The Staff Development Forum (SDF) has been established to enhance the status and professional standards of staff development in universities and colleges, and to offer a network for the exchange of ideas and good practice at institutional, regional, national and international levels. The SDF is a Company Limited by Guarantee, with its Council members serving as Directors.
The SDF is run for and by the staff development community, with ‘staff development’ broadly interpreted to include all those with such a role but not necessarily employed in an explicitly staff developmental unit. The scope of SDF activity is therefore wide and relevant to those working in other areas, including Organisational Development, Educational Development, and IT training.
The SDF supports regional staff development groups, offers professional development workshops for staff developers, and undertakes projects about the theory and practice of staff development.
The SDF also acts as a link between its community and other national agencies and organisations, e.g. the Leadership Foundation, Universities Personnel Association, the HE Academy, SEDA, ODHE, and Lifelong Learning UK. Much of its work is achieved through task or special interest groups, with members drawn from the staff development community.
For further details and contacts, please see the SDF website.