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06 THE KNOW How to Book For more information or to book onto the next course search Springboard on the Keele University website. A springboard to success... Keele offers a wide range of professional development programmes and workshops, including Springboard – an award winning personal development course for women. S pringboard is open to both academic and professional services staff, and comprises four full-day workshops over a three-month period. Collectively and individually, women work to reflect on their goals, develop their strengths, and learn and practice skills such as assertiveness and goal setting. Keele’s Kirstie Dolphin recently discussed the programme with Dr Jackie Potter, who oversees the programme, and Cat Hallam, Learning Technology Officer for the Faculty Humanities and Social Sciences, who completed the course in 2015.