What's the aim?
This feature enables you (or any admin on your board/within your Trust admin team) to assign specific training courses to particular people:
ensure 'must do' training messages are received loud and clear
see who’s done what you asked and who needs reminding at a glance
demonstrate commitment to developing board skills by planning training across your team for the year ahead
What can I assign and to whom?
Training from both GovernorHub’s library of eLearning courses and scheduled training from your governor support services (if you have one), can all be assigned to one, some or all of your colleagues in one go from the new Assignments tab in the board's Governing Board area:
Please note - this Assignments Tab will only appear to admins of the board (non admins cannot assign training).
How to I assign training?
From the Assignments tab click '+ Assign':
Follow the 4 step instructions (you can move back and forth using the 'next' and 'back' buttons so don't worry if you want to go back and check).
First, choose the course or courses you want to assign ...
Then set the date you want your learners to complete the course by (if you don't want to issue a deadline you can leave this blank).
Then choose your learners (you can choose as many or as few as you need to)...
Once you've checked your assignments, click assign:
How will anyone know they have assignments?
Anyone you assign training to will be notified by email as soon as you assign it to them (and don’t worry - if you change your mind or delete a mistake we’ll let them know it's cancelled too).
On logging into GovernorHub, assigned tasks will be flagged on the news page - just above upcoming events - helping governors see what matters first:
Assigned training can also be viewed from a new 'Tasks' tab within the profile area:
How can I track completion of assignments?
All assignments are displayed clearly in the Assignments tab:
who has assignments
what assigned tasks they have to complete
when they are due
who assigned them (useful if you have multiple admins or trust admins that may also want to assign)
urgency (especially useful to see if they are overdue or due soon)
and status (whether an assignment is in progress, complete or not yet started)
You can choose to display or hide any of the columns and change the order to suit your needs by using the tools at the top of the table.
Ticked boxes will display ... anything unticked will be hidden. You can also drag and drop columns to move them left or right.
If you want to, you can filter by status by clicking on the filter button and choosing what you want to display.
You can also sort the table according to course title, date due, date issued and current status by using the arrows at the top:
To help you report on/evidence your assignments you can also download your chosen view by the download function.
Search for a particular person or course title by typing into the search function.
Can you assign 'Scheduled training' from a Governor Support Service?
Yes! Scheduled training from your governor support service, if you have one, will be shown in the list of training when you click '+ Assign'. GovernorHub will show whether or not there are available sessions within your set date range:
Once you assign a scheduled training session, the learner will be prompted to 'book a place' within their tasks tab:
When a learner clicks 'book a place', it will take them to your Governor Support Service booking page, where they can choose the most convenient session:
As an admin, you are able to keep track of the status of assignments from the 'assignments' tab, where tasks will be shown as 'not started', 'not started with calendar icon to indicate they have booked a session' or 'complete':
Can anyone do training without being assigned it?
Yes! As always, Governors can choose to carry out any training on GovernorHub whether one of our e-learning courses or as part of any support service packages they may buy into.
Any training completed (or added by them) will be able to be viewed in the training record section in the training tab as before.
What if I assign training to someone that has already done it?
Should you assign a course to a governor that has completed it already - you will be shown the date they last completed it in the assignment flow. You then have the option to continue or to skip this assignment for that person during the assignment process.
SCENARIO:
You assign the Prevent Duty course to everyone on your board. During assignment GovernorHub flags up that 1 governor completed this particular course in September 2025 and 1 did it just last week.
You decide to skip the governor that's just done it - they are perfectly up to date and don't need to do it again ... but you assign to the other governor as an annual refresh.