Training and Development
e-Books

Lancaster University have been using the Useful Guides and support for over two years as part of our staff development provision. We use them in a number of ways: as recommended back-up further reading for in-house workshops and programmes, as an alternative to course attendance, and as individually-accessible development where there is no in-house or departmental provision immediately available.

Lancaster has in place an annual performance and development review process for all staff, and the Guides provide both the means to explore development options and access to support for particular development needs.

Users have commented favourably on the ease of access to the materials and the broad range of coverage. With over 1,750 downloads so far, Lancaster staff have made good use of this provision. From the institutional point of view, this provides a relatively low-cost and useful adjunct to our staff development programme.

With over 2,000 downloads to date we have found our Useful Guide Library an excellent training resource for our staff. The Useful Guides are practical, well written and reinforce the learning through exercises, relevant web links and online questionnaires. We recommend them highly!

The Useful Guides have been a terrific find for us at the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education and have helped fill a void for our users in many areas of personal development and management and leadership.

The Useful Guides are written in a relaxed yet informative style which makes them easy and enjoyable to read and are full of useful tools and interactivity to help you apply new skills and techniques to day to day life.

Excellent value for money. We have recommended this product to other Higher Education institutions in the area via the North East Staff Development Network.

Our Useful Guide Library enables us to provide high quality learning materials to a very dispersed workforce in a timely and cost effective way. It has been an important element in the development of a Learning Culture and in the promotion of self-directed learning.

Each year we have reviewed which workbooks we include in our library so that we have available those which best meet staff and business needs. This flexibility, coupled with the commitment to continually increase the range of titles, means that the Useful Guide Library subscription continues to be excellent value for us.