More Power To You - Units

‘More Power To You' consists of 21 modules, each accompanied by a self-study booklet. You can print out the booklet or listen to an audio version. You can also join a training session that covers the same subject.

The modules fall into three main areas:
• developing personal skills covering areas such as confidence-building and personal change
• specific skills covering areas such as chairing meetings and making presentations
• taking advanced roles covering areas such as becoming a mentor and student assessment

Developing personal skills:
Who me? - Confidence building
How do I find the time?
Open minds and creative thinking
Feeling at home in the statutory sector
Being comfortable with personal change
Is everybody equal? - Diversity

Specific skills
Being assertive without being aggressive
Sitting round a table: meetings
Involvement: speaking not just to myself
Showing and telling: presentation skills
Reporting back
Give and take: negotiation
Getting it together: partnership working

Taking advanced roles
Feeling the quality: student assessment
Involvement: speaking not just to myself
Spotting the right stuff: recruitment
Nothing stands still: organisational change
The value of mentoring
Taking the chair
Seeing the bigger picture: strategic planning
Where next? Work or training