The 2024 ‘CTLS Professional Development Course for Core Facility Staff’ was run in May/June 2024. Look out for news of this course being run again in the future.
See below for Reference Information regarding the 2024 course and contact the CTLS Training Working Group (training@ctls-org.eu) if you have any questions.
| GerBI-GMB, in collaboration with hfp consulting, has developed an intensive, interactive, and highly specialised workshop tailored to address the unique challenges faced by managers and leaders in core facilities. For more information, click on Core Facility Leadership and Management Course. While registration for the 2024 course is now closed, you can express your interest in the 2025 course. Financial support for CTLS members will be available, with more details to be provided when the course is launched. |
2024 ‘CTLS Professional Development Course for Core Facility Staff’ – Reference Information
The 2024 CTLS Professional Development Course for Core Facility Staff comprised of six half-day sessions held online from 28th May to 14th June 2024.
Core Facility Staff can find themselves in new roles that demand a broad set of skills that they have often not been traditionally taught in their academic career. Transitioning into these roles, handling multiple projects simultaneously, having a service and team-oriented mindset and dealing with users are some of the challenges people typically face in this position.
CTLS in collaboration with hfp consulting, a group specialised in supporting scientists to improve their leadership and management skills, have developed an intense, interactive, and highly specialised course that addresses these challenges. The course has been developed and enhanced, by hfp consulting, after working with many core facility members and managers across different institutes all over the world. Since 2013, this type of course has been well received by many participants and organisers.
Feedback from participants from previous courses:
“I really enjoyed being part of this course, and it left me with a huge and well selected toolset of skills which I am looking forward to applying now as well as sharing within the facility, being sure it can help me (and others) to make our everyday work more efficient.”
“I’m very grateful I did this course: I got plenty of tips to improve my work and also personal life. Hope to get the chance to attend more courses like this one.”
“This course was a boost of energy and professional suggestions.”
2024 Course timeline:
Week 1: 28th and 31st May 2024
Week 2: 4th and 7th June 2024
Week 3: 11th and 14th June 2024
The online course took place in six half-day sessions. Each session lasted 3.5 hours (including a break), from 09:30 – 13:00 CEST.
Eligibility:
The course is mainly reserved for technical or scientific facility staff without managerial responsibilities and members of the CTLS Association.
Maximum number of participants is 16.
4 places were reserved for non-CTLS members.
Course Fees:
Total cost of the course: €1160
Successful applicants who are CTLS members were offered €500 as financial support
Selection Criteria:
Due to the restricted number of available places, CTLS selected applications from highly motivated candidates. All applicants were required to include:
- A Motivation Letter, clearly indicating why they are applying for this course and the relevance of the course for their future career and their home Core Facility;
- Short CV (max 2 pages)
| Further course information: What is unique about this course? The highly interactive and applied training is focused on day-to-day challenges Core Facility Staff encounter and goes beyond the teaching of abstract concepts. Within the framework of the training, participants will work interactively towards practical solutions for their real-life cases. Goals: In this workshop, participants will: Develop an awareness of their role as core facility staff Acquire new technical and complementary skills to master challenging professional situations Improve their communication skills to maintain productive relationships with users and colleagues Be equipped with tools to handle multiple projects at the same time Strengthen their network within the community and foster cross-facilities collaboration Be encouraged to establish and maintain a peer support group Topics:Transitioning into the role of a core facility staff Basics of communication Creating and maintaining a productive collaboration with users Time Management Dealing with multiple projects in a service-oriented manner Key listening skills Understanding different personalities Dealing with conflicts constructively Working in a team These topics will be approached practically. Short theoretical inputs are followed by extensive exercises. The goal is to increase the impact of the training by immediately applying the taught concepts in partner exercises, case studies and simulations during the workshop. The course language is English. Working Style of hfp consulting As their training philosophy is based on ‘learning by doing’, they strive for a highly interactive learning environment in which participants actively engage in discussions and exercises They will balance teaching and practical exercises in pairs or small groups They will work with real life cases of participants To mitigate the effects of remoteness, they will include playful elements and be tolerant with the small disturbances in a home office They will use the resources of the video conferencing platform Zoom. Each session will be moderated by two trainers, enabling a process-oriented and interactive experience which fulfils the high standards of our training courses Materials produced during the workshop will be made available to participants. |