My professional development
Welcome to your online hub for professional development. Use our prompt questions to guide you to the resources you need to gain professional recognition and/or develop your career.
This open access hub is the result of a project that started over five years ago, and it provides a comprehensive collection of resources to support staff in finding ways to progress in their careers.
Our 2025 to 2030 strategic vision is to ensure all our members can enhance their professional skills and develop their career. One of our key strategic aims is to cultivate excellence, which means we are committed to:
Sharing and developing the tools, resources, and encouragement to empower our community to excel, innovate, and contribute.
Providing experiences and opportunities that foster learning, skills enhancement, and personal growth.
Offering opportunities for everyone in our community to identify and enhance their personal skillset to make the most of their ambitions and abilities.
This resource hub is a major part of how we plan to achieve these aims. Rather than reinventing the wheel, our research showed the value in focusing on professional skills and behaviours, complementing existing career tools from other sector organisations.
Within the hub, you can find resources on:
Developing your Student Services expertise
Staying up to date with the latest developments
Developing your leadership and management skills and approaches
Progressing in your career
Looking after yourself as a leader, and more
The portal guides you on a personalised journey, helping you explore what’s right for you and which resources can support you as a Student Services leader.
The work has just begun, and we'll keep adding resources to our portal. Join our email list to keep up to date with our updates. You'll need to log in and tick the 'My professional development' email list to subscribe.