All-provider course timetable
Wednesday 16 December 2020
| 09:30 |
Recruitment Essentials: Appointing the Right Candidate (Professional Services Appointments)
Finished
This workshop provides an opportunity for those recruiting to professional services roles to update and refresh their understanding of the recruitment and selection processes at the University of Cambridge. It includes an overview of the current recruitment and selection process and how to create the conditions where you can recruit the best candidate, avoiding common pitfalls, whilst ensuring practice is fair to all candidates at each stage. NOTE If you are new to recruitment and selection, it is recommended that you attend the 1 day Recruitment and Selection Skills workshop. |
|
Outlook 365: Essentials - Email and Calendar (for Computer Officers) (Live Online using MS Teams)
Finished
Are you migrating your users from Hermes to Exchange Online and considering Outlook 365 desktop as your client? Do you want to preview the Outlook 365 Desktop getting started course which we are launching for your users in order for you to better support them and answer their questions ahead of the migration? If so join us in this friendly, introductory session to learn how to get up and running with Outlook 365 Email and Calendar. This course does not cover the Hermes migration tool or in-depth technical questions regarding Outlook and Exchange. For this information please see the Further Information for IT staff webpages. Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course. To fully participate in this course you will need to have the Microsoft Outlook 365 for Windows desktop application installed. Participants using Microsoft Outlook 365 for Mac or the online version via a web browser will find some of the functionality missing. |
|
|
Postdocs: Researcher Development & Support (one-to-one sessions) The postdoc RD team are offering one-to-one meetings online for all postdocs. These meetings will be tailored to your individual needs and provide an opportunity to consider and discuss a variety of topics relating to learning, skills and personal development. This is not an exhaustive list but areas for discussion could include:
Each meeting will last for up to 45 minutes and, given the present circumstances relating to Covid-19, will be conducted online using Teams. |
|
| 10:00 |
This course provides an overview of the Grants module in CUFS. The course will cover how you can view your projects and awards, check budgets, perform on-line queries and run some CUFS reports. The course material will be split over 2 webinars on consecutive days |
|
'Come along to this session if you’d like to enhance your understanding of race and racism, increase your confidence to speak about race, and develop tools for becoming an antiracist ally. While the session may be most helpful to white colleagues, everyone is warmly invited to attend. The training will be split into two 1h sessions. This will allow us to make space for discussion while not making the zoom meeting too long. Please only book if you can attend both sessions.' Joining details will be provided on your booking confirmation email. |
|
|
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 2020-2021 academic year but meanwhile, if you are required to update the Falcon system, and you are new or fairly new to Falcon, then this course is for you. |
|
| 11:00 |
Professional Services Awards 2020
Finished
The Professional Services Recognition Awards aim to recognise, highlight and celebrate the very best work across all professional service areas in the University. In September, colleagues were invited to nominate individuals and teams that they believed had made a difference to them, their team, and/or to the wider University in the academic year 2019-2020. They were asked to nominate under the categories listed below. The first four of these reflect the Professional Services Values established in 2019; collaboration, respect, integrity and trust. The awards aim to recognise those colleagues who have truly demostrated these values in their day to day work. Award Categories
This event is open to all staff to watch but places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. |
| 12:00 |
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. UPDATE: Please note that this session is taking place remotely, not in the Medical Library as previously advertised. Please do not go to the Medical Library training room. You will be contacted by the training team with information about how to join the session remotely. Please note: this session may be recorded. By signing up for the session, you register your consent for recording to take place. Please email librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions about this. |
| 13:30 |
Join is for an afternoon of Christmas activities, designed to share information and enable networking amongst champions |
Thursday 17 December 2020
| 09:00 |
Training by Gina Warren & Louise Akroyd UTBS created retrospectively due to department creating their own bookings. This listing is for registering attendees. NOTE 10 x attendees could not be identified by their zoom user name:- Wayne, Student, Student, Student, Student 13, Student 10, Student 16, Rebecca, Paul, Harry |
| 09:30 |
Are you migrating from Hermes to Exchange Online and are using Outlook 365 desktop as your client for the first time? If so join us in this friendly, introductory session to learn how to get up and running with Outlook 365 Email and Calendar using the Desktop application for Windows, where we will take you through the basics of the Outlook 365. This course does not cover the Hermes migration tool or in-depth technical questions regarding Outlook and Exchange. For this information please see the Further Information for IT staff webpages. Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course. To fully participate in this course you will need to have the Microsoft Outlook 365 for Windows desktop application installed. Participants using Microsoft Outlook 365 for Mac or the online version via a web browser will find some of the functionality missing. |
| 10:00 |
Publishing a protocol -- stating in advance the search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, data analysis and other evaluative techniques -- is a core requirement for conducting a systematic review. The process of writing this protocol will also mean you have written in advance a large chunk of what will need to go into the finished systematic review, saving you a huge amount of time. This session will cover the contents and types of information you will need to provide in your protocol, and will give attendees the opportunity to write a draft protocol, as well as highlighting helpful resources and further support. UPDATE: Please note that this session is taking place remotely, not in the Medical Library as previously advertised. Please do not go to the Medical Library training room. You will be contacted by the training team with information about how to join the session remotely. Please note: this session may be recorded. By signing up for the session, you register your consent for recording to take place. Please email librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions about this. |
|
'Come along to this session if you’d like to enhance your understanding of race and racism, increase your confidence to speak about race, and develop tools for becoming an antiracist ally. While the session may be most helpful to white colleagues, everyone is warmly invited to attend. The training will be split into two 1h sessions. This will allow us to make space for discussion while not making the zoom meeting too long. Please only book if you can attend both sessions.' Joining details will be provided on your booking confirmation email. |
|
| 11:30 |
This series of drop in sessions has been designed to support both mentees and mentors who are taking part in the ourcambridge self-match mentoring scheme. They are entirely optional and you can attend as many or as few as you would like. To ensure that everyone is able to contribute to the sessions we are limiting the number of places for each session to 20. Where sessions are specifically designed for either the mentees or the mentors, this will be made clear (if you are both, you are welcome to attend both). The sessions will be interactive and focus around key discussion topics. For some sessions, we may contact you and ask you to watch a short 5-10 minute film beforehand. Sessions There is no need to attend all sessions. Please register only for those that you wish to attend.
|
| 12:00 |
A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser VIA MS TEAMS VIDEO CHAT to explore intensive language courses abroad for your specific requirements. We can offer pointers for evaluating the options available and share information gleaned from students' feedback on courses that they have attended. Please note that we are unable to provide guidance regarding COVID-19 and the travel restrictions this may have on your chosen destination. |
Friday 18 December 2020
| 09:00 |
A series of 30 minute drop-in sessions to talk with one of the Simplifying our Processes team. We offer expert, impartial advice relating all things process improvement and want to support our colleagues on their own continuous improvement journeys The Simplifying our Processes team will be available 9-10 and 4-5 every Tuesday and Friday - each hour can be split into two sessions of 30 minutes depending on demand. |
| 16:00 |
A series of 30 minute drop-in sessions to talk with one of the Simplifying our Processes team. We offer expert, impartial advice relating all things process improvement and want to support our colleagues on their own continuous improvement journeys The Simplifying our Processes team will be available 9-10 and 4-5 every Tuesday and Friday - each hour can be split into two sessions of 30 minutes depending on demand. |
Monday 21 December 2020
| 10:00 |
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 2020-2021 academic year but meanwhile, if you are required to update the Falcon system, and you are new or fairly new to Falcon, then this course is for you. |
Tuesday 5 January 2021
| 09:00 |
A series of 30 minute drop-in sessions to talk with one of the Simplifying our Processes team. We offer expert, impartial advice relating all things process improvement and want to support our colleagues on their own continuous improvement journeys The Simplifying our Processes team will be available 9-10 and 4-5 every Tuesday and Friday - each hour can be split into two sessions of 30 minutes depending on demand. |
| 11:30 |
A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser VIA MS TEAMS VIDEO CHAT to explore intensive language courses abroad for your specific requirements. We can offer pointers for evaluating the options available and share information gleaned from students' feedback on courses that they have attended. Please note that we are unable to provide guidance regarding COVID-19 and the travel restrictions this may have on your chosen destination. |
| 16:00 |
A series of 30 minute drop-in sessions to talk with one of the Simplifying our Processes team. We offer expert, impartial advice relating all things process improvement and want to support our colleagues on their own continuous improvement journeys The Simplifying our Processes team will be available 9-10 and 4-5 every Tuesday and Friday - each hour can be split into two sessions of 30 minutes depending on demand. |
Wednesday 6 January 2021
| 09:30 |
These sessions are aimed at those who are brand new to HEAT (Higher Education Access Tracker) and who will want to be added to the live database as their institution’s Operational Lead or User with all Reports. If you are only going to need Read Only or Read Only with Export permissions this training is not required. |
| 10:00 |
This course will provide clear instruction of what is expected of fire safety managers to assist responsible persons to comply with current fire safety legislation. |
|
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 2020-2021 academic year but meanwhile, if you are required to update the Falcon system, and you are new or fairly new to Falcon, then this course is for you. |
Thursday 7 January 2021
| 09:30 |
Are you migrating from Hermes to Exchange Online and are using Outlook 365 desktop as your client for the first time? If so join us in this friendly, introductory session to learn how to get up and running with Outlook 365 Email and Calendar using the Desktop application for Windows, where we will take you through the basics of the Outlook 365. This course does not cover the Hermes migration tool or in-depth technical questions regarding Outlook and Exchange. For this information please see the Further Information for IT staff webpages. Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar. This contains the link to the MS Teams course meeting under Joining Instructions that you will use to join on the day of the course. To fully participate in this course you will need to have the Microsoft Outlook 365 for Windows desktop application installed on your computer. Participants using Microsoft Outlook 365 for Mac or the online version via a web browser will find some of the functionality missing. |
| 11:30 |
A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser VIA MS TEAMS VIDEO CHAT to explore intensive language courses abroad for your specific requirements. We can offer pointers for evaluating the options available and share information gleaned from students' feedback on courses that they have attended. Please note that we are unable to provide guidance regarding COVID-19 and the travel restrictions this may have on your chosen destination. |
| 14:00 |
Please note: this course was formerly called 'Effective Undergraduate Supervision'. The course consists of three components:
The training provided in this course complements any training you may receive from your department or college and is required by colleges before you can carry out supervisions. |