{"id":1489,"date":"2018-08-29T10:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T09:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2018-08-29T10:46:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T09:46:47","slug":"introducing-the-trailblazer-programme-free-cpd-for-bristol-business-school-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/introducing-the-trailblazer-programme-free-cpd-for-bristol-business-school-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Trailblazer programme: Free CPD for Bristol Business School alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Business School are offering our alumni a pioneering and exclusive complimentary professional development programme, relevant across disciplines, regardless of when you graduated.<\/p>\n<p>Launching in September 2018, our Trailblazer Programme will blend face-to-face sessions with webinars and social events.\u00a0You will be motivated to maximise personal impact, boost effectiveness and develop leadership skills.<\/p>\n<p>Facilitated by experienced academics, seasoned practitioners, and inspirational speakers, this programme echoes the mantra of learning by doing what is integral to our Bristol Business School and Bristol Law School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is it for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Offered\u00a0<strong>exclusively to UWE Bristol alumni on a complimentary basis<\/strong>, this is a chance to continue the learning that you began when you were a student. The programme enables you to take advantage of your lifelong connection to our expertise and community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entry requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are no formal entry requirements for this programme, however places will be offered exclusively to UWE Bristol alumni from our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programme incorporates four face-to-face sessions alongside online learning through webinars and two social events per a cohort.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 1 &#8211; Leading Self for Personal Effectiveness:\u00a0<\/strong>Learn how to adapt your behaviour and actions when dealing with different individuals, tasks and situations. Acquire the skills to deliver exceptional performance, authentically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 2 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Leading Others for Impact:\u00a0<\/strong>Practical tips on creating high performing teams focusing on; healthy team dynamics, influencing and communicating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 3\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Coaching and Mentoring:\u00a0<\/strong>Transform your personal management style in this practical session by developing your coaching and mentoring skills to enhance performance and encourage self-exploration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 4 &#8211; Design Thinking:\u00a0<\/strong>Experience the creative process of finding new and transformative solutions to problems whilst also generating innovative ideas and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Webinars:\u00a0<\/strong>Webinar topics will be decided at the start of the programme to ensure these are relevant to the current business environment.They will be available live or pre-recorded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduation:\u00a0<\/strong>Graduation event for the year&#8217;s cohorts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional accreditation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are seeking to get this programme approved by the CPD Certification Service, meaning you will receive a certificate to demonstrate your CPD hours through completion of this programme*.<\/p>\n<p>The growing network of participants will benefit from lasting relationships with likeminded professionals.<\/p>\n<p>*subject to approval being granted.<\/p>\n<p>Places for the course are limited to 40 participants per cohort. For more information and to apply for your free place, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.uwe.ac.uk\/Z20000121\/trailblazer-programme\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bristol Business School are offering our alumni a pioneering and exclusive complimentary professional development programme, relevant across disciplines, regardless of when you graduated. Launching in September 2018, our Trailblazer Programme will blend face-to-face sessions with webinars and social events.\u00a0You will be motivated to maximise personal impact, boost effectiveness and develop leadership skills. Facilitated by experienced &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/introducing-the-trailblazer-programme-free-cpd-for-bristol-business-school-alumni\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introducing the Trailblazer programme: Free CPD for Bristol Business School alumni&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,26,27,29,34,49,90,167,183,305,206,209,210,213],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bristol-business-school","tag-alumni","tag-bristol-business-engagement-centre","tag-bristol-business-school","tag-bristol-law-school","tag-business","tag-cpd","tag-graduation","tag-research","tag-students","tag-trailblazers","tag-university","tag-uwe","tag-uwe-bristol","tag-uwe-graduation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1492,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-business-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}