Introducing systematic, individual career development strategies, both for permanent and temporary staff, is increasingly promoted at institutional level. It is seen as a natural part of your post to continue pursuing a professional development. Institutions provide a variety of internal courses for their staff, but it varies how far the institutions have come in introducing systematic, individual career development strategies. Examples of courses at individual institutions are:

• Teacher training courses
• Courses on supervision
• Development program for research leaders
• Department leadership
• Careere development courses for female researchers
• Mentoring programmes for female researchers
• Courses of personal effectiveness
• Academic English

There are also national courses provided by the Norwegian Association of Norwegian Higher Education Institutions:

• Rectors’ School
• Deans’ School
• Director Generals’ School