Development day

Shared Connections: Development Day

Shared Connections is our annual development day for professional services staff working at St George’s.

Our inaugural event was launched in June 2022 to support the working group’s aims of developing stronger links between teams and creating opportunities for staff to get involved.

Development Day 2024

Shared Connections Day took place on Thursday 13th June and the day was well attended by over one hundred members of Professional and Technical Services staff.

We started the day with our Awards. This year’s winners were: 

• Team of the Year: IT Helpdesk 
• Strategic Endeavour Award: Dimitra Mantzorou, Head of Zebrafish Unit, Research Operations 
• Outstanding Contribution Award : Liz Gilby, Director of Estates and Facilities (Acting)
• Innovation Award: Centre for Technology in Education 
• Outstanding Customer Service: Lara Painter, Laboratory Manager, Laboratory Services, Research Operations

We also recognised those who have given over 25 years’ service to St George’s:

 The rest of the day was a mixture of well-being sessions (Mindfulness, Pilates, Stress for Success, Craft, Massage), getting to know St George’s (Zebra fish visit, Alumni, Student Compliance, Archives, and personal development (CVs, Pensions). 

Each Directorate created amazing posters which are currently on display in the collaborative space (ground floor, Hunter Wing). The “winning” poster was from Student Recruitment, Marketing and Admissions. 

Our final session was an inspirational talk from Anthea Allen, a Critical Care nurse and author of Life, Death, and Biscuits. It was a moving a fitting way to complete our day and we had some lovely feedback:

• “Absolutely loved this. The very best of St George's. Thank you.” 

• “This talk was brilliant - Anthea was a fantastic speaker and it was inspiring, emotional and fascinating to listen to.” 

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Download the full 2024 programme here (PDF)

Download the sessions' information here (PDF)

Watch "Life, Death & Biscuits – experiences of a St George’s Critical Care Nurse during Covid" by Anthea Allen

Share your feedback

 We do hope you enjoyed the day and would love to hear your feedback if you were able to attend. Please spend a few minutes completing this feedback form.

We look forward to welcoming you next year!

 Development Day 2023

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 Take a look at all the photos here 

Last year's programmme can be found here (PDF)