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Eligibility Criteria

Personal and Professional Development courses are primarily provided for employees on the University payroll. The course descriptions give details regarding who each course is intended for.

Certain courses are also open to people who are not on the University payroll, but who are members of the specific groups listed below. Where this is the case, the name of the specific group will be clearly stated in the course description under the heading ‘Target Audience’.

If you are a member of one of the specific groups below and it is not listed in the 'Target Audience' for a course, you are not eligible to attend.

We reserve the right to cancel any ineligible bookings made. You will be informed by email if any of your bookings are cancelled for this reason.

Below are listed those courses, or groups of courses, which are available to specific groups:

Teaching staff in Colleges and Non-University Teaching Institutions

  • Courses in the 'Academic Practice' theme
  • All equality and diversity related courses

Non-teaching staff in Colleges

Postdocs

  • Any training opportunity listed under ‘Research Staff Events’, regardless of whether the University or some other body is formally their employer.
  • Transferable skills courses offered by the Graduate Development Programme, provided that ‘postdocs’ is stated in the course description under the heading ‘Target Audience’.
  • Anyone who teaches or who is involved in admissions interviewing may attend relevant training listed under ‘Academic Practice'.
  • In addition, University staff are entitled to book any course offered by PPD, provided that they meet any additional eligibility criteria specified in the course description.

If you are not sure whether you count as University staff:

  • This is not a question of who sponsors your research, but whether that payment is processed through the University: researchers on the University payroll are considered to be University staff. If you are not sure about your status, please check who issues your payslip and/or ask your departmental administrator for guidance. For further advice, please contact your relevant HR Adviser: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/global/cgi/stafflist.cgi?officeabbr=hr_schools_teams
  • Postdocs who are not employed by the University may apply to be put on the waiting list for any PPD course. Where restrictions apply, priority will be given to University staff; if places remain available in the run-up to the course date, these will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Graduate students

The Graduate Development Programme courses are aimed at this group. However, graduate students are eligible to attend the following PPD courses:

Temporary Employee Service (TES) employees

Please note that temporary employees are not eligible to attend Personal and Professional Development courses.