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Academy HR is delighted to announce that Scrivener Recruitment have agreed to merge their operations with the Academy HR business,

Following several years working with larger companies’ Ed Scrivener founded Scrivener Recruitment as an independent HR Recruitment company last year, developing a reputation for delivering a high quality service to clients and candidates in the South West and Thames Valley.

Wanting to deliver a broader range of services to his clients Ed was attracted by Academy’s offerings. He commented, “ Academy are a natural partner for me and I’m looking forward to introducing their services to my clients and helping to develop the Academy Brand."

Paul Clark, Operations Director at Academy added, “ We are delighted that Ed has decided to work with us .He shares our goal of providing services and solutions of the highest quality and we are sure that with his input our business will continue to flourish.”

Academy have created a new division,Academy Insights, to deliver consultancy and people management expertise to the Market Analytics and Customer Insight communities.

This area is managed by Richie Hester, a long standing Associate who has worked previously in Senior Analytics roles for The BBC, British Airways, LloydsTSB and Nokia.
The goal is to replicate the Academy HR model of flexibly delivered HR skills into the Insights arena.Academy previously worked alongside Richie at LloydsTSB and it is this work which has created the model for the Insights division.

Futher information is available on the Academy Insights page of this website.

AcademyHR have recently been awarded ISO9001 accreditation . Whilst we have always felt that our systems and proceses were quality driven , it’s reassuring to have achieved the recognition externally.Viv Bolton who managed the process from the Academy side commented,"we realised that many purchasing professionals, particularly in the public sector see the accreditation as an essential pre requisite in any contract award and we wanted to maximise our chances in this area."

'Creating Commitment Towards Coaching'

Thursday September 17th - AcademyHR, 125 Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3ES

Successful coaching interventions largely depend on the pre-contracting expectations and outcomes shared between organisation, recipient and coach.

This workshop will concentrate on identifying the issues, looking at the options, gaining commitment for coaching support and setting up the relationships for the work to begin on a sound footing.

Timings: The event will start with coffee, registration and an inclusive exercise at 9.30am with the main session running from 10.00am to 3.30pm, including a buffet lunch.

'Diversity Beyond Debate - Introducing Implicitly™'

Thursday September 24th - AcademyHR, 125 Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 3ES

Understanding a person’s own bias or prejudice and predicting how this may impact on behaviour at work greatly influences the success of any diversity initiative. But actually identifying what prejudices people may hold unconsciously, how strong they may be and how and when they may be affecting behaviour, is extremely difficult. Until now...

Implicitly™ a new assessment tool published by our business partner Hogrefe identifies hidden bias and predicts the affect on behaviour.

Attendees at the event will:
1. Understand the limitation of assessment practices and how these have recently been overcome and have been proved to be working.

2. Hear from Doctor Pete Jones - the author of Implicitly™ - exactly how to uncover and raise awareness of hidden bias - and what to do about it.

3. Be eligible to book follow-up Implicitly™ user training at a special rate of just £50 plus VAT. These one day training events will take place on 2nd and 16th October.

Timings: The event will start with coffee and registration at 9.30am with the main session running from 10.00am to 3.30pm, including a buffet lunch.

Bookings: Both of these events have generated a lot of interest so, if you haven't already reserved a place on either event and would like to, then please contact Ben Wheeler at AcademyHR using one of the following:

T: 0117 914 7707
E: ben.wheeler@academyhr.co.uk

RECENT EVENTS AT ACADEMYHR

During the recession we have continued our commitment to sharing knowledge and creating learning opportunities for HR Professionals.

Our seminars, on topical subjects, are well attended and judging by the interest shown in our programme so far, the downturn has not impacted on the HR profession’s desire to learn and network.

Here is a synopsis of recent events:

‘LOOKING AFTER YOUR WORKFORCE THROUGH ECONOMIC CHANGE'April

In the current economic climate, HR is at the forefront of the people management aspects, often whilst operating under significant pressure themselves. With people regularly exposed to ‘bad news’ both within the workplace and through wider media, we brought together an occupational health practitioner and an expert in coaching and psychological health to address the issues.

SOME OF THE EVENT FEEDBACK:

“Facts and content relating to occupational health was very informative.”
Zena Thomas, Arval UK Ltd

“A good overview and lively anecdotes from a professional perspective. Very interesting.” Carol Grocott, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

“A very good insight into the practice and process of coaching.”
Carol Grocott, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

“It has given me lots of ideas to take back to the workplace, I can honestly say that everything was useful.” Val Tullet, EPSRC

“Both sessions were relevant, interesting and well presented.” Peter Walters, Bristol City Council

“Very informative to listen and learn. I really enjoyed the day”. Andrea Herraty, Serco

‘IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING LEADERSHIP IN THE NHS’ June

The NHS is committed to an ongoing programme of performance improvement across all its operations. Identifying and developing leadership potential is a key focus for HRM and HRD practitioners within the NHS. Building on our work with a number of NHS organisations, the event examined ways in which sound assessment processes and tools can identify the real qualities and characteristics of exceptional leaders. It also focussed on how leadership abilities can be developed.

EVENT FEEDBACK:

“It was a very thought provoking session helped by the speakers ability to ask open questions and encourage debate.” Sam Bennett, University Bristol Hospital Trust.