Springboard is back!

The Springboard Women's Development Programme enables women to identify clear, practical and realistic steps that they want to take and developing the skills and confidence to take them. Springboard has been used successfully by over 230,000 women in over 40 countries.

Springboard is for women of all backgrounds, ages and stages of their life and combines the attendance of four full day workshops, completion of a workbook, networking and co-coaching. Each participant will set their objectives on the first workshop, which can be to do with work or their personal life.

Many women use the programme to get better results at work, such as new qualifications, aiming for a promotion, developing new skills or creating a new attitude to change. According to the Springboard Consultancy, 80% of participants report increased confidence/self-esteem as a result of undertaking this programme.

In addition, the University now has its own Springboard Professional Development Network that continues to provide support for participants after the programme has finished.

The programme starts on Thursday 5 May 2022. All workshop dates and timings are available in this downloadable application form (Word, 65 KB). All applications must be received by end of Tuesday 12 April.

Please note: to apply, you will need to have the support of your line manager and be able to attend all the workshops.

Places are limited to 30 per cohort. We will be looking for a wide variety of participants at different stages of their careers from all areas of the University. If we are oversubscribed, we will create a waiting list pending future programme dates being set. You will be advised whether you have a place on this cohort by Wednesday 20 April.