GTA

👉 We’re looking for a hardworking, dependable and self-motivated person to join our Service Delivery team at the GTA.

This part-time, term-time role helps ensure our training facilities are ready to support a high-quality learning experience for students, tutors, exam candidates and visitors.

Learn more and apply here: https://www.gta.gg/articles/were-hiring-service-delivery-facilities/

Yesterday we celebrated Bethan’s birthday with two excellent cake choices: her favourite coffee and walnut, plus Connie the Caterpillar.

Bethan is part of our brilliant Service Delivery Facilities team, helping to keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes at GTA.

Wishing you a very happy birthday, Bethan - we hope you had a wonderful day! 🎂🐛

Starting work for the first time, or returning after time away?

Our FREE Introduction to the Workplace session is designed to support school leavers, university graduates, new recruits and those returning to work as they take their next step into the workplace.

This practical session explores key areas including:

• Understanding workplace culture
• Fitting in and proving yourself professionally
• What professionalism looks like in practice
• Identifying what is expected of you
• Managing energy levels and coping with pressure

Delivered by Peter Le Cheminant, the session provides a supportive introduction to workplace expectations and helps delegates feel more confident as they begin, or return to, their working life.

Find out more and book your place:
https://www.gta.gg/course/introduction-to-the-workplace

Please share with someone you know who would benefit from this FREE session.

Stepping into management for the first time?

Our First Time Manager course - tutored by Kay Stephan - is designed to help new managers build confidence, develop practical leadership skills and make the transition from colleague to manager.

Using real-world scenarios, you’ll explore how to create high-performing teams, give constructive feedback, manage performance and adopt a coaching approach.

3 June 2026
9:00 to 16:45
Book your place today. Link in the comments...

🎉 A very happy 60th birthday to Mel Brown! 🎉

Mel, who joined the GTA in July 2025, is part of our brilliant Service Delivery Team.

Wishing you a fantastic 60th, Mel 🥳

Happy 50th Birthday, Vicky! 🎂

We enjoyed marking the occasion today before she heads off to celebrate in style in New York. Have the best time, Vicky 🗽🎉

Vicky joined the GTA in July 2025 as part of our brilliant Service Delivery Team, bringing with her administrative experience from the medical sector.

Through our NED Development Programme, Bright Beginnings Children's Centre connected with James Marshall, Co-Founder of Spinning Fox, whose technology background has already opened up new conversations around AI, social media and fundraising.

For Bright Beginnings, the programme brought fresh expertise to the board. For James, it provided a supported route into board-level experience and ultimately led to a permanent board appointment.

Rachel Copeland, Chair of Bright Beginnings, said:
“It was clear that the programme had connected us with someone who brought skills we did not have around the table.”

James added:
“The GTA gave me the space to meet people, explore different organisations and make my own decision.”

Learn more about James's placement with Bright Beginnings via the link in the comments!

The NED Development Programme creates value for boards, participants and the wider community.

People do not do their best work where they feel overlooked, excluded or unheard.

That is why Equality, Diversity and Inclusion matters. Not as a tick-box exercise or a policy in a drawer, but in the everyday culture of a workplace. In how people speak to each other, how decisions are made, who feels able to contribute, and who feels they belong.

For managers, that responsibility is real. The tone you set shapes the experience others have at work.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace course is designed to help managers lead with greater confidence, care and clarity. It explores legal and organisational responsibilities, but just as importantly, the behaviours and leadership choices that help people feel respected, valued and included.

Learn more: https://www.gta.gg/course/equality-diversity-inclusion-edi-in-the-workplace

If we want healthier cultures, better leadership and stronger organisations, this work matters.

AI is already embedded in our workplaces.

People are using it to draft emails, summarise notes, write policies, plan comms, and speed up everyday admin. The trick is using it properly, and knowing what’s ok and what isn’t.

We have a wide range of short AI courses available, taught by Ian Campbell (Tech Entrepreneur and Non-Executive Director) - running from April through to June. There is something here whether you work in finance, HR, insurance, marketing, governance, or sit on a board.

>> Upcoming courses
16 April: AI for HR
21 April: AI for Board Members and Directors (new)
30 April: AI for Company Secretarial and Governance Professionals (new)
6 May: AI for Insurance Professionals (new)
20 May: AI for Non-Executive Directors (new)
9 June: AI Governance, Compliance and Risk (new)
16 June: Advanced AI Prompting for Business Professionals (new)

>> More courses coming soon
AI Deep Research for Business and Governance
AI Foundation Course
AI for Marketing and Communications Professionals

Have a look and choose what fits your role: https://www.gta.gg/courses?keyword=ian+campbell

We know it takes more than great courses to support learning - and sometimes it’s the simple things, like a warm welcome, a cuppa and a well-stocked biscuit tin.

Thanks for your kind words Holly! We're proud of our team and always happy to hear we've helped our delegates by doing that little bit extra ☕️🍪