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Tue 2 Oct 2018 – Wed 3 Oct 2018

Tuesday 2 October 2018

08:45	Graduate Safety Course (1 of 3) Finished 08:45 - 13:00 New Museums Site, Babbage Lecture Theatre Please visit our Graduate Safety Course website for full details of this event, including timings, venues, maps and our policy regarding excusals. If you have not received an invitation please contact us to let us know.
09:30	AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting 2018-19 (4 of 26) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room The AAT Level 3, Diploma in Accounting, introduces to students to more complex financial processes and accounting tasks, the principles of VAT, professional ethics and develops their spreadsheet skills. In addition to applying for a provisional place here, you will need to complete an application form which can be found on our website https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualifications/aat/university-programme
	AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting 2018-19 (3 of 24) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 First Intuition The course details are being finalised, for now please book a provisional place here and we will let you know when the details and application packs are available AAT Level 4, Professional Diploma in accounting. Students will be placed on the public day release programme with an external provider Once you have registered here you will need to complete the application form at the back of the briefing pack. This pack is available on our website https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualifications/aat/university-programme Dates will be added once they have been confirmed
10:00	USS Pension Consultation Finished 10:00 - 12:00 DO NOT USE Postdoc Centre @ Eddington, Sanders Hall USS Pension Presentation. If you do not have Raven login details, please email pensionsonline@admin.cam.ac.uk to make a booking. Please ensure you include details of the date and time you wish to attend.
	Law: Squire Law Library Introductory Tour for LLM Students Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Faculty of Law Welcome to the Squire Law Library! This introductory tour is led by the Librarian, David Wills, and LLM Collection Supervisor, Lizz Edwards-Waller. The tour will include a look at the dedicated LLM print collection, information about borrowing, copying and scanning material, and an overview of the library catalogue, web pages and legal databases.
11:00	FS8 Supervising Undergraduates (Chemistry) Finished 11:00 - 12:00 Wolfson Lecture Theatre In this short talk we will cover what supervisions are, the role they play in Cambridge teaching, and how supervisors are recruited. We will then go on to look at how you can prepare for supervising, how you can conduct a supervision, and how to deal with common pitfalls.
11:15	Orientation Tour Finished 11:15 - 12:00 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's vast electronic and digital collections: to find out more about using these, please see check for courses on our timetable or ask a member of Library staff for help.
13:15	Finance Division Knowledge Bites - Suppliers Database & Expense Forms Finished 13:15 - 14:00 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 10 Apex is a type of software being utilised in different ways within the Finance Division to create new forms, workflow and integration with CUFS. This session will provide you with an overview of the new supplier database project, as well as a look at the new on-line expenses form, projected to be LIVE by mid-October
13:30	SF3 Advanced Safety Training for Experimentalists (Chemistry) Finished 13:30 - 17:00 Wolfson Lecture Theatre Advanced induction training for experimentalists introduces some of the department’s special chemical hazards including explosives, hydrogen fluoride and cyanide, and restricted chemicals, and illustrates the consequences of incorrect waste disposal. Experimentalists are made aware of the biological hazards in the department and how these are controlled with a suitable risk assessment, safety cabinets and the need for the appropriate inactivation method to be applied. Attendees are alerted to the hazards and damage caused by non-ionising radiation, glassware and sharps, oil baths and lifting equipment. The induction concludes by directing the experimentalist to compulsory University-provided specialist training courses, the requirement for fire awareness training and sources of Health and Safety information.
14:00	Graduate Safety Course (2 of 3) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 New Museums Site, Babbage Lecture Theatre Please visit our Graduate Safety Course website for full details of this event, including timings, venues, maps and our policy regarding excusals. If you have not received an invitation please contact us to let us know.
	Medicine: Getting the best results - improving your database searching (for NHS staff only) Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A course specifically for NHS staff. Attendees will learn how to search databases accessed with an Athens login (such as Medline, Embase and Cinahl) effectively and efficiently, to learn how to save searches and references, and to create and maintain a bibliography. All attendees are required to have an NHS Athens login.
15:30	GAO Briefing Finished 15:30 - 16:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 2 Cambridge Admissions Office have organised a series of briefing sessions in the coming weeks aimed at Schools Liaison Officers, Department Outreach Staff, and any academics and staff members who will communicate with potential students. This session will provide an overview of the work of the Graduate Admissions Office and is suitable for anybody wishing to gain a better understanding of the graduate admissions process. It will explain how the graduate admissions cycle works, the types of issues which might be involved and it will also highlight some of the key future developments that are being planned.
16:00	Supervising Undergraduates: An Introduction Finished 16:00 - 18:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1 What do supervisions contribute to student learning at Cambridge? This session will provide an interactive introduction to supervising, including aims and objectives of supervisions, different approaches to supervisions, the roles and responsibilities of the supervisor and ways of dealing with common problems. Given the breadth of supervisions, this course is not subject specific.
18:30	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), Chinese Mandarin Basic 2018 - BLOCK A (3 of 10) Finished 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 12 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.

Wednesday 3 October 2018

09:00	SF4 Pressurised Gas & Cryogens Finished 09:00 - 12:30 Wolfson Lecture Theatre This course will cover safe storage and use of cryogens, safe use and stores of compressed gas, and aspects of oxygen depletion with respect to the above.
09:30	Coaching to Improve Presentation Skills (One-to-One) Finished 09:30 - 10:30 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room If you would like to refine your presentation skills, or address insecurities about any aspect of your speaking, these sessions are aimed at identifying the areas you need to focus on, be it at the micro level (elocution), the macro level (shaping an interesting presentation), or any point in between. During this one to one session, coaching will provide you with active practice, honest and constructive feedback, and practical tips to make you a more confident and effective communicator. Put yourself under the microscope, and you’ll be ready to step into the spotlight. You may find it useful to have completed the Presentation Skills online learning module before attending the session. It is possible to use this booking page to book one follow-up session for additional support. The course trainer will advise when this may be helpful. Please only book one session at a time.
10:00	Medicine: The "Big Four" Databases For Your Literature Search (for students and researchers at the University of Cambridge) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session - four medicine and life science databases - widest coverage for your literature search. PubMed is great, but it doesn't cover all the journals relevant to life sciences and medicine. Embase, Web of Science and Scopus can also be relevant and each covers unique material. Come to this hands-on session to learn how to get the best from each of these "4 tops".
10:30	Coaching to Improve Presentation Skills (One-to-One) Finished 10:30 - 11:30 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room If you would like to refine your presentation skills, or address insecurities about any aspect of your speaking, these sessions are aimed at identifying the areas you need to focus on, be it at the micro level (elocution), the macro level (shaping an interesting presentation), or any point in between. During this one to one session, coaching will provide you with active practice, honest and constructive feedback, and practical tips to make you a more confident and effective communicator. Put yourself under the microscope, and you’ll be ready to step into the spotlight. You may find it useful to have completed the Presentation Skills online learning module before attending the session. It is possible to use this booking page to book one follow-up session for additional support. The course trainer will advise when this may be helpful. Please only book one session at a time.
	Orientation Tour Finished 10:30 - 11:15 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's vast electronic and digital collections: to find out more about using these, please see check for courses on our timetable or ask a member of Library staff for help.
11:30	Coaching to Improve Presentation Skills (One-to-One) Finished 11:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room If you would like to refine your presentation skills, or address insecurities about any aspect of your speaking, these sessions are aimed at identifying the areas you need to focus on, be it at the micro level (elocution), the macro level (shaping an interesting presentation), or any point in between. During this one to one session, coaching will provide you with active practice, honest and constructive feedback, and practical tips to make you a more confident and effective communicator. Put yourself under the microscope, and you’ll be ready to step into the spotlight. You may find it useful to have completed the Presentation Skills online learning module before attending the session. It is possible to use this booking page to book one follow-up session for additional support. The course trainer will advise when this may be helpful. Please only book one session at a time.
12:00	Graduate Safety Course (3 of 3) Finished 12:00 - 17:00 Please visit our Graduate Safety Course website for full details of this event, including timings, venues, maps and our policy regarding excusals. If you have not received an invitation please contact us to let us know.
	Orientation Tour Finished 12:00 - 12:45 University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ... Please note this tour does not cover the University's vast electronic and digital collections: to find out more about using these, please see check for courses on our timetable or ask a member of Library staff for help.
13:15	Coaching to Improve Presentation Skills (One-to-One) Finished 13:15 - 14:15 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room If you would like to refine your presentation skills, or address insecurities about any aspect of your speaking, these sessions are aimed at identifying the areas you need to focus on, be it at the micro level (elocution), the macro level (shaping an interesting presentation), or any point in between. During this one to one session, coaching will provide you with active practice, honest and constructive feedback, and practical tips to make you a more confident and effective communicator. Put yourself under the microscope, and you’ll be ready to step into the spotlight. You may find it useful to have completed the Presentation Skills online learning module before attending the session. It is possible to use this booking page to book one follow-up session for additional support. The course trainer will advise when this may be helpful. Please only book one session at a time.
13:30	HEAT User Group Meeting Finished 13:30 - 14:30 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room E The Cambridge Admissions Office HEAT Team will organise termly HEAT User Group Meetings. The aim of these meetings is to inform users of HEAT updates and raise any common issues to the group. There will also be time for any questions and/or feedback. These meetings are primarily aimed at Operational Leads, however if these representatives are unable to attend the proposed dates, other HEAT users are more than welcome to come along. We hope to see as many of you attend these meetings as possible in order to make them as beneficial as we can.
	SF5 Introduction to Demonstrating in Chemistry Finished 13:30 - 15:00 Wolfson Lecture Theatre We view demonstrating to undergraduate students as a key part of postgraduate education. Demonstrating is compulsory for 1st and 2d year postgraduate students with the right background (we do not wish to place anybody in the undergraduate laboratories for whom this would be inappropriate). Demonstrating is also open to all MPhil, 3rd/4th year graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
14:15	Coaching to Improve Presentation Skills (One-to-One) Finished 14:15 - 15:15 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room If you would like to refine your presentation skills, or address insecurities about any aspect of your speaking, these sessions are aimed at identifying the areas you need to focus on, be it at the micro level (elocution), the macro level (shaping an interesting presentation), or any point in between. During this one to one session, coaching will provide you with active practice, honest and constructive feedback, and practical tips to make you a more confident and effective communicator. Put yourself under the microscope, and you’ll be ready to step into the spotlight. You may find it useful to have completed the Presentation Skills online learning module before attending the session. It is possible to use this booking page to book one follow-up session for additional support. The course trainer will advise when this may be helpful. Please only book one session at a time.
15:00	Physics Health & Safety: Induction for Graduate Students - NanoDTC students only (1 of 2) Finished 15:00 - 16:00 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, Orange Boardroom (Floor 2) Departmental health and safety induction for graduate students, undergraduate students (Part IB, II, or III) MASt students, and staff starting study or work at the Department of Physics. Session 1 of this briefing is for everyone and covers what to do in the event of an emergency, and how to report problems. There will be a short break before Session 2, which is for people carrying out practical experiments in a laboratory, doing other practical (e.g. maintenance) work, managing events or other people. When there are new staff at an induction, this will be preceded by a short HR induction. Anyone only working in an office is not required to attend Session 2, unless they manage people or events.
15:15	Coaching to Improve Presentation Skills (One-to-One) Finished 15:15 - 16:15 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room If you would like to refine your presentation skills, or address insecurities about any aspect of your speaking, these sessions are aimed at identifying the areas you need to focus on, be it at the micro level (elocution), the macro level (shaping an interesting presentation), or any point in between. During this one to one session, coaching will provide you with active practice, honest and constructive feedback, and practical tips to make you a more confident and effective communicator. Put yourself under the microscope, and you’ll be ready to step into the spotlight. You may find it useful to have completed the Presentation Skills online learning module before attending the session. It is possible to use this booking page to book one follow-up session for additional support. The course trainer will advise when this may be helpful. Please only book one session at a time.
16:00	SSRMC Student Induction Lecture Finished 16:00 - 17:00 Lady Mitchell Hall This event details how the SSRMC works, more about the modules we offer, and everything you need to know about making a booking. NB. ALL STUDENTS WISHING TO TAKE SSRMC COURSES THIS YEAR ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THIS INDUCTION SESSION
16:10	Physics Health & Safety: Induction for Graduate Students - NanoDTC students only (2 of 2) Finished 16:10 - 17:15 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, Orange Boardroom (Floor 2) Departmental health and safety induction for graduate students, undergraduate students (Part IB, II, or III) MASt students, and staff starting study or work at the Department of Physics. Session 1 of this briefing is for everyone and covers what to do in the event of an emergency, and how to report problems. There will be a short break before Session 2, which is for people carrying out practical experiments in a laboratory, doing other practical (e.g. maintenance) work, managing events or other people. When there are new staff at an induction, this will be preceded by a short HR induction. Anyone only working in an office is not required to attend Session 2, unless they manage people or events.
18:30	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), Chinese Mandarin Basic 2018 - BLOCK A (4 of 10) Finished 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 12 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), Spanish Intermediate 1 2018 - BLOCK A (4 of 10) Finished 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 11 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
19:00	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), German Intermediate 1 2018 - BLOCK A (4 of 10) Finished 19:00 - 21:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 2 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.