Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 73.80
Liaison Corey Peterson
Submission Date June 2, 2022

STARS v2.2

University of Tasmania
EN-9: Staff Professional Development and Training

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.25 / 2.00 Sustainability Team
UTAS
Infrastructure Services and Development
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Does the institution make available professional development and training opportunities in sustainability to all non-academic staff at least once per year?:
Yes

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (the rate of staff participation in sustainability professional development and training)?:
Yes

Estimated percentage of regular, non-academic staff that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training:
1-24%

A brief description of any internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to non-academic staff:

As a community focused on education, the University of Tasmania holds professional development and growth as integral to how we operate. Professional development is a conversation about staff careers, growing their capacity to do excellent work in their current role as well as developing their capabilities to play other roles.
The University Staff Subsidy Assistance Waiver is a program that covers the fees for any combination of units up to a maximum of 25 credit points each calendar year for staff enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place. Units do not need to be directly related to their work area, hence staff can undertake any sustainability unit offered by the University.
Other examples of internal sustainability professional development and training opportunities that the institution makes available to non-academic staff include:
- Short courses in environment and sustainability through the University short courses (https://www.utas.edu.au/study/short-courses)
- Learning and Teaching Resources (via My Learning Online (MyLO) software) such as 'An Introduction to Sustainability at UTAS'
- Equity and Diversity (via My Learning Online (MyLO) software) such as 'Appropriate Workplace Behaviour'
- Health and Wellbeing training such as Mental Health First Aid (face to face).


A brief description of any external professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are supported by the institution :

The University of Tasmania also offers professional development and training opportunities in sustainability that are offered by external providers. All courses are financially covered by the University. Some examples are:
- LinkedIn Learning including at least 48 courses (and more than 600 videos) related to sustainability
- 'Come Walk With Us' run by the Aboriginal Higher Education Advisor https://www.utas.edu.au/aboriginal-business/curriculum/come-walk-with-us
- 'LGBTI awareness and Ally training' by educators from Working It Out https://www.utas.edu.au/equity-diversity/ally-network.


Estimated percentage of regular non-academic staff for which sustainability is included in performance reviews:
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A brief description of how sustainability is included in staff performance reviews :
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Website URL where information about staff professional development and training in sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The percentage of regular, non-academic staff that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training is for 2021 calendar year.


The percentage of regular, non-academic staff that participates annually in sustainability professional development and training is for 2021 calendar year.

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