Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

There are a number of sustainability professional development and training opportunities open online to all staff members. Some of the courses that the University offers are Unconcious Bias Training, Equality, Diversity and Inclustivity Training, and Lets Talk about Race in Higher Education. In 23/24, 536 staff members availed of these programmes. 

https://www.universityofgalway.ie/human-resources/learning-and-development/

University of Galway provides all staff with access to LinkedIn Learning which has over 16,000 courses across a wide range of disicplines. LinkedIn Learning has over 16,000 courses where staff learn at their own pace and select only the courses and videos most relevant to their learning journey. Courses include technical, business, software, leadership, personal health, mindfulness, and creative topics but with the sustainability focus on campus many of the sustainability related courses are popular amongst staff.

To learn 24/7 staff just need to visit LinkedIn Learning and login with their Campus Account credentials. When completed staff receive a certificate. As an example a search for 'sustainability' on the platform yields 1,033 courses available to staff 24/7 at no cost. 

University of Galway has introduced Performance for Growth as its Performance Management Development (PMD) Framework. Performance for Growth is the tool that will support our staff and managers to understand their roles and empower staff to work towards achieving the operational objectives, that ultimately supports the strategic goals of the University. The aim is to support the staff member to thrive and grow in their role. This is done through the initial goal/objective setting process and then reviewed through a mid-year and end of year review, which will also be where the next years goals and objective setting will take place.

Sustainability is a core value of the University and as such is incorporated in some staff performance reviews. However, as the University has only recently established a new Sustainability Office, the number of staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews is quite low.