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Mon 3 Dec 2018 – Tue 4 Dec 2018

Monday 3 December 2018

09:30	Administrator Development Programme (2 of 6) Finished 09:30 - 17:00 University Centre, Hicks Room This development programme for generalist and specialist administrators draws on the expertise of senior figures in the University and provides up to date information on the various strands and issues of University strategy and governance. It includes development of some key skills and a project activity, and offers a valuable opportunity to network with administrators from the UAS and other departments and institutions. Selection for this programme is via nomination by School Secretaries, Heads of Division or Heads of Non-School Institutions during the summer. Nominees will need to demonstrate the benefit of participating, both for themselves and their institution. Please speak to your line manager and/or appropriate nominator if you would like to be considered. Please see further information about key themes and speakers on the programme flyer.
	Higher Education Access Tracker (HEAT) Training for Outreach CANCELLED 09:30 - 12:30 Cambridge Admissions Office: Meeting Room 1 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. If you are only going to need Read Only or Read Only with Export permissions this training is not required.
	Cambridge University Library Staff : Managing People Through Difficult Situations Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Cambridge University Library, IT Training Room This course is designed to help give you confidence when managing people through difficult situations, to hone your skills further and highlight any areas that may require further development. Outline: Difficult? - Understanding difficulty - What can cause difficult behaviour/performance issues? - Developing empathy/Stepping back - Personality Style: Difficult or just Different? - Difficult situations: examples Feedback - Purpose and Pitfalls - The four feedback factors - Giving feedback effectively Behaviour/Performance Management - Managing difficult behaviours: Foundations - The One-to-One: The CHANGE model - Approaches to difficult people and situations - Handling defensiveness - Know when to involve HR Action Planning.
	Bioinformatics for Biologists: An introduction to programming, analysis and reproducibility (1 of 5) Finished 09:30 - 17:30 Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building This 1-week course aims to provide an introduction to the best practises and tools needed to perform bioinformatics research effectively and reproducibly. Focusing on solutions around handling biological data, we will cover introductory lessons in programming in R, statistical analyses, data management and reproducibility. The R component of the course will cover from basic steps in R to how to use some of the most popular R packages (dplyr and ggplot2) for data manipulation and visualisation. No prior R experience or previous knowledge of programming/coding is required. The course also includes introductory sessions in statistics and working examples on how to analyse biological data. At the end of the course we will address issues relating to reusability and reproducibility. More information about the course can be found here. The training room is located on the first floor and there is currently no level access. Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book or register your interest by linking here.
10:00	Effective Researcher Finished 10:00 - 16:30 Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, Goldsmiths Lecture Room 1 This interactive and intensive one-day course is intended for PhD students in their first year. You will look at practical ways to increase your effectiveness and meet the challenges of your PhD. The programme covers: Looking at your PhD as a project Working with other people Managing your relationship with your supervisor
	Postdocs: An Introduction to PhD Supervision Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Postdoc Centre@ Mill Lane, Eastwood Room Do you supervise PhD students? Though not officially recognised, many postdocs are involved in the process of supervising PhD students. You face the challenging task of fostering creativity, delivering feedback, and managing a supervisor-student relationship. This workshop explores the principles of good supervision, the art of delivering critical feedback for best results, and the teacher/learner roles of the supervisor-supervisee relationship. It is aimed at postdocs looking to develop their skills in effective and inspired pedagogy. Outcomes: Understand the teacher/learner roles central to the supervision of PhD students Explore good practice for delivering feedback Learn techniques for fostering creativity in students Feedback: “I got to know the procedure, approaches, common problems and solutions to the problems of PhD supervision, and [to understand that] supervision is a balancing act.” “The framework introduced to describe different aspects of supervising a research student was really useful.”
	Introduction to Research Integrity at Cambridge Finished 10:00 - 12:00 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room E A thorough awareness of issues relating to research ethics and research integrity are essential to producing excellent research. This session will provide an introduction to the ethical responsibilities of researchers at the University and explore issues of good research practice, research integrity and research misconduct. It will be interactive, using case studies to better understand key ethical issues and challenges in all areas. The course will: explore the issue of research misconduct in academia and facilitate discussion of why and how it occurs explain the University and national expectations around research integrity and examine how this effects researchers discuss some of the challenges to the integrity of research and ask what individuals, groups and institutions can do to tackle them introduce the University’s research ethics system The course will be delivered by the Research Governance Team in the Research Strategy Office.
	Physics Health & Safety: Physics of Medicine (PoM) Induction Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Department of Physics General induction for users of the Physics of Medicine (PoM) building. This includes a guided tour of the facility. Participants will gain access to PoM only after successfully completing the Physics H&S Induction - see "Related Courses" below.
10:30	Falcon on Drupal: Migration from Falcon On Plone - An Introduction Finished 10:30 - 12:30 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1 This course has been designed for web editors of institutions that are migrating from the Falcon on Plone content management system to the new Falcon on Drupal Content Management Service.
11:30	JTC: Study Abroad Advice Finished 11:30 - 12:00 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore intensive language courses abroad (usually of 3 weeks as a minimum) 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.
12:00	CULP: French Absolute Beginners - Biomedical Campus (9 of 10) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Postdoc Centre @ Biomedical Campus, Seminar Room All courses offer general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence and where possible elements of scientifically relevant content. At Absolute Beginners level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. The course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. Please note that the descriptors below relate to the full 30 hrs course. You are now enrolling in the introductory part (1st third, 10hrs) of the whole course.
13:00	CULP: French Advanced Beginners - Biomedical Campus (9 of 10) CANCELLED 13:00 - 14:00 Postdoc Centre @ Biomedical Campus, Seminar Room All courses offer general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence and elements of scientifically relevant content. At Advanced Beginners level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. The course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. Please note that the descriptors below relate to the full 30 hrs course. You are now enrolling in the introductory part (1st third, 10hrs) of the whole course.
13:30	JTC: Study Abroad Advice Finished 13:30 - 14:00 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore intensive language courses abroad (usually of 3 weeks as a minimum) 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.
14:30	Librarians in Training: LibGuides Training Finished 14:30 - 16:00 Centre for Mathematical Studies A training session for all library staff who are currently registered to edit a libguide, or for those who are considering the possibility of setting up a libguide.

Tuesday 4 December 2018

09:30	Adobe Illustrator CC: Introduction Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 2, New Museums Site Adobe Illustrator CC is a the industry leading professional illustration and drawing program for the creation of vector based graphics and artwork. Please note: This course requires that you use your CRSid and Raven password to log into Adobe Creative Cloud. If you currently log in to use Microsoft Office, then the same login details are used, and you do not need to do anything except to know your Raven password. Otherwise, if you do not know your password, or have not changed your Raven password in the last three years, you must do so before attending the course, please go here: https://password.csx.cam.ac.uk/ you can set the same password. Please arrive to START THE COURSE PROMPTLY in order to set up the Adobe environment, if you don’t then you may find it more difficult to follow the instructor.
	Athena SWAN Support Session Finished 09:30 - 11:30 Faculty of English, GR06 To support our departments working towards Bronze and Silver Athena SWAN awards, this session will provide in-depth help with the different aspects of applying. E&D team members will cover data collection, analysis and presentation and action planning including examples of best practice across the University and troubleshooting common problems.
	Bioinformatics for Biologists: An introduction to programming, analysis and reproducibility (2 of 5) Finished 09:30 - 17:30 Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building This 1-week course aims to provide an introduction to the best practises and tools needed to perform bioinformatics research effectively and reproducibly. Focusing on solutions around handling biological data, we will cover introductory lessons in programming in R, statistical analyses, data management and reproducibility. The R component of the course will cover from basic steps in R to how to use some of the most popular R packages (dplyr and ggplot2) for data manipulation and visualisation. No prior R experience or previous knowledge of programming/coding is required. The course also includes introductory sessions in statistics and working examples on how to analyse biological data. At the end of the course we will address issues relating to reusability and reproducibility. More information about the course can be found here. The training room is located on the first floor and there is currently no level access. Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book or register your interest by linking here.
09:55	Physics Health & Safety: Induction Part 1 Briefing Finished 09:55 - 11:15 Department of Physics, 213 Bragg Commitee Room This induction briefing is mandatory for all new or temporary staff, new students, and visitors (from other departments or elsewhere) to the Cavendish Laboratory who are staying for more than one week, or are visiting regularly. It begins with a short HR induction. You will also need to book and attend Part 2 Induction if you do practical work - it follows 10 minutes after this session.
10:00	Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Greenwich House, Cairo Room A prior risk assessment of all work with genetically modified organisms, from bacteria to animals, is a requirement by law. This course will cover the legal background and your duties, provide guidance on the Hazard Groups and containment levels, explain the notification system and guide you through an example GM risk assessment. At least a basic understanding of biology and genetic techniques is assumed, which will allow you to get the full benefit of this course.
	How to Write an Academic Paper and Get it Published Finished 10:00 - 16:00 CCTL, Revans Room The course takes an evidence-based approach to writing. Participants will learn that publishing is a game and the more they understand the rules of the game the higher their chances of becoming publishing authors. They will learn that writing an academic article and getting it published may help with their careers but it does not make them better researchers, or cleverer than they were before their paper was accepted; it simply means they have played the game well. Suitable for researchers in any discipline who are keen to learn how to write academic papers and articles efficiently and/or who have had papers rejected and are not really sure why. If you want a better chance of your name on a paper, this is for you! Trainer Olivia Timbs is an award-winning editor and journalist with over 30 years' experience gained from working on national newspapers and for a range of specialist health and medical journals. Cancellation and Non-attendance Policy Due to high demand we cannot accept cancellations for this course within 48 hours prior to the event. Any cancellations made after this time will be considered as a non-attendance. Participants who do not attend on the day will be subject to a £50 fee. By booking a place on the course you accept these terms.
	Postdocs: Leading Others Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Postdoc Centre@ Mill Lane, Eastwood Room Are you ready to lead others confidently in whatever leadership position you may find yourself in? This workshop draws on insight gained from Postdocs: An Initial Guide to Leadership and Postdocs: Self-Leadership and considers how to apply different skills, strengths, and styles of leadership as well as the strategies of self-leadership to enable you to thoughtfully and self-assuredly lead others. This workshop will help you cultivate a more profound and extensive portfolio of leadership capabilities and a deeper understanding of how to motivate people and to get the best out of them. It is possible to attend this as an individual workshop, although we would recommend that you try to attend the series starting with Postdocs: An Initial Guide to Leadership and Postdocs: Self-Leadership. Outcomes: Understand the key components of being led and leading others. Expand and extend your skills, strengths, abilities and style in detail so that you can lead others now and in the future. Apply self-knowledge, awareness and techniques in the deployment of your leadership skills with others.
	Managing Your Supervisor (Sciences and Technology) Finished 10:00 - 12:30 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room B The relationship between student and supervisor is important for success for both parties. However, like any relationship, it can experience difficulties and/or frustrations from either side. The aim of this workshop is for participants to become familiar with how the supervisory team works and the different supervision styles used. In addition, we will explore the different methods of communication, as well as how to manage expectations and conflicts in a way that benefits both student and supervisor.
	Save Time and Increase Your Productivity with Dragon NaturallySpeaking CANCELLED 10:00 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1 Countless busy professionals are now turning to speech recognition to speed up creating documents and streamlining their workflow. This course will focus on how to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking for education to improve accuracy and will show you how to customise the software for your writing style. The aim of this course is to teach you how to achieve 99% accuracy with Dragon NaturallySpeaking so that you spend less time correcting mis-recognitions and more time dictating text at speeds of up to 140 words per minute! With Dragon you are only limited to the speed you can think - come and learn how get Dragon working for you! See success stories of how Dragon is being used by education.
	Amicus Yellow Box Searching for new starters Finished 10:00 - 11:00 Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations, Training Room Suite 2 Yellow Box Searching is 'advanced searching' in Amicus. You can use it to find specific selections of data or contacts from within Amicus. Many Amicus users use yellow box search in the first step to creating a mailing or inviting contacts to an event. This session will be an introduction to Yellow Box Searching for anyone who has just gained access to Amicus.
11:30	Physics Health & Safety: Induction Part 2 - Risk Assessment Briefing Finished 11:30 - 12:35 Department of Physics, 213 Bragg Commitee Room This risk assessment briefing follows the basic departmental induction and is mandatory for all new staff, students or visitors who will be doing one or more of the following: running experiments providing technical support carrying out workshop or maintenance work managing other people's work running events You may only attend this session if you have done Part 1 (see "prerequisites" below).
	JTC: Study Abroad Advice Finished 11:30 - 12:00 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore intensive language courses abroad (usually of 3 weeks as a minimum) 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.
12:00	CULP: German Absolute Beginners - Biomedical Campus (9 of 10) CANCELLED 12:00 - 13:00 Postdoc Centre @ Biomedical Campus, Seminar Room All courses offer general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence and where possible elements of scientifically relevant content. At Absolute Beginners level, the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. The course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. Please note that the descriptors below relate to the full 30 hrs course. You are now enrolling in the introductory part (1st third, 10hrs) of the whole course.
13:00	Grants Part 3: Viewing Grants in CUFS Finished 13:00 - 16:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room) 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.
	CULP: German Advanced Beginners - Biomedical Campus (9 of 10) CANCELLED 13:00 - 14:00 Postdoc Centre @ Biomedical Campus, Seminar Room All courses offer general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence and elements of scientifically relevant content. At Advanced Beginners level the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. The course features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context. Please note that the descriptors below relate to the full 30 hrs course. You are now enrolling in the introductory part (1st third, 10hrs) of the whole course.
14:00	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.
	Physics Health and Safety - Maxwell Centre Induction (1 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 14:25 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, Red Boardroom (Floor 3) This induction is required for anyone planning to work unsupervised at the Maxwell Centre, Department of Physics. It has two parts: Part 1 is for people working anywhere in the building Part 2 is only for those working at the Maxwell laboratories
14:25	Physics Health and Safety - Maxwell Centre Induction (2 of 2) Finished 14:25 - 14:55 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, Red Boardroom (Floor 3) This induction is required for anyone planning to work unsupervised at the Maxwell Centre, Department of Physics. It has two parts: Part 1 is for people working anywhere in the building Part 2 is only for those working at the Maxwell laboratories
17:00	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 - SEMI-INTENSIVE (15 of 15) POSTPONED 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 9 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.