• Business Overview
• Outline of the event
• Implementation Report
• Inquiries

Business Overview

With the increasing sophistication and complexity of education and research at higher education institutions, SD will be mandatory from 2017, and it is hoped that faculty and staff will further improve their qualifications and promote collaboration between the teaching profession.
In addition, the environment surrounding higher education institutions is changing rapidly, and university staff are required to acquire a wide range of knowledge and a high level of expertise.
The SD Joint Training Program is a project aimed at reducing costs at each member university by taking advantage of economies of scale with the aim of improving the skills of staff and improving the efficiency and sophistication of university operations.
Please use it as an opportunity to exchange information and build networks across universities.

Outline of the event

Sponsorship:

University

Consortium Kyoto

* Priority given to Kyoto member universities and junior colleges of the University Consortium Kyoto on a first-come, first-served basis
* If the capacity is exceeded, participation may be refused.
* Please note that if the number of applicants is much less than the capacity, the course may not be held.

■ The more you know, the more you know business etiquette

1. Outline of the training

• Students will learn the necessary knowledge as a university employee, business etiquette, and the basics of how to proceed with work, and acquire the ability to adapt to duties and workplaces.
• Most of the problems that arise when young staff are assigned are related to speaking. For example, not being reported, not using honorifics, not answering the phone, making negative remarks, etc. In other words, I will tell you how to approach “how to speak as a member of society”, which is important in the education of newcomers and young people.
• In addition, whether or not you can accurately grasp the intentions and demands of the other party depends largely on the “listening skills” of the person you are dealing with. In order to listen to the necessary information without excess or deficiency, we will tell you how to listen with the whole body, “ear, mouth, eyes, head, body, and mind” and effective questioning techniques to get information from here.

2. Key points of training management

• By setting up the flow of lectures (knowledge injection) ~ exercises (practice) for each item, we will realize “strengthening practical skills through input ⇒ output”.
• In the exercises, we will perform role-playing and telephone exercises that simulate real-life situations.
• Students can write down what they have learned and their thoughts and use the “training sheet” that they create themselves, so they can concentrate more on the course.

Date and time

Friday, May 9, 2025 10:00~16:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (1~2 years of employment)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
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* Newly hired staff (full-time, part-time, contract, and temporary staff) and non-eligible employees can also participate.

Occupancy

20

Participation Fee

Consortium of Universities Kyoto member schools: 4,000 yen Other than those listed on the left: 10,000 yen
* We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: May 2, 2025 (Friday)

Outline of the training

Business etiquette that you know more Training outline [Click here for details]

Lecturer

Speaking Education Center Inc.
Mariya Fujiwara

■ Marketing Forefront ~Capturing the hearts of high school students and new students~

With the declining birthrate, the environment surrounding university student recruitment (entrance examination publicity) is only becoming more severe. From the perspective of private school management, there is an emphasis on marketing, which is how to build a system that captures the trends of the times and makes people want to apply, instead of the conventional recruitment publicity that disseminates information widely, and there is a need for governance and organizational development that can implement it. In the Kansai region, there is an active movement to relocate campuses to be closer to stations on major railway lines in order to secure a wider range of schools, and to actively expand and reorganize faculties to meet the wide range of needs of high school students. These are measures for survival, but at the root of the project should be the future vision of the university that we want to aim for, or in other words, the guidelines for branding the university.
In this seminar, we hope that the idea of marketing and branding will be organized from the perspective of university public relations, and that it will be an opportunity to review whether the initiatives at your university are really marketing or whether they are systematic and continuous efforts as part of branding.

Date and time

Friday

, June 6, 2025 13:00~16:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (Up to 5 years of service)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
○	○

Occupancy

25

Participation Fee

University Consortium Kyoto member schools: 1,000 yen Other than those listed on the left: 4,000 yen
* We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: Monday, June 2, 2025

Outline of the training

Marketing Frontline ~Winning the hearts of high school students and new students~ Training Overview [Click here for details]
*There is a group discussion.
preliminary preparation>
Please read your university’s business plan and medium- to long-term plan.

Lecturer

Satoshi Taninouchi
Professor, Department of Regional Revitalization, Faculty of Regional Revitalization, Taisho University
Director, Japan Society of Public Relations

■University Management and Higher Education Policy in the Age of Great Competition

The environment surrounding universities is undergoing major changes, such as a decline in the number of 18-year-olds that has never been experienced before, changes in the industrial structure and the post-graduation work environment due to globalization and technological innovation. In addition, the rate of population decline and changes in the employment structure are not uniform across the country, but vary greatly from region to region. Therefore, depending on the region and position in which your university is located, you will be required to respond to different knowledge. Rather than being an extension of the current situation, “discontinuous” reforms that are different from those of the past are required. In the report of the “Sum of Knowledge” this time, it was stated that reforms will be promoted from the perspectives of “quality,” “access,” and “scale” with such an eye on the future. How should individual universities respond to such major changes? To this end, it is essential to cultivate the capabilities of each and every staff member of the university and to foster an organizational culture that responds to changes. I would like to think about the future of the university and my future career together.

Date and time

Friday

, June 27, 2025, 13:00~15:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (Up to 5 years of service)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
	○	○

* Non-eligible people can also participate.

Occupancy

100 people

Participation Fee

University Consortium Kyoto member schools: 1,000 yen Those other than those on the left: 2,000 yen
※ We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: June 23, 2025 (Monday)

Outline of the training

University Management and Higher Education Policy in the Age of Great Competition Training Outline [Click here for details]

Lecturer

Hiroshi Kobayashi
Director, Recruit Research Institute
Editor-in-Chief of Recruit “College Management”

■ DX to succeed DX to fail

With the declining birthrate and the rapid digitalization of society, the university industry is required to enhance its education and research functions and strengthen its management base. In order to respond to such an external environment, DX (digital transformation) of operations is indispensable. DX not only improves operational efficiency, but also contributes to improving the quality of student services and education. In this training, employees understand the significance of business improvement and DX, review the work they are in charge of, and consider the direction of improvement.

【Purpose of the training】
In order to increase the time spent with students and improve the quality of education, students will learn how to streamline administrative work and the latest technology (DX).

【Training Goals】
– Understand the definition and purpose of DX.
・Learn about the steps of business improvement and examples of successes and failures at other universities.
・I have been able to review my work and come up with a direction for improvement.

Date and time

Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 13:00~17:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (Up to 5 years of service)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
○	○	○

Occupancy

30

Participation Fee

Consortium of Universities Kyoto member schools: 4,000 yen Other than those listed on the left: 10,000 yen
* We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: Friday, June 27, 2025

Outline of the training

Successful DX Failing DX Training Overview [Click here for details]

Pre-assignments>
Identify the tasks you are in charge of and their processes (procedures and deliverables), and summarize the problems in your work and how you think you can improve them in a designated Excel sheet. On the day of the event, we will conduct group work (exchange of opinions) based on this sheet.

Lecturer

Educe Co., Ltd. Consulting Department
Takeshi Shibata

■Basic knowledge and latest trends in research support -What kind of research is required of universities now? －

In recent years, it has been pointed out that Japan’s research capabilities are declining. In order to improve Japan’s research capabilities as a whole and promote the creation of new value, the government is supporting “International Research Universities of Excellence” through the so-called 10 trillion yen university fund and strengthening the functions of “regional core and distinctive research universities” through the “Regional Core and Distinctive Research University Comprehensive Promotion Package.”
The former aims to become a world-class research university that produces internationally outstanding research results, and Tohoku University received its first accreditation in December 2024. For the latter, from FY2023 to FY2024, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) held a public call for applications for the “Project to Promote the Strengthening of Regional Core and Distinctive Research Universities,” and selected 25 universities. Research universities with regional core and characteristics are required to strengthen their research strengths in specific fields and to form a group of research universities that will lead Japan’s research capabilities by promoting effective collaboration between universities.
In the past, research support at universities may have had a strong impression that it was the work of departments specializing in research activities, such as industry-academia collaboration, intellectual property, and research grant execution. However, today’s universities are not just educational institutions, but are also expected to play a role as research institutions that solve various social issues from the regional level to the global scale by utilizing and strengthening their research strengths and characteristics, and lead to regional revitalization and innovation. In other words, it is important to recognize that research activities and their results are closely related to and mutually influence other aspects of the university (improving the quality of education, developing and active diversified human resources, improving brand value, reforming financial structures, etc.).
In this training, participants will realize the connection between their departments and their current work through understanding their roles and significance today, from the basics of traditional work in the research support department, and think together about how the value of their current departments and tasks can be enhanced.

Date and time

Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 13:00~16:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (Up to 5 years of service)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
○	○	○

※ Anyone can participate, regardless of the department they belong to.

Occupancy

25

Participation Fee

University Consortium Kyoto member schools: 1,000 yen Other than those listed on the left: 4,000 yen
* We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: Friday, July 18, 2025

Outline of the training

Basic knowledge and latest trends in research support -What kind of research is required of universities today? – Training Overview [Click here for details]

Pre-assignments>
・Please take up one of the research activities of the university to which the participant belongs, and briefly summarize it on a single PowerPoint slide in what situations it can be used in society.
*The format is free.
*It will be used in group work on the day.

Lecturer

Mitsushige Hirose
Deputy Director, Research Department, Ritsumeikan University, Director of J-PEAKS Transition

■Fundraising Forefront

In recent years, fundraising (fundraising activities) has been attracting attention at universities. This is because as Japan’s financial situation becomes more severe, universities need to strengthen their acquisition of external funds, such as donations.
Under these circumstances, there is significant room for growth in university fundraising in Japan, and we believe that continuing in an appropriate manner will lead to the maintenance and expansion of the donor base, which will lead to securing stable financial resources.
This program aims to provide participants with an opportunity to strengthen their donation strategies by explaining the “7 steps of university fundraising” and case studies necessary to create an effective donation strategy.

Date and time

Friday

, August 29, 2025, 13:00~16:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (Up to 5 years of service)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
○	○	○

Occupancy

25

Participation Fee

University Consortium Kyoto member schools: 1,000 yen Other than those listed on the left: 4,000 yen
* We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: Monday, August 25, 2025

Outline of the training

Fundraising Frontline Training Overview [Click here for details]

Pre-assignments>
As a pre-study for meaningful discussions, a total of 8 series of “University Fundraising Initiatives as Seen in the Annual Performance Report of National University Corporations” (Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Education Newsletter 2022.6.12~2022.9.20) or, if possible, “University Fundraising Guide: Donation Strategies Based on the ‘7 Steps'” (purchase required) Please read and organize the implementation status of each step of your university’s “7 Steps” (what you are doing and what you are not doing).

Lecturer

Koichi Suyama
Shimane University School of Medicine General Affairs Division Planning and Research Section Chief

■Introduction to assertiveness training for building rich human relationships

In this training, you can briefly learn about assertive communication methods to convey “things that are difficult to say” in half a day. We aim to acquire the skills to honestly convey one’s arguments while respecting the other person’s situation and feelings.

◆Training points
(1) Understand the communication patterns you are taking
(2) Learn how to listen in a way that makes the other person feel that it is “easy to talk” and “listening”
(3) Practice how to communicate without making the other person uncomfortable, the DESC method and “I message”

Date and time

Friday

, December 19, 2025 13:00~16:00

Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Approximate target

young person (Up to 5 years of service)	backbone (Up to 10 years in office)	Adept (After 10 years of service and managers)
○	○

* Non-eligible people can also participate.

Occupancy

25

Participation Fee

Consortium of Universities Kyoto member schools: 4,000 yen Other than those listed on the left: 10,000 yen
* We will send you an invoice. Please transfer to the designated account.
Transfer deadline: Monday, December 15, 2025

Outline of the training

Introduction to Assertiveness (Self-Expression) Training for Building Rich Human Relationships Training Overview [Click here for details]

Lecturer

Insource Inc.
Yukari Takeuchi

Application Period

Thursday, November 6, 2025 10:00 a.m. ~ Friday, December 5, 2025 5:00 p.m.

Application

The application button will be updated at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 6.

Implementation Report

[Click here ▶ for the number of participants]

Inquiries

University Consortium Kyoto SD Project
TEL 075-353-9163　FAX 075-353-9101
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji, Shimo-ku, Kyoto, Campus Plaza Kyoto
* Business hours: Tuesday ~ Saturday 9:00 ~ 17:00 (excluding year-end and New Year holidays)