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LinkedIn Learning for Staff

Introduction

In this guide, we highlight how to access your account, how it can support colleagues professionally and personally and suggest a series of courses staff may find helpful.

Accessing your account

As a member staff at Leeds you have free access to over 16,000 courses on LinkedIn Learning. You can easily access your account from the LinkedIn Learning login page using your normal University username and password.

Benefits for staff

LinkedIn Learning provides a variety benefits for you and your career by supporting your personal and professional development.

The benefits

  • LinkedIn Learning offers professional courses in a wide range of areas including technology, business and professional, and creative subjects
  • Courses are led by experts and are broken down into bite-sized video modules. Access courses on the go and at a time that suits you
  • Learn new skills for your personal and professional development and improve career prospects
  • With a wide variety of information and support, LinkedIn Learning is a resource of information to help support you with specific projects or tasks you’re undertaking in your role

Getting more out of LinkedIn Learning

  • Connect to your LinkedIn profile to highlight completed courses and new skills, helping to network with others and to improve career prospects
  • Become an admin or curator, allowing them to upload content and curate collections of content to share with students, or colleagues. This can be used in teaching practice and for colleagues who manage or support the development of colleagues
  • Join our LinkedIn Learning Interest Group for staff to discuss uses of the platform and find out updates.
  • LinkedIn Learning offers a content mapping service for the University; content can be mapped directly to a syllabus, a framework or list of topics. Requests can be sent directly to LinkedInLearn@leeds.ac.uk  

Case studies at Leeds

Explore a series of case studies from colleagues at Leeds looking at the different ways they have used LinkedIn Learning.

Suggested courses for staff

With so many courses available, we’ve compiled the following list as a starting point for colleagues and to provide a sense of the variety of courses available. You can also browse different topics on LinkedIn Learning, which include Business, Creative and Technology. Once you've started watching courses you're interested in, LinkedIn Learning will also start suggesting recommended content tailored to your interests. 

Top courses of 2022

In 2022, students and staff at the University of Leeds watched over 60,350 courses on LinkedIn Learning. Get inspired for 2023 and see the skills and topics we most wanted to learn. Our full article of the most popular courses of 2022 also lists the courses that our students at Leeds and others across the globe have watched the most.

 Top courses viewed by staff at Leeds:

  1. Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2018)
  2. Agile Foundations
  3. Project Management Foundations (2019)
  4. How to Use LinkedIn Learning
  5. Communication Foundations
  6. SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics
  7. Speaking Confidently and Effectively
  8. Scrum: The Basics
  9. Communicating with Confidence
  10. Digital Essentials For Staff Collections
  11. Microsoft Teams Essential Training (2019)
  12. Project Management Simplified
  13. The Six Morning Habits of High Performers
  14. Listening to Customers (2017)
  15. Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
  16. Customer Service Foundations
  17. Power BI Essential Training (2020)
  18. Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile Project Management
  19. Being a Good Mentee
  20. Confidence: How to Overcome Self-Doubt, Insecurity, and Fears

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Change Management

Communication

Communication Skills:

Presentation Skills:

Creativity and Innovation

Digital Skills and Digital Accessibility

Digital Essentials For Staff Collection (covers accessibility, OneDrive, Teams, New Staff, Digital Wellbeing, Online Meetings, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office Suite) 

You may also be interested in these other courses, popular at Leeds: 

Learning

Management Skills

Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Project Management and Strategic Planning

Recruitment and Interviewing

Teamwork and Collaboration

Time Management

Wellbeing

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