Equality & Diversity course timetable

Relax and unwind in the middle of your busy day – it may well make your afternoon more productive. You will leave this session with some tips for relaxing in the workplace on a daily basis.

Do you have responsibility for the work, behaviour and development of others, for example in a research group or in a professional service area? If so, this short session will help to identify and consider your key responsibilities and the skills needed to lead and manage others effectively, such as managing difficult situations and delegating effectively. Using these skills with confidence is known to enhance wellbeing, promote positive engagement and increase productivity and enjoyment at work, both for yourself and others.

In this workshop you will explore what wellbeing means to you and how you could enhance yours. The workshop will use the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation method to help explore complex topics.

Building with LEGO® bricks and using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation will make sure that you, and the others in the group, contribute equally and understand each other. It will stimulate your thinking, communication and, problem solving skills and create an environment with insight, confidence and commitment. Your possibilities for learning are enormous.

To get the most from the session the group will work together using the basic principles of LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®: 1. Question – an issue and a suitable open question is identified 2. Build – you make LEGO® brick models to answer the question from your own perspective 3. Share – you all explain your model using it as a metaphor to answer the question 4. Reflect – the group checks everyone’s understanding, and makes sense of the knowledge that has been unlocked.

100% of the participants are involved for 100% of the session unlike conventional workshops where 20% of the people do 80% of the talking and not everyone is engaged.

You will find the approach useful because:

• We all have a unique perspective
• Our brain works better in three dimensions
• Playing in three dimensions lets us see more perspectives and have more ideas
• Story-making and metaphors help you communicate more clearly

Spreadsheet list received 08 Oct 2019

Includes people who have attended multiple sessions on different days but no dates given

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

In her talk , 'How to walk on Sunshine' Rachel Kelly, author and mental health campaigner, shares her personal story of recovering from two serious depressive episodes, and teaches participants to foster resilience and mental wellbeing by sharing evidence-based strategies relating to both body and mind. She includes aspects of mindfulness, nutrition and exercise, as well as poetry and gratitude exercises as a vehicle for reflection, perspective and strength. The session is interactive and participants will experience some of Rachel’s strategies for themselves as a first step in building their own toolkit which will help them Walk on Sunshine.

In this panel discussion event, three researchers from across the University discuss their experiences of work-life balance, including balancing work with family life, caring for a disabled child or long-term health problems. What have their solutions been and what are the on-going battles? What more support for postdocs is needed? There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Back by popular demand, half a dozen delightful dogs will grace the grounds of Madingley Hall and are looking for some friends to play and walk with.

There is nothing to make worries disappear quite like stroking a happy dog, playing fetch or simply strolling with your companion in a beautiful setting.

Start the day the way you mean to continue. Learn some easy and effective stretches that you can do from your desk to refresh you, not only in the morning, but whenever you use them thereafter.

Join us for a led cycle ride to Logan's Meadow at lunchtime for a picnic (weather permitting)! All abilities welcome, rides will be led by 2 fully trained cycle instructors and will start and return at Old Schools courtyard. All you need to bring is a bike and some lunch!

At 157 feet tall Cambridge University Library’s tower is its most recognisable feature, and can be seen for miles around. This tour of the tower, normally accessible only to Library staff, reveals some of the secrets held in its collections. The subject of the UL’s current exhibition, the tower collections (over half a million books on 11 floors) tell the story of two centuries of popular publishing in the UK, received under the Copyright Act and since 1934 held in the tower as ‘secondary’ to the Library’s main academic collections. Victorian toys and games jostle for shelf space with colourful children’s books, Edwardian fiction in pristine dust jackets and popular periodicals.

Now recognised as a treasure trove for researchers, its collections tell the story of our national life through the printed word. The exhibition can be viewed in the Milstein Exhibition Centre before or after your tour. Please note that the lift stops on the 15th floor. Access to the 16th floor is via a single flight of stairs. This tour may not be suitable for those uncomfortable in confined spaces or those with mobility issues.

• 18s and over only
• In the event of a fire evacuation or lift failure, access up or down the tower is via 200+ steps. Therefore, this tour is not suitable for those with limited mobility or wheelchair users.
• This tour may not be suitable for those uncomfortable in confined spaces
• Bags and large coats must be left in our Locker Room off the Entrance Hall before the tour commences
• No food or drink may be consumed at any point on the tour
• The tower is a high-security area and the Library reserves the right to search tour visitors on exit

Professor Dame Carol Black's Annual Wellbeing Lecture; Integrating traditional Occupational Safety and Health protection programmes with the wider determinants of health in the workplace - stress, quality of management and leadership, autonomy, flexibility - is not easy to achieve, and many barriers, especially cultural ones, must be overcome. The lecture will take and international lens and look at progress around the world in achieving this highly desirable goal. Total Worker Health, when properly embedded, impacts the wellbeing, not only of workers, but also of their families, communities and the economy.

This lecture takes place at the Principal's Lodge, Newnham College.

A tour of the College grounds looking at the development of the grounds over the centuries.

Spreadsheet list received 08 Oct 2019

Includes people who have attended multiple sessions on different days but no dates given

Over the last year, as part of the University’s wellbeing initiative, WellCAM, Wellbeing Advocates have been nominated in departments to provide guidance and a general signposting service about wellbeing issues, including mental or physical health and dignity at work concerns, to members of staff, as well as promoting local and University-wide wellbeing initiatives.

If you could like to find out more about WellCAM, this role and examples of local initiatives being taken forward, please book a place.

A 45 minute session providing a brief introduction to mediation and how to access the deep reservoir of positive qualities that are in all of us.  The mediation process can help support your general wellbeing and develop your thinking to its full potential.  The session will include short meditations as well as a chance for discussion and questions.

Mindfulness is a form of meditation that asks you to bring your full attention to the present moment. In this hour-long workshop, we will be seeing how mindfulness techniques can be used to deepen your appreciation of museum or gallery collections and also how museums and galleries can assist with mental health. The workshop starts with a close observation of objects from the MAA’s handling collection and will then move to use mindfulness in a gallery setting.

Tour of gardens, the discovery of the Prayers Labyrinth and the Art Studio where an arty activity will take place. Afternoon tea at 4pm will be included.

Have you ever wanted to craft a book? Learn some basic book-binding techniques to make useful books in which to plan your life-work balance, or to make more exotic art books to express your creative flair! Experience the therapeutic benefits of making with a new technique explored every half hour. Stay for half an hour or all afternoon, simply book (no pun intended) your arrival time.

Have you ever wanted to craft a book? Learn some basic book-binding techniques to make useful books in which to plan your life-work balance, or to make more exotic art books to express your creative flair! Experience the therapeutic benefits of making with a new technique explored every half hour. Stay for half an hour or all afternoon, simply book (no pun intended) your arrival time.

Have you ever wanted to craft a book? Learn some basic book-binding techniques to make useful books in which to plan your life-work balance, or to make more exotic art books to express your creative flair! Experience the therapeutic benefits of making with a new technique explored every half hour. Stay for half an hour or all afternoon, simply book (no pun intended) your arrival time.

Bring along your bike and learn what can be achieved with a minimalist toolkit and the application of basic bike repair skills. The workshop will include general bike checks (‘M’ Check), reviewing gears, removing and replacing wheels, choosing and applying lubricants, fixing punctures, the contents of a basic tool kit, adjusting brakes and, if time allows, bike cleaning tips, how to replace brake blocks and any bespoke requests you might have.

Have you ever wanted to craft a book? Learn some basic book-binding techniques to make useful books in which to plan your life-work balance, or to make more exotic art books to express your creative flair! Experience the therapeutic benefits of making with a new technique explored every half hour. Stay for half an hour or all afternoon, simply book (no pun intended) your arrival time.