All-provider course timetable

NEW PROGRAMME FOR 2016

This course has been specifically designed by the Training team for the University. It is aligned with the old level 2 course that was offered by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) and is structured to cover the same introductory concepts and techniques.

All participants will be required to complete an application form prior to acceptance on the course, this can be found on our website http://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualification/cips/first-steps-procurement

This training is for all staff who are regularly involved in moving and carrying loads and setting up equipment etc. The course involves theory, practical and video. It requires active participation by all attending. The training also includes a practical demonstration of safe lifting and shows a range of lifting aids that are available.

Do you want to tackle stress? Commonly associated with pressure to work hard, it can also arise from boredom, procrastination, perfectionism, bullying, job insecurity, relationship difficulties and many other situations associated with the home or workplace. This course will help you to understand the causes of stress and identify possible solutions for coping with pressure and managing stress.

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

Please note this course consists of five mandatory full day sessions plus a mandatory one-to-one Tutorial lasting 30 minutes

The Tutorial will take place on one of the two red starred dates listed below

You will have to pick a date and time slot on Day 1 of the course

Please ensure you are available on both dates until we have confirmed your Tutorial slot

Level 3 Award in First Line Management Application Form - your application to attend the programme will not be considered until we have received a copy of this application document

This course will cover the use of Falcon Content Management Service by content and site managers.

Adobe Photoshop CC is the latest version of the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry and photographers. It enables digital and scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout.

This three day course is intended to open doors to applying statistics - whether directly increasing skills and personally undertaking analyses, or by expanding knowledge towards identifying collaborators. The end goal is to drive confident engagement with data analysis and further training - increasing the quality and reliability of interpretation, and putting that interpretation and subsequent presentation into the hands of the researcher. Each day of the course will deliver a mixture of lecture, workshop and hands-on practice – and will focus on the following specific elements.

Day 1 focuses on basic approaches and the computer skills required to do downstream analysis. Covering: Basic skills for data manipulation in R. How to prepare your data effectively. Principles of experimental design and how this influences analysis.

On day 2, participants will explore the core concepts of statistics – so that they can begin to see how they can be applied to their own work, and to also help with better critical evaluation of the work of others. Covering: Basic statistics concepts and practice: power, variability, false discovery, t-test, effect size, simulations to understand what a p-value means.

On day 3 will use some practical statistics examples in R to introduce concepts in data presentation for publication. Covering: Some practical examples of statistics in R. Visualising and publishing your data.

Course materials are available here.

This event is sponsored by CRUK.

This course is designed for first-year PhD students to help you increase your effectiveness and meet the challenges of your PhD. We cover several different aspects of personal effectiveness in this one-day workshop, with practical solutions to get you started on your journey.

Outcomes:

• Start planning the first year of your PhD
• Be equipped to manage your relationship with your supervisor
• Understand how to work effectively with others

This course introduces the features of SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint Online which are part of the University's Microsoft EES Agreement.

It's aim to cover topics that will assist institutions in evaluating SharePoint 2013 or Online for their institutional requirements.

During the course there will be discussion on how to improve attendees work process using SharePoint fro existing users.

Are you able to ask for things you need and want?
The career of a postdoc researcher is demanding and it involves forging careful relationships with a variety of individuals, from PI's to fellow researchers and peers to postgraduate students. Are you capable of asking for help from others when you need it? Do you too often give up your own priorities to respond to others' needs? This course is designed to help you develop an assertive mind-set to communicate your needs in an honest, clear and respectful way.

Outcomes:
- Understand the difference between assertive, aggressive and passive thinking/behaviour
- Know what assertiveness looks and sounds like
- Develop skills in communicating assertively in day-to-day conversations

Following the recent upgrade to Symplectic, the library has organised this sessions to talk about some new features, including:

• a new way to submit papers to the Open Access team via Symplectic, which streamlines the process of Open Access submissions and updating your publication lists. The Department is part of a pilot of this new system before it is rolled out across the University.
• A new way to deposit data in the repository via Symplectic.
• using Symplectic to support Researchfish submissions.

At the sessions, members of the University’s Research Information and Open Access teams will demonstrate these features and answer any questions you have.