Career Development

Reaching Your Full Potential

The University offers a range of training and development opportunities, designed to support your skills, knowledge, and behaviours, as well as enhancing your wider career aspirations. Opportunities may include:

  • a 'Welcome to Lincoln' induction session, alongside a supportive induction plan to help you settle into your new role
  • annual academic promotions round
  • engagement groups to share best practice
  • funding to enrol onto a staff apprenticeship (varying levels available), with funds also available for start-ups
  • an inclusive mentoring scheme
  • accredited qualifications for management and leadership
  • funded places on external programmes such as Advance HE Aurora
  • sponsorship of tuition fees for University of Lincoln programmes of study (e.g. undergraduate, postgraduate, or doctorate)
  • full access to our library and academic subject librarians
  • participation in a review and development scheme with the focus on work loading via a model that gives people the time for development and research, taking an holistic view of work life for you as an individual.

Online Training Opportunities

As well as offering in-person training opportunities covering key transferable skills and knowledge sharing, you also have access to a wide range of online learning modules and video tutorials through LinkedIn Learning, which can help you to further develop and strengthen these skills.

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Support at Lincoln

Whatever your new role here at the University of Lincoln, be it working in one of our professional services teams, as an academic, or as a researcher, we are here to help you achieve your full potential.

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Professional Services

We are committed to developing your skills, knowledge, and behaviours to help build a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing culture, while promoting and supporting staff health and wellbeing.

Staff Development

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Teaching and Learning

Whether you are new to teaching, or just new to Lincoln, we can provide you with an overview of key teaching and learning information and signpost you to additional resources and support that you may need.

Read Our Guide

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Pursuing Research Excellence

At Lincoln, we understand the importance of providing staff and students with the best possible environment for pursuing research that can support our communities, improve lives, and change the world.

Research Environment

Please note, some schemes will have a set of criteria/guidance/application process to support prioritising staff and associated budgets.