University Information Services - Staff Learning & Development course timetable
September 2021
Mon 27 |
Introduction to accessible content
Finished
Learn more about the barriers people face when they read content. We will show you how to write content that’s accessible and do a few practical exercises. Making content accessible, makes it better for everyone. |
October 2021
Tue 12 |
An informal meeting to meet mentors enrolled on the Mentoring 2021-22 programme. |
Thu 14 |
An informal meeting to meet mentees enrolled on the Mentoring 2021-22 programme. |
Mon 18 |
This energetic learning and networking activity will provide the opportunity to speak to some of UIS’ senior leaders and managers from different disciplines. UIS mentors involved in the event:
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Wed 20 |
TechLink Community: Relationship and Portfolio Management: Updates on Priorities and Developments
Finished
Updates on UIS's Relationship Management and Portfolio Management
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Fri 22 |
Introduction to Google Analytics
Finished
Join us on Friday 22 October for a whistle-stop tour of common areas of Google Analytics and scenarios its data can help you analyse. We will focus more on the Universal Analytics interface than Google Analytics 4, as that's the version we believe most people with Google Analytics on University websites are using. |
November 2021
Tue 9 |
Customised Clouds?
Please note that there is a UIS AWS framework agreement - https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/network-services/hosting-services/AWS
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Wed 24 |
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Tue 30 |
How to audit your website
Finished
We will show you how to build a content inventory and do a content audit on your website or intranet. You might be migrating to a new content management system (CMS), or just want to tidy up your site, an inventory and audit reveals gaps and opportunities. It’s the first step to understanding user behaviour and gathering evidence to help you make decisions about your content. |
December 2021
Wed 8 |
What is the Search Inside Yourself programme? The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) programme is a popular immersive leadership programme born in Google and based on Emotional Intelligence, Neuroscience and Mindfulness. SIY will teach emotional intelligence skills that lead to sustained peak performance, strong collaboration, and effective leadership. The mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills you'll learn will help you: Experience greater well-being, resilience and stress management Improve performance, collaboration and empathy Increase effectiveness and decision-making capacity Cultivate innovative, creative thinking Build more effective relationships |
Customised Clouds? - Google Cloud presenters will provide an overview of:
For reference: Hands on guide to Google Cloud - https://techdesign.uis.cam.ac.uk/en/latest/guidance/hands-on-google-cloud |
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Thu 9 |
What is the Search Inside Yourself programme? The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) programme is a popular immersive leadership programme born in Google and based on Emotional Intelligence, Neuroscience and Mindfulness. SIY will teach emotional intelligence skills that lead to sustained peak performance, strong collaboration, and effective leadership. The mindfulness and emotional intelligence skills you'll learn will help you: Experience greater well-being, resilience and stress management Improve performance, collaboration and empathy Increase effectiveness and decision-making capacity Cultivate innovative, creative thinking Build more effective relationships |
Thu 16 |
Writing for the web part 2
Finished
In Writing for the web part 1 we looked at how people read online and what this means for our content. In part 2 we’ll focus on how to write content that meets your audience’s goals. Taking a user-centred approach will help you to decide what words to use and what information is important. We’ll also show you how you can test your content to ensure your users understand it. |
January 2022
Tue 11 |
An informal meeting to meet mentees enrolled on the Mentoring 2021-22 programme. |
Thu 13 |
An informal meeting to meet mentors enrolled on the Mentoring 2021-22 programme. |
Thu 27 |
We are offering our new starters to be involved in a virtual speed mentoring event. This energetic learning and networking activity will provide the opportunity to speak to some of UIS’ senior leaders and managers from different disciplines. UIS mentors involved in the event:
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Mon 31 |
Join our User Researchers who will get you thinking about understanding audiences and how users navigate your digital content. |
February 2022
Thu 10 |
A workshop session exclusively for UIS colleagues who have been nominated to be a 'buddy' to support new joiners to the organisation. |
Mon 14 |
UIS new joiners welcome event
Finished
New colleagues to UIS are invited to join a welcome event to meet our Chief Operating Officer, Steve Riley and members from our Administration and HR Office. |
Wed 23 |
TechLink Community: Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Community Needs and Strategic Planning
Finished
We are undertaking a short exploratory research project on Identity and Access Management (six weeks). Reporting recommendations and findings from interviews with SMEs from the wider Cambridge communities, to understand the broad range of topics, issues and needs in the organisation. This will be submitted to the UIS Technical Design Authority and associated groups for consideration. The aim is to evidence the need for a more robust Discovery and Requirements phase to inform and design the right solution for the future of IAM. Also to help shape the roadmap of how we move from our current situation to a far more robust and modern future. During this project we will be capturing & understanding a broad range topics including but not exclusively:
We would like to share the project process with you and would like to have an initial discussion about your burgeoning issues, concerns and topics. |
Mon 28 |
February's event will introduce you to the 2i checklist and explain how to use it. After introducing you to the checklist, we'll have a go at applying the checklist to a piece of writing. This event has 25 spaces so that we can support the small-group exercise. There's a waiting list so that any cancellations go to someone else. We'll run a second session if there are five or more people on the waiting list. For the exercise, you're welcome to bring your own piece of content to look at in your group. There will also be an example to work on for those who do not have something they can share. We'll record the main part of the event about the checklist for anyone unable to attend. The recording and event resources will be available on the Digital Presence Programme's SharePoint site as soon as possible after the event. |
March 2022
Fri 4 |
An introduction to Agile Scrum’s structures and processes. |
This event will introduce you to the 2i checklist and explain how to use it. After introducing you to the checklist, we'll have a go at applying the checklist to a piece of writing. This event has 30 spaces so that we can support the small-group exercise and has been offered first to those who were on the waiting list for the first edition held on Monday 28 February. For the workshop activity in breakout rooms, we will be using a Miro board and reviewing a webpage (we have two examples to choose from). You can access both in your browser, and we suggest using a laptop or desktop computer rather than a smartphone to make switching between windows easier. The event resources will be available on the Digital Presence Programme's SharePoint site as soon as possible after the event. |
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Mon 7 |
UIS new joiners welcome event
CANCELLED
New colleagues to UIS are invited to join a welcome event to meet our Chief Operating Officer, Steve Riley and members from our Administration and HR Office. |
Tue 22 |
This workshop is mainly for UIS colleagues who have recently been appointed with line management responsibilities and are new to the role of managing staff and teams. |