All-provider course timetable
Tuesday 17 March 2020
09:15 |
An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with the Accounting Services Team to gain an overview of their roles and a greater appreciation of what they do. |
09:30 |
This session covers how to make a financial plan, prepare it for upload to the finance system and monitor progress against the plan. It is a practical course which will look at the techniques and systems within the University that can be used for budgeting. It is an ideal follow on from Budgeting part 1 and for those who have a good working knowledge of budgeting principles and want to develop skills in using the University budgeting tools. |
An opportunity to gain an insight into the work of the Shared Services Finance team and to understand and have an appreciation of the interrelationships with other areas and the demands and challenges faced. |
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The Staff Review & Development (SRD) scheme applies to all University staff and its purpose is to enhance work effectiveness and facilitate career development. Employees are invited to a review meeting to reflect on job performance, capabilities and future potential. The aim of the meeting is to discuss constructively and positively ways in which work could be developed and any difficulties/obstacles to progress removed. The discussion results in an agreed action plan and a personal development plan setting out training and development needs. The Institute operates an annual cycle of SRD activity and the cycle for the 2018-19 annual roll-out of SRDs is due to start from late February2020 with the Director, James Gazzard setting objectives for the coming year to the Senior Leadership team. The cascade from Senior Leadership team will commence from March 2020 onwards with all SRDs having been completed by the end of May 2020. |
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PLEASE NOTE - THIS EVENT IS NOW A WEBINAR AND WILL BE LIVESTREAMED FROM 9.30AM AT http://cam.adobeconnect.com/ftp/ INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO JOIN ADOBE CONNECT WEBINARS CAN BE FOUND AT https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/participants_guide_to_webinars.pdf The Finance Transformation Programme’s Discovery Phase ended in December and we are now in a position to share the findings with you. The Discovery Phase was designed to help us understand how Finance operates and to guide on how we can transform processes and systems to better support the University. We’d like to thank everyone who participated and are delighted to now share the findings during these meetings, where we will also outline next steps. This will include establishing a number of work streams during the next few months to evaluate best practice and take this work forward. We are also keen to answer your questions, therefore please submit any you might have via the FTP email address in advance: ftprogramme@admin.cam.ac.uk or there will be an opportunity for Q&A during the session. |
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10:00 |
Evaluation Methods
CANCELLED
This course aims to provide students with a range of specific technical skills that will enable them to undertake impact evaluation of policy. Too often policy is implemented but not fully evaluated. Without evaluation we cannot then tell what the short or longer term impact of a particular policy has been. On this course, students will learn the skills needed to evaluate particular policies and will have the opportunity to do some hands on data manipulation. A particular feature of this course is that it provides these skills in a real world context of policy evaluation. It also focuses primarily not on experimental evaluation (Random Control Trials) but rather quasi-experimental methodologies that can be used where an experiment is not desirable or feasible. Topics:
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The University has a statutory duty to have ‘due regard to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’. This is known as the Prevent Duty (Section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015). It is primarily about safeguarding students and staff in the University and includes a range of responsibilities in areas such as pastoral care, support for staff and students, procedures for arranging events and using facilities. All staff need to be aware of the process of radicalisation, definitions of extremism and the process for raising concerns in this context. This short session provides information about Prevent for all staff working in in the University. It includes input and examples to consider and combines the content in Module 1 – An introduction to the Prevent Duty: Online and the University Prevent website. You can access these as an alternative to attending this session. Full details of available training and support are on the Prevent Training Moodle site using your Raven login. |
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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. |
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The last hurdle, your viva examination, but what will it be like? What will the examiners ask? How can you prepare for it? This workshop provides participants with an insight into the process, and helps them understand what to expect within a doctoral degree viva, including a discussion on the type and nature of questions most-likely to be posed by examiners. This course is not suitable for students in their first year, and we strongly advise against students in their second year from attending. |
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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. |
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11:00 |
Apprenticeship Information Event
Finished
An information event about three apprenticeship cohorts being offered across the University:
There will be a presentation from the apprenticeship team and training provider selected to deliver these programmes - West Suffolk College. The event will involve short presentations lasting around 45 minutes. The remainder of the event will be a drop-in clinic for those people that have any queries and who would like to complete an expression of interest form. |
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. |
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13:30 |
Evaluation Methods
CANCELLED
This course aims to provide students with a range of specific technical skills that will enable them to undertake impact evaluation of policy. Too often policy is implemented but not fully evaluated. Without evaluation we cannot then tell what the short or longer term impact of a particular policy has been. On this course, students will learn the skills needed to evaluate particular policies and will have the opportunity to do some hands on data manipulation. A particular feature of this course is that it provides these skills in a real world context of policy evaluation. It also focuses primarily not on experimental evaluation (Random Control Trials) but rather quasi-experimental methodologies that can be used where an experiment is not desirable or feasible. Topics:
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The Staff Review & Development (SRD) scheme applies to all University staff and its purpose is to enhance work effectiveness and facilitate career development. Employees are invited to a review meeting to reflect on job performance, capabilities and future potential. The aim of the meeting is to discuss constructively and positively ways in which work could be developed and any difficulties/obstacles to progress removed. The discussion results in an agreed action plan and a personal development plan setting out training and development needs. The Institute operates an annual cycle of SRD activity and the cycle for the 2018-19 annual roll-out of SRDs is due to start from late February 2020 with the Director, James Gazzard setting objectives for the coming year to the Senior Leadership team. The cascade from Senior Leadership team will commence from March 2020 onwards with all SRDs having been completed by the end of May 2020. |
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14:00 |
This short session will provide an understanding of the principles, tools and techniques involved in Process Analysis with a view to improving business process effectiveness and efficiency. Delegates will have the opportunity to practice using the techniques that they learn via exercises designed to be enjoyable and thought provoking. The course refers to the methodology used in conjunction with Triaster process mapping software available to users across the University of Cambridge. |
Accountants' Annual Update
POSTPONED
In light of the current situation we have made the decision to postpone the Accountants Update which was due to take place tomorrow. This is not a decision that we have taken lightly but we appreciate that people might be uncomfortable with gathering in a large group and will also have increased pressures on their time due to the contingency planning that is currently taking place. We will arrange a new event at a later date Our external auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers will be coming in to give an update on accounting issues and developments that are relevant to the University Group. Qualified staff can use this towards their annual CPD. |
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Principal Investigators, Do You Know How to Fulfil Your Health and Safety Responsibilities?
POSTPONED
Principal Investigators, research group heads and supervisors have duties and responsibilities both in law and under University Policy where the health and safety of group members (and others that may be influenced by their research activities) are concerned. It is mandatory that all PIs, group heads and supervisors attend this course which will quickly inform you of what you must do to comply with the law, keep your staff and students safe and reduce the possibility of litigation, thus reducing the overall risk to the University. |
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15:30 |
If you have recently started peer reviewing, or are ready to get involved, the OSC invites you to this unmissable session, where you will pick up tips and best practices from PLOS, publishers of the world's largest multi-disciplinary peer-reviewed journal. |
Wednesday 18 March 2020
09:00 |
Successfully managing upwards depends on your confidence, diplomacy and influencing skills. This workshop will empower you to handle tricky situations with your manager or colleagues:
You will also learn how to adapt to different personal styles in order to build an effective working relationships and understand how different drivers and motivators may affect someone else’s thinking, (why do they do that?). |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
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09:15 |
An opportunity for others within the Finance Division to spend some time with the Accounting Services Team to gain an overview of their roles and a greater appreciation of what they do. |
09:20 |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
09:30 |
Recruitment Essentials: Appointing the Right Candidate (Professional Services Appointments)
CANCELLED
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. |
To provide an introduction to the Property Accounting Services team and the activities undertaken in the Section |
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Fire Safety Awareness training provided by the NHS for all embedded tenants. Please note: This event will close for bookings one week before the event. |
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As part of the ESRC remit, we are required to provide you with a training and engagement day each term to meet the funder's training guidelines. --Agenda--9.30am to 10am - coffee and catch up 10am -10.30am – Talk from the UK Director, Innovation, regarding social sciences in industrial strategy 10.30am to 1pm - Leadership and Management Skills Training - Dr Peter Dudley, Faculty of Education 1pm to 2pm - Lunch – some presentations from the cohort will be given whilst you have your lunch 2pm to 2.30pm - External non-academic Partner Talk (TBA) 2.30pm to 3pm - Group Work around a leadership issue from the external partner 3pm to 3.30pm - Finish with tea and cake - Providing the external partner with your feedback and results Venue: Seminar Room B, 17 Mill Lane |
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09:40 |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
10:00 |
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, publication ethics and research integrity. It will be interactive, using case studies to better understand key ethical issues and challenges in all areas. There are three sessions running, you need attend only one. |
VAT & the University
CANCELLED
This session provides you with a simple overview of the basics and how VAT applies to the University. |
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Presenting is a crucial skill for researchers, yet it is often something that even experienced scholars struggle with. This interactive workshop is designed for people who already have some experience of presenting and the basic principles involved, but would like to develop their skills in this area to a higher level. This workshop provides the opportunity for practical experience of presenting within a supportive environment. During the workshop, you will be given time to design and deliver a short (5-10 minutes) presentation to a small audience comprised of your fellow researchers.
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One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
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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. |
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10:20 |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
10:40 |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
11:00 |
Factor Analysis
Finished
This module introduces the statistical techniques of Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to uncover the latent structure (dimensions) of a set of variables. It reduces the attribute space from a larger number of variables to a smaller number of factors. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) examines whether collected data correspond to a model of what the data are meant to measure. STATA will be introduced as a powerful tool to conduct confirmatory factor analysis. A brief introduction will be given to confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling.
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One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
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11:20 |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
11:40 |
One-to-one drop-in sessions for Public Health/EPI/Primary Care MPhil students to answer any questions about literature searching, or using referencing software. Please come prepared, preferably having attempted your searches and/or use of referencing software, with a list of the specific problems you've encountered. |
12:30 |
Where Do You Draw the Line ?
CANCELLED
Delivered in a safe and supportive environment, this session offers individuals the opportunity to learn about the different factors that might create and perpetuate a work environment in which harassment and bullying occur, and strategies for how to address this. |
14:00 |
Factor Analysis
Finished
This module introduces the statistical techniques of Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to uncover the latent structure (dimensions) of a set of variables. It reduces the attribute space from a larger number of variables to a smaller number of factors. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) examines whether collected data correspond to a model of what the data are meant to measure. STATA will be introduced as a powerful tool to conduct confirmatory factor analysis. A brief introduction will be given to confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling.
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Core Statistics
Finished
This laptop only course is intended to provide a strong foundation in practical statistics and data analysis using the R or Python software environments. The underlying philosophy of the course is to treat statistics as a practical skill rather than as a theoretical subject and as such the course focuses on methods for addressing real-life issues in the biological sciences. There are three core goals for this course:
Both R and Python are free software environments that are suitable for statistical and data analysis. In this course, we explore classical statistical analysis techniques starting with simple hypothesis testing and building up to linear models and power analyses. The focus of the course is on practical implementation of these techniques and developing robust statistical analysis skills rather than on the underlying statistical theory After the course you should feel confident to be able to select and implement common statistical techniques using R or Python and moreover know when, and when not, to apply these techniques. |
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Before undertaking any piece of primary research it’s important to be aware of as much of the existing literature as possible. A systematic literature review can also be a research end in itself. And it’s not something to be taken lightly. But how can you be sure you’re being as rigorous as necessary? How can you manage the references you find, document the process, and also know when to stop searching? This session assumes attendees have already had prior introductory training in literature searching. It is a prerequisite that you have attended either Introduction to Literature Searching (if you are a University of Cambridge staff member or student) or Getting the Best Results - Improving Your Database Searching (if you are an NHS staff member). Exceptions will be made if you received similar training from another department or university - please contact us if you have any questions about prerequisites. |
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Postdoc Mentoring Training (Engineering)
CANCELLED
Postdoc mentoring training with Steve Joy, Head of Researcher Development at the University. |