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Wed 23 May 2018

Wednesday 23 May 2018

09:00	The Art of Negotiation and Influence Finished 09:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room B When opportunities come along, do you feel confident about working with people to get what you need? This course gives you a practical insight into the application of professional communication to everyday life, learning how to persuade and influence others effectively. Improving your listening and communication skills is advantageous for both your personal and your professional life. This workshop is led by Richard Mullender, an external trainer who formerly worked for the Metropolitan Police as a hostage negotiator, and then as Lead Trainer at the National Crisis & Hostage Negotiation Unit in Scotland Yard. People trusted their lives to the skills he teaches in this course. Outcomes: Be able to use communication consciously to persuade and influence effectively Recognize when others are using persuasive communication techniques Feel more confident in presenting yourself well to others and in gaining support
	High Performance Computing: Programming GPU using Open ACC (2 of 2) Finished 09:00 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site This course aims to provide a basic knowledge of GPU programming using OpenACC directives. The course is very hands-on oriented, aiming to give to you the opportunity to practice and experiment from the very beginning.
09:30	Level 3 Award (ILM) in Leadership and Management (3 of 7) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 CCTL, Revans Room This programme offers an introduction to management skills and is externally accredited by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM). It is highly participative and there is a strong emphasis on applying new learning to your work situation for the benefit of your team and your department The course is primarily aimed at those who currently have management responsibilities for others (including managers, team leaders or supervisors) or equivalent responsibilities (e.g. for managing services, projects, resources). All participants must have the opportunity to meet the assessment requirements which are specified by the ILM – please see further details below Please note that there is currently a waiting list for this programme. If you are interested in attending please complete the application form at the link below and send a signed paper copy to PPD. Your application will be considered and your name will be added to the waiting list if you are eligible. When a place becomes available we will contact you to confirm your place Level 3 Award in First Line Management Application Form - your application to attend the programme will not be considered until it has been approved by you line manager - please ensure that you enter their email address correctly into the form.
	CULP: French Basic 1 (10 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At 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 at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/.
	CULP: French Basic 2 (13 of 15) CANCELLED 09:30 - 11:30 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. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp
	Data Analysis and Visualisation in R Finished 09:30 - 17:30 Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building This course introduces some relatively new additions to the R programming language: dplyr and ggplot2. In combination these R packages provide a powerful toolkit to make the process of manipulating and visualising data easy and intuitive. Materials for this course can be found here. Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
10:00	Writing an Academic Report (Life Sciences) Finished 10:00 - 12:30 CCTL, Fawcett Room Your research is going well, you feel you are making progress, but looming on the horizon is the write up... Aimed at those in their first year of study (PhD / Masters / Rotation students), this workshop is designed to get you thinking and working effectively on writing up your research. How do you start? What is expected? How do you make it work for you? These and many other important questions, hints and tips will be addressed in this half-day session that will help you start to learn and apply the habits of a productive writer. This course replaces "Writing Your First Year Report" and is designed to be more inclusive of the various programmes of study in Cambridge Outcomes: Understand the standard forms and functions of academic reports Start planning the structure of your report Experience the benefits of editing and providing feedback on writing
	Copyright: A survival guide (for PhD students in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Finished 10:00 - 11:00 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 10 Confused by copyright? You are not alone! Copyright involves much more than checking how much you are photocopying, but it can be difficult to know where to start. Join the Office of Scholarly Communication as we answer your copyright queries, looking at: Copyright transfer agreements Creative Commons 3rd party copyright Open Access publisher requirements The session will start with a 40 minute presentation, after which the time is open for you to raise questions and discuss issues you have encountered.
	Introduction to CamSIS Finished 10:00 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, GS18 CamSIS is Cambridge’s system for handling student information, records and transactions, from initial contact and application all the way through to graduation. This course will teach you the basics of using the system to view student records and to produce basic lists of students. Supporting documentation Introduction to CamSIS https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=138371 Understanding Student Data in CamSIS https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=139441
	Medicine: Literature Searching for Allied Health Professionals Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room One session covering the Cinahl database, targeted at allied health professionals. Learn how to get the best out of your literature searches.
	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.
12:00	JTC: Advanced English Conversation Hours (5 of 6) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Advanced Conversation Hours are a great way to practice the spoken English of academic discussion and debate. They are suitable for learners comfortable in spoken interaction at level c1 and above. The weekly sessions encourage a relaxed and fun approach to communication designed to both aid interaction and build confidence. If the course is already 'in progress' please click on 'register your interest' in order to book a place. Cost for 6 sessions £30 Students, £40 Staff, £50 Partners and Visiting Scholars
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Russian Finished 12:00 - 12:20 John Trim Centre Speaking practice with a Russian native-speaker volunteer
12:20	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Russian Finished 12:20 - 12:40 John Trim Centre Speaking practice with a Russian native-speaker volunteer
12:40	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Ukrainian Finished 12:40 - 13:00 John Trim Centre Speaking practice with a Ukrainian native-speaker volunteer
13:00	JTC: French Conversation Hours (4 of 6) Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 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.
	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Basic 2 (13 of 15) CANCELLED 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At 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: German Basic 1 (10 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 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.
14:00	Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (Self-paced) (2 of 2) Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site The course is designed to take someone from having no knowledge of the Unix command line to being able to navigate around directories, and doing simple file manipulation. Then some of the more basic commands, will be introduced, including information on how to get more help from the system itself. Finally accessing remote computers by ssh and the most basic of shell scripts will be introduced.
14:30	Principal Investigators, Do You Know How to Fulfil Your Health and Safety Responsibilities? CANCELLED 14:30 - 15:30 Greenwich House, Lima Room 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. All PIs, group heads and supervisors are encouraged to attend this course which will quickly inform you of what you must do to comply with the law, keep you staff and students safe and reduce the possibility of litigation, thus reducing the overall risk to the University.
	Getting Started in COGNOS POSTPONED 14:30 - 16:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room) COGNOS is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This master class is designed to get existing CUFS users going with the reporting tool. It covers everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts. Note: What it does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Less experienced users of the Grants and/or General Ledger modules in CUFS are recommended to attend instead one of the following courses: Grants Part 2 COGNOS Reporting General Ledger Reporting These two courses not only cover the mechanics of running the reports but also more advice on how to interpret and use the information as well as discussion about when to use which report.
	Cambridge University Libraries Staff : Mould & Insect Identification & Procedures Finished 14:30 - 15:15 Cambridge University Library, Milstein Room A session focusing on the procedures for dealing with mould and insect identification.
15:00	CULP: Spanish Basic 2 (13 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 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: Turkish Basic 2 (5 of 7) Finished 15:00 - 17:00 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 go to the Language Centre CULP page at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp
16:00	CULP: Spanish Basic 2 (10 of 15) Finished 16:00 - 18:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At 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: French Intermediate 2 (10 of 15) Finished 16:00 - 18:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At intermediate 2 level the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabus is more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
17:00	CULP: Italian Basic 1 (10 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of Classics, Room 2.03 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic 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: Arabic Basic 2 (10 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 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 go to the Language Centre CULP page at: http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/culp/culp.php
17:10	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 17:10 - 17:30 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
17:30	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 17:30 - 17:50 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
17:50	JTC: English speaking practice Finished 17:50 - 18:10 John Trim Centre A relaxed one-to-one practice speaking session with volunteer native speaker Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not back to back.
18:00	CULP: Spanish Intermediate 1 (10 of 15) Finished 18:00 - 20:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 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.
	JTC: Japanese Intermediate Conversation Hours (4 of 6) Finished 18:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 Friendly and informal conversation practice sessions for those working towards a B2 level or who have completed a Basic 2 Japanese CULP course. Learners will take turns to choose a topic for the session and prepare some discussion questions. Whether you are learning from a resource or a class, you could use it as a chance to practice talking about a topic you have learned or alternatively, you could take it as an opportunity to branch out and experiment with discussing a new idea or issue that interests you. A native speaker facilitator is there to provide support in sustaining conversation and to give you feedback on your language.