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About Periscope Programmes
We are passionate about career management.
Periscope Programmes is led by Dr Danielle White and supported by a team of experienced and engaging associates. Danielle is passionate and experienced in enabling those with academic credentials to impact upon real-world problems having researched, taught and worked in career management for over 20 years. Interventions create relaxed, friendly, coaching environments which enable participants to speak freely and work through their challenges with our experienced facilitators.
READ MOREOur Programmes
We offer events, workshops, research, executive coaching and immersive programmes.
Many of the programmes offered by Periscope have been tried, tested and evaluated through delivery across various organisations, formats and locations. Participants have included heads of schools, lecturers, nurses, GPs, practice managers, researchers and PhDs from all disciplines.
Each programme can be adapted to suit and can help with:
- Developing skills to succeed, such as presenting with confidence
- Developing an understanding of client need through research
- Understanding career management and how to progress
- Noticing opportunities for increased efficiency and facilitating outcomes
- Improving quality of leadership and processes in the workplace
Immersive Programmes
A transformative career management programme to increase awareness of PhD transition challenges, reduce procrastination around thesis write up, support focus and motivation.
The workshop enables participants to:
- Understand transition trends, common experiences, and challenges
- Build relationships of support and accountability
- Lead on professional development and wellbeing needs
- Create a 6-month career strategy for efficient progress.
An extensive programme utilising a combination of workshops, case studies, group and individual coaching to enable participants to understand how to progress their careers within the unique environment of academia.
The workshop enables participants to:
- Understand the research system and challenges within academic career development
- Improve motivation, engagement, and clarify a sense of meaning in work
- Lead on professional development and wellbeing needs
- Create a 6-month career strategy for efficient progress.
- This programme facilitates career exploration, analysis, and planning. It enables an interruption, raises awareness of career options and personal needs, and supports focus and motivation. The result is a robust career management strategy and a community of peers to offer support and accountability. The combination of structured individual and group work, individual tutorials, collaborative research, and peer coaching enable an engaging experience with powerful results.
- Develop awareness and clarity around career options
- Plan using career-management strategies
- Increase motivation and focus
- Build relationships of support and accountability
- Create solutions to complex problems, evaluate and initiate decisions efficiently, increase motivation and confidenceCoaching provides:
- A space to explore and navigate limiting beliefs blocking progress
- Increase awareness and motivation through psychometric assessments
- Create solutions to complex problems such as staff conflict, lack of motivation and overwhelm
- Utalise tools to create and implement a career management strategy
We are fully qualified and regulated executive coaches, experienced in working in the university / education sector within the area of career transition and management.Cost: Available on request
Workshops
- Prices: Available on request
The workshop provides:
- A practical three-part process to kick-start career management
- Information around professional options
- A set of tools to support the exploration of future career options
Our post-pack provides additional career management tools to widen participants’ professional options.
- The workshop provides:
- Tools to identify transferable skills acquired
- A space to contemplate the potential value of these skills
- Information around career management tools.
Our post-pack provides additional career management tools to help develop participants’ transferable skills and support planning.
Prices: Available on request
The workshop provides:
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An approach to map current networks
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Information around networking challenges and tools
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Tools to develop a networking strategy.
Our post-pack provides participants with tools to implement a networking strategy.
Prices: Available on request
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- Prices: Available on request
The workshop provides:
- A set of tools to conquer presentation nerves
- A space to develop confidence in presentation skills
- A more enjoyable delivery and overall experience
Our post-pack provides participants with the tools to apply learning to an upcoming presentation.
- The workshop provides:
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Tools to identify transferable skills being acquired
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A space to contemplate the potential value of these skills
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Information around career management tools.
Our post-pack provides additional career management tools to help develop participants’ transferable skills.
Prices: Available on request
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- The workshop provides:
- Assessment of interview requirements and tailored support to meet these in a focused and efficient way
- Information around how competency-based interviews are assessed
- Tools to develop a set of interview resources that can be used over several appointments
Our post-pack provides information on how on how competency-based interviews are assessed and how to prepare.
Prices: Available on request
Events
- Cost: Vary depending upon scope and needEvents provide:
- A platform to showcase research and research impact
- An understanding of current research and innovation in the sector
- An opportunity to identify sector needs, areas of overlap and process
- The development of a shared language to tackle collaboration challenges and enable efficient outcomes
Each event is supported by a specially designed workbook to guide participants though the structure and content of the session. We work together to codesign events with universities and other providers to suit needs, budget and desired outcomes.
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Our Career Management Model
This three-part model sits at the centre of our career management programmes. Our tools and frameworks have been adapted from social mobility theory to enable you to explore and understand your career in depth, as well as to practically apply your learnings to plan for your future. This process provides a space to discuss common challenges, employer expectations and the diversity of options available. This is a stimulating, step-by-step career management process which enables powerful results.
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