that racism has in the workplace, and provides resources on how to prevent this from occurring.
- Australian Human Rights Commission explains the Racial Discrimination Act, the background of the legislation, case law and impacts of racism, and provides other links.
Unconscious Bias
- UQ Managing Unconscious Bias Program
We encourage all staff to complete this program to help foster a diverse and inclusive work culture. - re:Work
Google’s program provides numerous useful resources, including an excellent workshop "Unconscious Bias @ Work", which is supported by a number of useful practical resources. - Facebook: Managing Unconscious Bias
Facebook’s toolkit provides excellent workshops on unconscious bias in the workplace. - Harvard Implicit Bias test
Test your own implicit bias within 15 minutes with this test backed up by Harvard research and techniques, with instant results.
Sustainability
UQ Sustainable Events Guide
A sustainable event takes measures to minimise its environmental impact by adopting best management practices.