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Fri 8 Feb 2019

Friday 8 February 2019

09:00	Voice and Pronunciation for Non-native English Speakers Finished 09:00 - 13:00 CCTL, Fawcett Room Is English not your first language? Would you like to incorporate Standard English pronunciation into your everyday speech? This course will look at the differences and similarities between your natural accent and that of Standard English. It will help to maintain positive aspects of your natural accent whilst enabling you to be easily understood by native English speakers.
	iDiscover: Drop-in Surgery Finished 09:00 - 10:15 Cambridge University Library: General Enquiries Helpdesk (Main landing above the Entrance Hall) Need help with iDiscover? Call in at the General Enquiries Helpdesk (on the landing above the Entrance Hall) where a member of Library staff will be able to help you search our print and online collections, answer any questions you have, or give you a general overview. Every Friday between 9.00 and 10.15.
	Training Workshop for those Authorising Risk Assessments and supporting Travel of students and staff working away from Cambridge Finished 09:00 - 16:00 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room This training is conducted by Saferedge, travel risk experts and is aimed at people who review and authorise risk assessments and support staff and students who plan to work away from Cambridge. It is a workshop style session where there will be the opportunity for attendees to ask questions, bring specific risk assessment examples for help and discussion. The aim of the course is to enable people to confidently assess and authorise the risk assessments of individual travellers.
09:30	Chemical Safety Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House, Cairo Room A safety course for anyone either directly working with chemicals or who is responsible for persons working with chemicals including PIs, Post Grads, Post Docs and technicians.
	CULP: Italian Basic 1 (11 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	Falcon: An Introduction for Content and Site Managers (Part 1 and Part 2) (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site This course will cover the use of Falcon Content Management Service by content and site managers. Please note: Falcon on Plone will be migrating to Falcon-on-Drupal over the the 2019-2020 academic year. If you are new to Falcon on Plone and have a requirement to learn the Falcon system, this course is for you. If your department plans to migrate soon (please ask your departmental IT Officer) there is a Falcon on Drupal: Migration from Falcon On Plone - An Introduction course. If you are new to Drupal there is a Drupal: An introduction course.
	UTBS: New Provider Training Administrator Training Finished 09:30 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1 This course is designed for Training Administrators of a new provider on the University Training Booking System (UTBS) and it will take them through theory and practicals on how to administer their training programme on the UTBS.
10:00	Finance Division Inductions - Greenwich House Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Greenwich House, Heidelberg Room This welcome session is for staff based in Greenwich House, will introduce you to the practicalities working in the building and the resources available to you.
11:00	CULP: German Basic 1 for Academic Purposes (LAP) (4 of 15) Finished 11:00 - 12:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Persian Finished 11:00 - 11:20 John Trim Centre speaking practice with a Persian native-speaker volunteer
	Green Labs: Lab Energy Finished 11:00 - 12:00 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room G How can we reduce energy usage in laboratories? As part of ‘Spotlight on Energy’ month in February 2019, come along for information and discussion on this topic. Areas will likely include how to prioritise your highest energy users and practical tips on improvements that can be made. A demonstration of the LEAF tool to quantify energy usage and opportunity within labs will also be presented. With representation from the University of Cambridge's Green Labs initiative and University College London. Late morning refreshments will be provided. Another session with the same content will also run at the Clinical School on the Addenbrooke's Site the following week. See Related Courses.
11:20	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Persian Finished 11:20 - 11:40 John Trim Centre speaking practice with a Persian native-speaker volunteer
11:30	CULP: French Basic 2 (11 of 15) Finished 11:30 - 13:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available on our website.
11:40	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Persian Finished 11:40 - 12:00 John Trim Centre speaking practice with a Persian native-speaker volunteer
12:00	JTC: French Conversation Hours (3 of 6) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 This conversation hour offers learners with an independent conversational ability (B2 level upwards) a chance to practise speaking French with others in a relaxed and informal group led by a native-speaker facilitator. The content of the sessions is decided by the participants, with members taking turns to propose a topic and source materials (newspaper articles, web-links, videos etc.) to use as a basis for discussion. The groups are ideal for those who wish to retain or improve upon the language skills they already have or for those studying for a language degree who would like another forum for interaction at advanced level. Participants from French Advanced CULP are warmly invited to attend the French Conversation Hour. If the course is already 'in progress' please click on 'register your interest' in order to book a place.
	Medicine: Writing for Publication (for University and NHS) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing.
13:00	CULP: German Intermediate 1 (11 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please go to the Language Centre CULP page.
	Engineering UG: Referencing for beginners Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Department of Engineering, Library A CaRS session for undergraduates. Making sure you reference the works of others in your academic writing is an important skill to master early, as it becomes second nature it allows you to focus on your reading and writing. This session will focus on: What plagiarism is What referencing is What information is needed for citations and bibliographies How to reference in APA, Harvard and IEEE And where to go for help You do not need to bring anything with you to the class as everything will be supplied. Please email any questions to cued-library@eng.cam.ac.uk
13:30	CULP: French Intermediate 1 (11 of 15) Finished 13:30 - 15:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. More detailed information is available on our webiste.
13:45	Voice and Presentation (One-to-One) Finished 13:45 - 14:45 CCTL, Fawcett Room Would you like to learn exercises that will reduce vocal strain, improve vocal range, variety, clarity and pronunciation to gain and hold the attention of an audience? Would you like to make a positive initial impact and keep control of difficult situations? In this individualised and confidential one-hour session you will determine the objectives and work on exercises to address your specific interests. 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.
14:00	CULP: German Intermediate 1 for Academic Purposes (LAP) - PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS (12 of 16) Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Faculty of Classics, Room 2.03 PLEASE NOTE: This course is PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS. This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
14:50	Voice and Presentation (One-to-One) Finished 14:50 - 15:50 CCTL, Fawcett Room Would you like to learn exercises that will reduce vocal strain, improve vocal range, variety, clarity and pronunciation to gain and hold the attention of an audience? Would you like to make a positive initial impact and keep control of difficult situations? In this individualised and confidential one-hour session you will determine the objectives and work on exercises to address your specific interests. 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	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 (11 of 15) POSTPONED 15:00 - 17:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 2 (11 of 15) CANCELLED 15:00 - 17:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 (4 of 15) Finished 15:00 - 17:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
15:55	Voice and Presentation (One-to-One) Finished 15:55 - 16:55 CCTL, Fawcett Room Would you like to learn exercises that will reduce vocal strain, improve vocal range, variety, clarity and pronunciation to gain and hold the attention of an audience? Would you like to make a positive initial impact and keep control of difficult situations? In this individualised and confidential one-hour session you will determine the objectives and work on exercises to address your specific interests. 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	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Chinese Finished 16:00 - 16:20 John Trim Centre A 20-minute session providing a chance to practice Chinese pronunciation, tones and general conversation. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
16:20	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Chinese Finished 16:20 - 16:40 John Trim Centre A 20-minute session providing a chance to practice Chinese pronunciation, tones and general conversation. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
16:40	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Chinese Finished 16:40 - 17:00 John Trim Centre A 20-minute session providing a chance to practice Chinese pronunciation, tones and general conversation. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
17:00	CULP: Spanish Basic 2 - SEMI-INTENSIVE (7 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Intermediate 1 (11 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 1 level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 1 (11 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At a basic level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
19:00	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Elementary 1 (11 of 15) Finished 19:00 - 21:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. More detailed information is available from the Language Centre webiste.