Social safety: courses, workshops and resources for supervisors
Social safety affects the entire UvA community. Everyone who works or studies at the UvA can contribute to creating a safe working and learning environment, and supervisors have a special task in this regard. In this overview you can find several best practices and courses you can follow or organise for your team.
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UvA Academic Leadership Programme
A broader training programme for supervisors. You will learn more about using your own strengths effectively (personal leadership), coaching for talent development and about themes such as social safety, diversity and work pressure. You will also gain knowledge on how to effectively influence the stakeholder field.
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UvA Strategic Leadership Programme
A broader training programme for supervisors and managers who are (jointly) responsible for giving direction to their department, unit or institute. Topics include personal leadership, managing your system and UvA-wide leadership. The programme also covers social safety.
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Active bystander training by Scott Solder
Bullying, (sexual) harassment, insults and other forms of inappropriate behaviour can do enormous damage to people and cause stress, anxiety and mental problems. That's why it is essential for everyone to know how to say something when undesirable situations arise. Find information on active bystander training on https://www.activebystander.co.uk/., or email su@activebystander.co.uk if you have questions or want to book a course.
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Guide to Bullying at work (TNO) (best practice)
This TNO-developed guide aims to help the person(s) being bullied, the bystander and the staff member (e.g., supervisor, HR or study advisor) acknowledge and recognize bullying behavior and give them tools to deal with bullying. This guide leads you to an appropriate approach to bullying in three steps.
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Tell it like it is (online course)
Constructive feedback helps people improve, and it boosts the atmosphere at work. Learn how to use it in this GoodHabitz course.
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Superb supervision
Research consequently shows that good supervision is crucial for a successful and timely PhD-trajectory. But what is good supervision and how do you do that? The course Superb Supervision combines personal development and soft skills, like giving effective feedback and serious listening, with practical tools that contribute to responsible conduct of research.
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Workshop for supervisors on social safety
What is undesirable behaviour? What action perspectives do you have as a supervisor to resolve situations? What can you do to make your team more aware? During the interactive workshop ‘Social safety at the UvA’, supervisors will learn to recognise unsafe situations and take effective action. Various dilemmas that have arisen at the UvA will be addressed.