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Briefings and Training

We offer a range of briefings and introductory and specialised training courses on records management, data protection and freedom of information issues.  Please follow the links below to access our full current programme, power point slides from previous courses offered, briefings we can deliver in your section, and self-access training courses.

A limited number of places on our training courses are available for external attendees (i.e. non-University of Edinburgh staff) on payment of the appropriate fee.  If you are interested please contact the Records Management Section.  For further information about the services we offer to external bodies please see our external services page.

• External services
• Records management section contacts

On this page:

• The briefings we offer
• Our current training programme
  • Training for all practitioners
  • Training for practitioners with records management responsibilities
  • Training for committee secretaries
  • Training for other members of staff

In this section:

• Our training and communications strategy
• Data protection awareness raising
• Freedom of information awareness raising

Briefings offered

We offer a range of briefings on freedom of information, data protection and records management topics. Our briefings can be delivered in your unit and tailored to your needs. A selection of some of our briefings is linked to below. If you would like a member of the Records Management Section to speak to your group, please contact the Records Management section.

• Records management section contacts

• Freedom of information awareness raising briefings: We offer two briefings one short 15 minute presentation (presentation for staff) and one 30 minute presentation (open meeting presentation), both followed by questions.  Follow the link below for the slides for both of these briefings.
  • Freedom of information awareness raising briefings
• Data protection and freedom of information: what they mean for you: We offer a 30 minute presentation which is given to all staff attending the University's induction programme (follow the links below for further details).
  • Data protection and freedom of information: what they mean for you (PowerPoint)
  • Staff Development website

Our current training programme

All of our training sessions are designed to equip members of the University with the tools necessary to meet the need for good records management and institutional transparency.

Our training programme is grouped according to the type of person the course is intended for:

• Training for all practitioners
• Training for practitioners with records management responsibilities
• Training for committee secretaries
• Training for other members of staff

All of the training courses run periodically. To find out when the courses are due to run and to book a place, see our current training timetable. If you cannot attend the available training dates, please contact us anyway and we will add you to our list of people interested in future sessions of the course.

• Current training timetable

Training for all practitioners

The Records Management Section runs the following training courses which are particularly relevant for practitioners. Select the course name for the course details and pre-requisites.

• Practitioner induction: freedom of information
• Introduction to data protection

Training for practitioners with particular responsibility for records management

The Records Management Section runs the following training courses which are particularly relevant for practitioners with records management responsibilities. Select the course name for the course details and pre-requisites.

• Records management starter pack
• Introduction to records management: principles and practice
• Deciding what to keep
• Organising your information: information maps, filing schemes, and inventories
• Implementing records systems
• Recovering from an emergency: managing vital records
• Electronic records management: principles and practice

Practitioners with records management responsibilities may also find the JISC electronic records management training package useful.

• JISC electronic records management training package

Training for committee secretaries

The Records Management Section runs the following training courses which are particularly relevant for committee secretaries. Select the course name for the course details and pre-requisites.

• Information law and committee servicing

Committee secretaries may also find the guidance on the implications of data protection and freedom of information for creating records useful.

• Implications of freedom of information and data protection for records creation

Training for other members of staff

The Records Management Section runs the following training courses which are particularly relevant for all members of staff. Select the course name for the course details and pre-requisites.

• Information law and committee servicing
• Introduction to freedom of information
• Introduction to data protection

Members of staff may also be interested in the briefings we offer on freedom of information, data protection and records management topics. New staff may be interested in attending the University's induction day at which the Records Management Section provides a briefing on data protection and freedom of information.

• Briefings
• Induction day for new staff

Page last updated: Thursday August 25 2011