{"id":503,"date":"2017-04-19T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/?p=503"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:06:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:06:14","slug":"looking-to-bring-your-skills-up-to-date-sharpen-your-knowledge-or-broaden-your-professional-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/2017\/04\/19\/looking-to-bring-your-skills-up-to-date-sharpen-your-knowledge-or-broaden-your-professional-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking to bring your skills up to date, sharpen your knowledge or broaden your professional expertise?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>The Centre for Professional Practice at the University of Kent <\/strong><strong>cordially invites you to take part in our <\/strong><strong>free<\/strong> <strong>Professional Development event\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Power Dynamics at the Workplace on <\/strong><strong>Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup> May 2017 at the <\/strong><strong>University of Kent, Canterbury, Darwin Boardroom <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This event is an ideal opportunity for those looking to enhance professional knowledge and skills. The workshop <strong>Power Dynamics at the Workplace<\/strong> will focus on the principles of power in relation to working practice and will give you an opportunity to reflect on techniques relevant to your own workplace.<\/p>\n<p>After the workshop you will have an opportunity to hear about our flexible, work-related programmes. The event aims to give you a taste of what you can achieve with the Centre for Professional Practice &#8211; an opportunity to study\u00a0part-time\u00a0to a degree or Master\u2019s level focusing on your world of work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Programme of the event: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>14.30-14.45 Arrival and refreshments<\/p>\n<p>14.45-15.00 Welcome by Dr Claire Parkin, Programme Director<\/p>\n<p>15.00-16.00 Workshop: Power Dynamics at the Workplace, delivered by Tania Hopper, Programme Director<\/p>\n<p>16.00-16.30 Development opportunities with the Centre for Professional Practice<\/p>\n<p>16.30-17.00 Networking and wine reception<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the Darwin Boardroom, Darwin College, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NS. For directions follow: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/maps\/canterbury\/canterbury-campus\/building\/darwin-college\">https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/maps\/canterbury\/canterbury-campus\/building\/darwin-college<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information or to book a place please email <a href=\"mailto:cppmarketing@kent.ac.uk\">cppmarketing@kent.ac.uk<\/a> or call <strong>01634 88 8929,<\/strong> or visit is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/free-professional-development-event-power-dynamics-at-the-workplace-tickets-33275866011?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dnew_event_email&amp;utm_term=eventurl_text\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/free-professional-development-event-power-dynamics-at-the-workplace-tickets-33275866011<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who should attend? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event is suitable for working professionals in the public and private sectors, including health and social care, education, local government, public services, human resources, administrative services, cultural industries, retail, hospitality, financial and legal services.<br \/>\n<strong>Centre for Professional Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Professional Practice at the University of Kent offers part-time, flexible work-related academic programmes for Postgraduate and Undergraduate students. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cpp\/programmes\/professional-practice\/professional-top-up.html\"><strong>BA\/BSc Top-up<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cpp\/programmes\/professional-practice\/msc-professional-practice.html\"><strong>MA\/MSc in Professional Practice<\/strong><\/a> programmes and short courses including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cpp\/programmes\/index.html\"> <strong>Introduction to Masters-Level Study<\/strong><\/a> have been specifically designed to meet the needs of working professionals who wish to develop their academic ability while maintaining their professional role. Students may be eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/fees-and-funding\/index.html\">loans<\/a> or staff fee remission for both undergraduate and postgraduate study (subject to eligibility criteria).<\/p>\n<p>We are very much looking forward to meeting you and sharing in this exciting experience!<\/p>\n<p>Centre for Professional Practice<\/p>\n<p>University of Kent T: 01634 88 8929 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0E: <a href=\"mailto:cppmarketing@kent.ac.uk\">cppmarketing@kent.ac.uk<\/a> \u00a0W: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/cpp\">www.kent.ac.uk\/cpp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre for Professional Practice at the University of Kent cordially invites you to take part in our free Professional Development event\u00a0Power Dynamics at the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/2017\/04\/19\/looking-to-bring-your-skills-up-to-date-sharpen-your-knowledge-or-broaden-your-professional-expertise\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40993,"featured_media":504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40993"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cpp-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}