Skills Development Academy
These sessions are designed to support your success within your apprenticeship, and employment. It is a great way to develop your employability skills.
Core skills: Communication, teamwork and digital skills.
Personal development: Understanding your own behaviour and conflict management
Employability skills: Time management, customer service, and Microsoft 365 skills.
Remember, this course is designed to support your success within your apprenticeship, and employment. It’s a great opportunity to gain employability skills and explore new paths!
Check out the Skills Development Academy sessions that are available for you to book onto by emailing sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (November)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington
Time: 10am - 12pm
Dates: 19 November 2024
Online: 19 November 2024 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Personal Finance
Delivered by: Carol Spoor
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 5 November 2024
Unlock the secrets to financial success, you’ll discover how to:
Budget Like a Pro: Learn the art of managing income, expenses, and savings.
Invest Wisely: Explore stocks, bonds, and mutual funds—the building blocks of wealth.
Credit Smarts: Understand credit cards, credit scores, and responsible borrowing.
Get ready to take charge of your financial future!
Remember, financial literacy isn’t just about numbers—it’s about empowerment!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Conflict Management
Delivered by: Daniel Waterhouse
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 12 November 2024
Navigate the art of conflict like a pro, you’ll learn how to:
Identify Conflict Types: Recognize common causes and signs of workplace conflicts.
Legal Insights: Understand how the law relates to conflict management.
Risk Assessment: Conduct conflict risk assessments to prevent escalations.
Effective Strategies: Explore methods for handling confrontations and ongoing conflicts, including alternative dispute resolution.
Get ready to defuse tension and foster harmony!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Time Management
Delivered by: Daniel Waterhouse
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 26 November 2024
Unlock the secrets to efficient time use, you’ll discover how to:
Visualise Your Schedule: Understand where your time goes and identify priorities.
Prioritize with Purpose: Allocate time intentionally to what truly matters.
Beat Procrastination: Learn strategies to stay focused and productive.
Get ready to make every minute count!
Remember, time management isn’t about adding hours—it’s about optimizing moments!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (December)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 10 December 2024, 10am - 12pm
Online: 17 December 2024, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Understanding Your Own Behaviour
Delivered by: Daniel Waterhouse
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 3 December 2024
Explore why we do what we do, you’ll develop:
An understanding of how we’re all wired: why do we do what we do?
Wrestle the chimp: how do we negotiate with the ourselves?
It’s not all doom and gloom: develop an understanding of how we can build systems to support us in stressful moments
Get ready to understand yourself and others better!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Sustainability
Delivered by: Amy Huntington
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 10 December 2024
Discover the power of sustainability, you’ll explore:
Eco-Conscious Mindset: Understand the impact of our choices on the planet.
Circular Economy: Learn how to reduce waste and promote resource efficiency.
Climate Action: Unleash your role in combating climate change.
Get ready to be a sustainability champion!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Excel (beginner)
Delivered by: Gill Newsome
Time: 9am - 3pm
Dates: 17 December 2024
Unlock the secret of Excel, you’ll discover how to:
Understand the terminology: spreadsheet, v-look up, sum, and so on.
Enter values: Enter data into the spreadsheet, and start to format.
Make it work for you: understand how to use the tools within Excel to perform basic functions.
Get ready to be the go to in the office about all things Excel!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (January)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 14 January 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 14 January 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Customer Service
Delivered by: Amy Huntington
Time: 10am - 12pm
Dates: 07 January 2025
Elevate your customer service skills and learn to:
Build relationships: Foster lasting connections with your customers.
Enhance Product Knowledge: Gain in-depth understanding of your products and services.
Seek feedback: Gather and use customer feedback to improve your service.
Get ready to take your customer service skills to the next level and exceed customer expectations.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Communication
Delivered by: Daniel Waterhouse
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 14 January 2025
Discover the keys to effective communication and learn to:
Adapt communication styles: Tailor your approach to different audiences and situations.
Get ready to take your communication skills to the next level and thrive in any professional setting.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Teamwork
Delivered by: Amy Huntingdon
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 21 January 2025
Boost your teamwork skills and learn to:
Handle conflicts: resolve disagreements constructively and maintain harmony.
Leverage strengths: Identify and utilise the unique skills of each team member.
Achieve synergy: Create outcomes greater than the sum of individual efforts.
Get ready to take your teamwork abilities to the next level and thrive in collaborative environments.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Savings and Credit Scores
Delivered by: Carol Spoor
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 28 January 2025
Boost your financial literacy and learn to:
Maximise savings: Discover strategies to grow your savings efficiently.
Understand credit scores: Learn how credit scores work and their impact on your financial health.
Manage debt: Effectively handle debt to improve your financial stability.
Prepare to enhance your financial skills and achieve your financial goals.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (February)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 11 February 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 11 February 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Influencing and Negotiating
Delivered by: Daniel Waterhouse
Time: 1pm - 3pm
Dates: 04 February 2025
Enhance your influencing and negotiating skills and learn to:
Strategise: Develop and implement effective negotiation strategies.
Handle objections: Address and overcome resistance with confidence.
Achieve win-win outcomes: Create agreements that satisfy all parties involved.
Get ready to elevate your influencing and negotiating abilities and succeed in any negotiation scenario.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Digital Skills: Office 365
Delivered by: Ian Jones
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 11 February 2025
How to use the full suite of applications in Office 365
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Resilience
Delivered by: Amy Huntingdon
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 25 February 2025
Strengthen your resilience skills and learn to:
Develop coping strategies: Implement effective methods for managing stress.
Build emotional strength: Strengthen your emotional well-being and stability.
Learn from adversity: Transform obstacles into opportunities for growth.
Get ready to elevate your resilience skills and thrive in all aspects of life.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
How to speak like a PRO!
Delivered by: Gill Newsome
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 04 March 2025
Unleash the power of public speaking and learn to:
Command the stage: Utilise presence and body language to captivate your audience.
Craft powerful messages: Develop clear, impactful speeches that resonate.
Engage and connect: Interact with your audience to keep them engaged and attentive.
Prepare to enhance your public speaking skills and impress in any setting!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (March)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 11 March 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 11 March 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Performance responsibility
Delivered by: Daniel Waterhouse
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 11 March 2025
Unlock your potential with a personal development plan and learn to:
Set clear goals: Define achievable professional and personal milestones.
Enhance skills: Identify and develop key competencies for growth.
Create action plans: Develop step-by-step strategies to achieve your goals.
Get ready to elevate your personal and professional development and thrive in all areas of your life.
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Excel (intermediate)
Delivered by: Gill Newsome
Time: 9am - 3pm
Dates: 18 March 2025
Unlock the secret of Excel, you'll discover how to:
Understand the terminology: spreadsheet, v-look up, sum, and so on.
Enter values: Enter data into the spreadsheet, and start to format.
Make it work for you: understand how to use the tools within Excel to perform basic functions.
Get ready to be the go to in the office about all things Excel!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Sustainability
Delivered by: Amy Huntington
Time: 1pm - 4pm
Dates: 23 March 2025
Discover the power of sustainability, you’ll explore:
Eco-Conscious Mindset: Understand the impact of our choices on the planet.
Circular Economy: Learn how to reduce waste and promote resource efficiency.
Climate Action: Unleash your role in combating climate change.
Get ready to be a sustainability champion!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (April)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 1 April 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 1 April 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Enrichment activity
01 April 2025
Cooking
12pm - 4pm
Induction (May)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 13 May 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 13 May 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (June)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 10 June 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 10 June 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Induction (July)
Delivered by: Amy Huntington and Daniel Waterhouse
Dates: 8 July 2025, 10am - 12pm
Online: 8 July 2025, 1pm-3pm
Navigating the first steps of your Apprenticeship and college journey:
Explore: Smart Assessor and Office 365 which will help you with your apprenticeship.
Understand: how you’ll work with your advisor/tutor and your employer to navigate & achieve your apprenticeship.
Visualise: Understand how you’ll work to achieve your apprenticeship.
Set goals: work out your first month’s goals.
Get ready to be fully clued up about your apprenticeship!
Contact: sda@lmc.ac.uk
Ian Jones
Working in IT Management and Network Security for both industry and education has given me valuable knowledge within the IT sector. Over the past 20 years I have trained and mentored many IT Technicians and apprentices.
In a fast-moving sector it is important to adapt and embrace new technologies. AI is more than a sophisticated search engine and should be used to enhance teaching and learning in educational environments. This workshop aims to introduce you to AI and how to use it effectively and ethically in your work and studies.
Daniel Waterhouse
I have spent my career working in the Residential & Education childcare industry as a leader and within learning and development.
I have a keen interest in human behaviour and how this can be harnessed to support, challenge and manage individuals and teams to achieve.
I love a colorful and interactive PowerPoint presentation, and helping ignite lightbulbs above students heads!
Amy Huntington
Having started my career as a retail apprentice, moving onto study retail management, I have spent the past 10 years in the education sector. I thrive on delivering excellent customer service and my passion is to deliver training and development. I feel there is no greater sense of achievement than seeing others develop and prosper in their career.
As well as working as part of the apprenticeship team here at LMC, I also Lecture on the full time Business T-Level course.
GILLIAN NEWSHAM
I have been delivering a variety of Management and IT courses both in college and in-house for over 30 years, which gives a more flexible approach to access to training.
Having also developed my own business, I have been able to work with both small and large companies giving management support and developing their IT skills. This enables me to better tailor courses to the needs of the learners and give ‘real life’ scenarios when delivering both Management and IT courses.
I am a Microsoft Master, which gives me the opportunity to share with Microsoft my thoughts on the packages and their development for the future. I deliver Excel to Advanced Level and enjoy seeing the revelation on learners faces when they realise that Excel isn’t a mystery after all!
Andy Hall
I have spent the majority of my career in education and learning and development, focusing on business psychology, leadership development and experiential learning.
I have worked at all levels with some national and international companies but more recently have been focusing on smaller businesses within Lancashire, working with apprentices and T Level students.
I aim to make my sessions informative, engaging and interactive to maximise the benefit to learners.
Contact Us
Get in touch to suggest a new skills session or to find out more information by contacting sda@lmc.ac.uk
