There are still a few places available for the Member’s Staff Induction session on 27 May 2021.
If you have any new starters who have not yet signed up the course, please ask them to sign up here: Member’s staff induction
The details of the session are s follows.
Part 1: Induction (9.30-12.30)
Part 2: Valuing Everyone – Tackling bullying and harassment and sexual misconduct workshops (13.30-16.30)
The world we live in is fast paced and dynamic – while this can feel exciting it can also become overwhelming, so how do we navigate our lives skilfully? Mindfulness supports resilience and well-being. It is particularly valuable at this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, equipping you with tools to relate to challenging situations, and to form helpful daily habits.
The Working Mind mindfulness programme – new to Parliament this year – is designed specifically for the workplace and is suitable for beginners as well as those who have some familiarity with mindfulness.
This 6-week online mindfulness programme will be interactive and experiential. Between classes you will be invited to practice guided meditations using an app, and to explore ‘mindfulness in action’.
Please note that this programme is only open to Members’ Staff of the House of Commons
For further details and to sign up, please go to this ACT page: https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?f=1899
The Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests runs workshops for Members and their staff on the following subjects together with the next available dates. The workshops will be run remotely via MS Teams.
A. Openness and Registering Members’ Financial Interests, covering:
Dates:
B. How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), covering
Dates:
Booking required. Please contact CommonsRegistrar@parliament.uk to book a place.
The Learning and Development has arranged some new law training sessions in March. Please book yourself onto them using the intranet links below.
Introduction to housing law: Homelessness
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3874
Introduction to housing law: Security of tenure
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3876
Introduction to housing law: Social housing
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3877
Introduction to housing law: Disrepair
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3875
The Law and Special Educational Needs
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3878
Introduction to Anti-Social Behaviour and the Law
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3879
Universal Credit Overview
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3036
Office Manager- Getting started
https://parliament.learningpool.com/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=3492
Please note that the waiting list function is not available at the moment, therefore, please go to the Act pages regularly to check the availabilities. Please also note that these courses may be arranged in the future but we do not have the dates yet.
The Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests runs workshops for Members and their staff on the following subjects together with the next available dates. The workshops will be run remotely via MS Teams.
A. Openness and Registering Members’ Financial Interests, covering:
Dates:
B. How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), covering
Dates:
Booking required. Please contact CommonsRegistrar@parliament.uk to book a place.
Who should attend this course?
Think you know about searching online? Do you type a word or two into Google and find what you think you’re looking for?
This course focuses on effective research techniques and strategies to retrieve meaningful results when searching the internet as well as an introduction to other search tools.
This training course is open to any Intranet user who wants to improve their web searching and learn techniques for constructing successful searches.
Course overview and content
The Find It Online course focuses on effective research techniques and strategies to retrieve meaningful results when searching the internet as well as an introduction to other search tools i.e. Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo
This course is part of the Library’s Find It training programme.
Learning objectives
This course will equip you with skills to control and minimise your search results and help you understand:
connectors to combine search terms
alternative search query types to narrow results to specific type of materials(s) or website(s)
advanced skills to construct effective search strategies
how to evaluate search results
Approach
The course will be a mix of:
presentation and online demonstrations
examples to work through to help you grasp different search techniques
You will also have the opportunity to ask questions and explore aspects of searching online that are particularly interesting for you.
To view course dates and book, please visit
https://parliament.learningpool.com/enrol/index.php?id=87
Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.
https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/
A new campaign has launched: The Commons, Our Parliament, Play your Part.
Its aim is to help colleagues understand how the House of Commons works and connect us to the wider parliamentary community, including Members and Members staff.
Have you ever wondered…
The campaign will have a range of events and content including lunch and learns and conversations on culture, videos on what a week in Parliament looks like, resources on how Committees function and lots more!
See here for further information
The Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests runs workshops for Members and their staff on the following subjects together with the next available dates. The workshops will be run remotely via MS Teams.
A. Openness and Registering Members’ Financial Interests, covering:
Dates:
B. How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), covering
Dates:
Booking required. Please contact CommonsRegistrar@parliament.uk to book a place.
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests will be holding seminars virtually (via MS Teams) until further notice, with each lasting about an hour.
How to Support an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
This seminar will cover:
Forthcoming dates:
Please email CommonsRegistrar@parliament.uk to tell them your preferred date. They will then email you the joining instructions. These will include a link to the MS Teams App, which you should download and install before the meeting if you do not already have it on the device that you will be using to attend the meeting.
If the dates above are unsuitable please tell them and they will contact you when further dates are arranged.
Please note that links to the old Parliamentary intranet have been removed as of October 2023. Please use search on ParliNet to find relevant current details, if available.
https://parlinet.parliament.uk/house-of-commons-members-staff/
PDS are offering virtual IT coaching sessions to MPs’ staff
PDS local engagement officers would normally travel to visit constituencies to assist MPs and their staff with training and general IT concerns but during the Covid 19 crisis their focus has changed to offer this support remotely.
You can now book a remote coaching session on a variety subjects including: Cyber Security, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and OneNote. Sessions are open to all, you can book for your team or take advantage of a 1-2-1 coaching session. Sessions last 45 minutes and are delivered at your own pace, no previous technical knowledge is required.
To find out more and book a session click here: