{"id":87259,"date":"2023-08-14T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=87259"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T21:09:23","slug":"subject-matter-experts-sought-for-professional-and-continuing-studies-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/08\/subject-matter-experts-sought-for-professional-and-continuing-studies-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Subject matter experts sought for Professional and Continuing Studies programming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock University\u2019s Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) unit is building a roster of qualified professionals to collaborate on non-credit programming and participate in guest speaking opportunities.<\/p>\n

PCS aims to expand lifelong learning opportunities for students and the community, and is doing so in part by growing the University\u2019s non-credit programming.<\/p>\n

\u201cLearning is lifelong and life-wide. It is for careers, skill-building and upskilling as well as serving curious minds at all stages of life to learn and thrive in the world we live in today and tomorrow,\u201d says April-Dawn Blackwell, Associate Vice-President, Professional and Continuing Studies. \u201cWorking collaboratively, PCS aims to increase learning opportunities at Brock by working with knowledge keepers, industry leaders and subject matter experts to expand the high-quality programming we provide through full-time studies and our new part-time and occasional non-credit programming.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blackwell says PCS is \u201cexcited to be working to fulfil Brock\u2019s strategic goals by engaging with colleagues internally as well as externally to build capacity to serve new learners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Expanded programming, she adds, will support social and economic opportunities for local organizations, businesses, learners and community members in their pursuit of lifelong learning and professional growth.<\/p>\n

At the core of PCS\u2019s approach is connecting with learner audiences.<\/p>\n

PCS partnered with national research firm Academica Group to create open access for input into the types of programming that should be offered by the University. The result was more than 1,000 responses that helped identify key programming and opportunities for learning and development.<\/p>\n

Ongoing input from the Brock and Niagara communities on what is needed will continue as PCS evolves its learning opportunities to serve interest and demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to create programming that is in demand in the communities we belong to in order to support the ongoing desire to learn and grow,\u201d says Nathan Cheney, Director, Professional and Continuing Studies.<\/p>\n

Some of the recommended programming areas highlighted in the Academica report, as well as recent supplementary labour market research conducted by PCS, include:<\/p>\n