This course introduces staff to the UQ Brand Guidelines and will enable staff to consistently apply the UQ brand across all marketing communications materials.

This course is highly recommended for all staff who have a marketing or communication component in their role.

This course will enable participants to:

• Where to obtain information on the UQ Brand and tools and templates available
• Understanding the UQ Brand

To register for this workshop, please visit the Staff Development Website.

Media awareness training is designed for UQ academics, PhD students and senior staff.

It explains:

• how the media operates;
• what journalists expect; and
• how the University can develop good relationships with the media.

It provides participants with an opportunity to practice skills necessary for media interviews. Training is intensive and as such, places are limited.

The media awareness training workshops, part of the Staff Development Program, are coordinated by the Office of Marketing and Communications.

A hands-on workshop which explores best practice in news release writing and explains OMC distribution processes. Participants will gain a better understanding of news value and media behaviour, and will also complete writing exercises during the workshop.

This course will enable participants to:

• To gain a better understanding of news value
• To discern key differences between news writing and other forms of communication
• To learn from best practice examples of media release writing in an university environment
• To gain a better understanding of effective media relations

To enrol in this course please visit the Staff Development website.

A joint workshop between School Liaison and OMC, this session will provide staff with information about organising and participating in recruitment events such as Open Day and TSXPO. The session will cover frequently asked questions, common audiences and event requirements. This session is suitable for Staff who are new to working at UQ recruitments events.

The course will enable participants to:

• gain insight into recruitment events,
• understand the processes involved in organising such events,
• learn about some of the frequently asked questions asked by attendees at such events, and
• learn how to deal with difficult clients and answer their questions at events.

This workshop is held in July each year in the lead up to key UQ student recruitment events. To register for this workshop, please visit the Staff Development website.

It is mandatory for staff to attend a CMS training course before they are given access to edit any UQ websites via the UQ CMS. The training course is a single 3 hour session which is run approximately twice a month.

This course will enable participants to:

1. Create and edit pages using the CMS
2. Learn basic web sitemap principals
3. Learn basic website content management and search engine optimization
4. Link and use images, pdf and other file types
5. Apply basic document and page security on your website.

To become an authorised user of the UQ CMS you must first attend a CMS training session.