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.
Sign up for the Beginner's Guide to LinkedIn Learning session
The Beginner's guide to LinkedIn Learning online session is available to all staff and it will provide you with the opportunity to explore LinkedIn Learning and how it can support your learning and development whilst at the University of Leeds. Our LinkedIn Learning expert from OD&PL will share top tips for how to use the many features available within LinkedIn Learning for maximum personal and professional impact.
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 2022/23 academic year
- Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics
- Excel Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2018)
- Agile Foundations
- Digital Essentials For Staff Collections
- Project Management Foundations
- Communicating with Confidence
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Speaking Confidently and Effectively
- Unconscious Bias
- Microsoft Teams Essential Training
- Project Management Simplified
- Project Management Foundations (2019)
- How to Use LinkedIn Learning
- List of all Research related content from the University of Leeds in LinkedIn Learning
- Communication Foundations
- The Six Morning Habits of High Performers
- Cybersecurity Awareness: Cybersecurity Terminology
- Confidence: How to Overcome Self-Doubt, Insecurity, and Fears
- Time Management Fundamentals
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Change Management
Communication
Communication Skills:
- Public Speaking for Non-Native English Speakers
- Communication Foundations
- Preparing for Successful Communication
- Communicating with Confidence
- Writing in Plain English
- Effective Listening
- Speaking confidently and effectively
- Developing Your Emotional Intelligence
- Effective Listening
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:
- Microsoft Teams Essential Training / Quick Tips
- Excel Essential Training
- OneDrive for University of Leeds Learning Path
- SharePoint Online Essential Training: The Basics / Beyond the Basics
- Microsoft Power Automate Essential Training (2021)
- Microsoft Forms Essential Training / Quick Tips
- Sway Essential Training
- Learning Microsoft 365 (Office 365)
- Outlook Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
- Master Microsoft Word Learning Path
- Word Essential Training
- Adobe Creative Cloud (inc. Illustrator / InDesign / Photoshop)
Digital Accessibility:
Hobbies and Interests
Browse our collections of courses related to different hobbies and interests to learn something new or get help with your existing interests.
Learning
Management Skills
- Delegating Tasks
- Develop, Motivate, and Retain Employees
- Coaching and Developing Employees
- Leading Productive One-on-One Meetings
- What’s next: Managing flexibly with remote/hybrid teams
- Leveraging Virtual and Hybrid Teams for Improved Effectiveness
- Making the move from Individual Contributor to Manager
- Bolster Performance and Productivity as Offices Reopen
- Foundations for Performance Management
- Conflict Resolution Foundations
- Managing Virtual Teams
- New Manager Foundations
- Decode your boss’s management style
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
Project Management and Strategic Planning
Recruitment and Interviewing
Teamwork and Collaboration
Time Management
Wellbeing
Find out more
- Read our Introduction article
- Watch the course How to use LinkedIn Learning. This is the official guide from LinkedIn Learning to help you make the best use of it.
- View our LinkedIn Learning homepage on the OD&PL website for more information.