The Student Empowerment Programme will not run for the academic year 2006/2007

Personal Effectiveness Training

Course content:

Unit 1

• Time & Self-Management Awareness and Skills
• Motivation and Anti-Procrastination Insight and Strategies
• Effectively Negotiating Learning Barriers
• Self-Directive Learning Approaches and Methods
• Effective Presentation Skills and Practices
• Using presentation Anxiety to Your Advantage

Unit 2

• Self Confidence / Self Esteem Building
• Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Assertiveness Training
• Conflict Management

Course Content:

Unit 3

• Team/Group Building Skills and Awareness
• Cultural Awareness
• Decision Making Approaches and Skills
• Problem solving Strategies and Insights
• Effective Planning Behaviours
• Stress Management

Unit 4

• Health Promoting Awareness and Behaviours
• Target Health Behaviours
• Motivation and Reasoned Action
• Relapse Prevention

Unit 5

• Leadership Development Training
• Developing Your Leadership Style
• How to present what you have learned in an interview setting.
• Interview skills

Course Requirements:

The criteria for successful completion of this course are:

1. Full attendance record
2. Full Participation
3. Active work on implementing various techniques and strategies between sessions
4. Your demonstration of self-evaluation skills, and ability to move forward

Course Rewards:

All candidates will receive a certificate from DCU and your school acknowledging your completion of this Programme, at a reception held at the end of the Academic Year. Students are encouraged to incorporate this in with your C.V. (Note: Feedback from employers at Intra and Employment Level has been extremely positive and favorable towards students who have undertaken this programme in the past).

Notification of Course Place: Students successful in securing a course place will be notified by: 1) lists placed on Student Support & Development notice board in the Pavilion building, outside Room PG02, 2) by post.

Time Requirement: 35 hours of group contact time spread over a period of 14 weeks, (8 weeks in semester one and 6 weeks in semester two). Each session is two and a half hours in duration, including a coffee break, with one session per week. These sessions are held on Wednesdays from 5.00pm – 7.30pm.

Application Process: Application forms for this course can be obtained from: The Secretary, Student Support & Development, DCU, Room PG02, Phone No. 01 7005165, email: student.affairs@dcu.ie, or through your faculty (if participating in the programme), or can be downloaded as a PDF application document.

• Demand is high for this course, therefore it is advised to take care in completing the application form and that it be handed in on time.
• Due to demand, application does not automatically secure a course place, though every effort will be made to facilitate each application.
• It is essential that you do not apply if you cannot attend 90%+ of the 14 sessions, which will take place in DCU on Wednesday evenings from 5.00pm - 7.30pm
• A certificate from DCU will be presented at a reception held at the end of semester two to all students who are successful in completing the programme.
• It is worth noting that employers’ feedback to this course is extremely positive and viewed as significant and vital training for graduates to hold.
• Successful applicants will be divided into groups of 20/22 students. The learning will be workshop not lecture in style and presentation. So be ready for fun and games!