Development and Alumni Relations - Staff Learning & Development course timetable

This session supports the roll out of the Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations Safe Working Practices guidelines. The session will cover:

• Understanding the guidance
• Self-awareness of boundaries
• How to respond effectively
• Where to access support

The joint induction aims to provide a broad introduction and overview to all development and alumni relations staff, providing information about the ins and outs of Collegiate Cambridge, as it relates to our area of work. It is also an opportunity for you to network with other new members of staff across the collegiate community.

The session comprises:

• A welcome and introduction from senior members of the University and Colleges
• An overview of development and alumni relations functions, roles and responsibilities, with an opportunity to ask questions
• An opportunity to network with colleagues across Collegiate Cambridge

How do those reports and documents get such a professional look? Everything just looks so good...

This InDesign course will allow you to do just that. By using paragraph and character styles, installing new fonts, arranging the layout of the page you can create professional looking documents and create them fast. You will also learn how to check your document for errors.

Getting Started with Adobe InDesign

• Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
• Customise the InDesign Interface
• Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences

Designing a Document Using InDesign

• Establish Project Requirements
• Apply Design Principles
• Create a New Document
• Add Text to a Document
• Add Graphics to a Document

Use InDesign to Customise a Document

• Format Characters and Paragraphs
• Apply Colours, Swatches, and Gradients
• Create and Apply Styles

Working with Page Elements in InDesign

• Arrange and Align Objects
• Apply Layers
• Transform and Manipulate Objects
• Thread Text Frames
• Edit Text

How do those reports and documents get such a professional look? Everything just looks so good...

This InDesign course will allow you to do just that. By using paragraph and character styles, installing new fonts, arranging the layout of the page you can create professional looking documents and create them fast. You will also learn how to check your document for errors.

Getting Started with Adobe InDesign

• Identify Components of the InDesign Interface
• Customise the InDesign Interface
• Apply the Navigation Controls and Set Preferences

Designing a Document Using InDesign

• Establish Project Requirements
• Apply Design Principles
• Create a New Document
• Add Text to a Document
• Add Graphics to a Document

Use InDesign to Customise a Document

• Format Characters and Paragraphs
• Apply Colours, Swatches, and Gradients
• Create and Apply Styles

Working with Page Elements in InDesign

• Arrange and Align Objects
• Apply Layers
• Transform and Manipulate Objects
• Thread Text Frames
• Edit Text

The mid-year review is an opportunity to check in on the delivery of work objectives and professional development and learning objectives discussed at the beginning of the fiscal year. It is also an opportunity to carry meaningful career conversations to support staff engagement.

Join Georgina for this drop-in session to ask any questions you may have about the process and familiarise yourself with the staff review cycle.

The mid-year review is an opportunity to check in on the delivery of work objectives and professional development and learning objectives discussed at the beginning of the fiscal year. It is also an opportunity to carry meaningful career conversations to support staff engagement.

Join Georgina for this drop-in session to ask any questions you may have about the process and familiarise yourself with the staff review cycle.

The joint induction aims to provide a broad introduction and overview to all development and alumni relations staff, providing information about the ins and outs of Collegiate Cambridge, as it relates to our area of work. It is also an opportunity for you to network with other new members of staff across the collegiate community.

The session comprises:

• A welcome and introduction from senior members of the University and Colleges
• An overview of development and alumni relations functions, roles and responsibilities, with an opportunity to ask questions
• An opportunity to network with colleagues across Collegiate Cambridge

Tea and Coffee is available at the venue 15 minutes prior to the start of the course.

This session supports the roll out of the Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations Safe Working Practices guidelines. The session will cover:

• Understanding the guidance
• Self-awareness of boundaries
• How to respond effectively
• Where to access support