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Mon 3 Jun 2019

Monday 3 June 2019

08:30	Behavioural Attributes Framework in Estate Management (Grades 7-9 with responsibility for staff) Finished 08:30 - 10:30 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room B Explains how the Behavioural Attributes Framework is to be used in annual SRDs within Estate Management
09:15	Communication Skills Introduction: "Are you receiving me?" Finished 09:15 - 15:30 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room Increase your confidence and skills in one-to-one communication with this highly participative course. Effective communication starts in your head and it isn’t just about the words you say. Your tone of voice, facial expression and body language all communicate a message. This course will help you get your message across more clearly. You will also have the opportunity to practise communication skills on a one-to-one basis.
09:30	CULP: French Basic 1 (13 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 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/.
10:00	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Central & Research Accounting: one-to-ones CANCELLED 10:00 - 11:00 Finance Division, At Participant's Desk This session will walk the participant through in detail the activities involved with their chosen topic and provide an opportunity to ask questions and discuss any associations with their own role. Following your provisional booking you will be asked which of the following topics you would like the session to concentrate on: Fixed Assets Lynxvale Limited Property Accounting Fees Trust Funds Research Accounting
	Profile-Raising and Networking Finished 10:00 - 16:00 Postdoc Centre@ Mill Lane, Seminar Room This whole day session is designed to help researchers develop strategies for making networking part of a successful career, whether inside or outside of research. It focuses on thinking about all of the researchers' working life as a route to networking, rather than being a course about "personal impact" in conference coffee breaks.
	CULP: Italian Basic 1 (11 of 14) Finished 10:00 - 12:00 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.
	Introduction to Tableau Server Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room) Tableau Server is an online application available to all members of the university to access Tableau dashboards and visualisations. Tableau Viewer is entry level access to Tableau Server and allows you to view Tableau content created by others.
10:30	Amicus Yellow Box Searching for new starters Finished 10:30 - 11:30 Cambridge University Development and Alumni Relations, Training Room Suite 2 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.
11:00	Behavioural Attributes Framework in Estate Management (Grades 7-9 with no staff responsibility) Finished 11:00 - 13:00 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room B Explains how the Behavioural Attributes Framework is to be used in annual SRDs within Estate Management
11:30	CULP: German Basic 2 for Academic Purposes (LAP) - SCHOOLWIDE (6 of 8) Finished 11:30 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: French Basic for Academic Purposes (LAP) (4 of 5) Finished 11:30 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 Using close reading and translation of academic texts from their particular discipline, this weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading French documents that they have come across or may meet in their research. The course aims to develop strategies for reading longer texts faster through close analysis, grammatical and stylistic commentary, and translation. For example, literary texts with differing editions, stories with two or more translations into English that need to be compared and evaluated, poems of challenging originality or range of allusion. Classes will be conducted in English, but there will be many opportunities to use French and practise reading aloud. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Chinese Finished 11:30 - 11:50 John Trim Centre A 20-minute session providing a chance to practice Chinese pronunciation, tones and general conversation.
11:50	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Chinese Finished 11:50 - 12:10 John Trim Centre A 20-minute session providing a chance to practice Chinese pronunciation, tones and general conversation.
12:00	Caring4Elders Workshops (3 of 3) Finished 12:00 - 14:00 16 Mill Lane, Office of Post-Doctoral Affairs, Eastwood Room An Elderly Person in your life! An opportunity for individuals to explore positive approaches to preparing for and responding to the unexpected changes & challenges that occur as they include the increasing needs of an elderly person into your lifestyle. This includes those elderly people who are independent as well as those with specific needs. Workshops to help you prepare Participants prepare for the future and respond to current challenges through informal networking and input from our experienced facilitators. The materials are delivered over 3 x 1-hour sessions: Prepared to Care Difficult Conversations Problem Solving All participants receive a pack with key information to improve their links to the elderly person. Focus on you and your wellbeing Caring4Elders participants confirm the value of time to reflect on their approach to incorporating the practical and emotional changes that occur as an elderly person becomes less independent. Participants have all asked for more time to continue the network at the end of the workshops which have been offered in the East of England since 2017 12:00 Venue open 12:15 Workshop commence 13:15 Workshop finish 13:15 - 14:00 Time for informal questions and discussion PARTICIPANTS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND ALL THREE SESSIONS
12:10	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Chinese Finished 12:10 - 12:30 John Trim Centre A 20-minute session providing a chance to practice Chinese pronunciation, tones and general conversation.
13:00	JTC: German Conversation Hours (5 of 6) Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 This conversation hour offers learners with an independent conversational ability (B2/C1 level upwards) a chance to practice speaking German 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, video 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 low-pressure, informal practice. This is also a great follow-up activity for CULP German learners and can be repeated year after year. Participants from German Advanced CULP are warmly invited to attend the German Conversation Hour. If the course is already 'in progress' please click on 'register your interest' in order to book a place. *Please note there will be no class on Monday 27th May due to the bank holiday.*
13:15	Engineering UG: Planning Your 4th Year Project - Time Management & Prioritisation Finished 13:15 - 13:45 Department of Engineering, James Dyson Building, Teaching Room A CaRS session for undergraduates. This session will look at ways to manage your time and your project during your 4th year project. Topics covered will include time management tips, advice on prioritisation, tools for project management and an introduction to monotasking. With some mention of the electronic resources available to you over the long vacation and on support provided by the Department of Engineering Library. You may find it useful to bring your own laptop.
14:00	CULP: German Basic 1 (12 of 15) Finished 14:00 - 16:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 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.
	CULP: German Intermediate for Academic Purposes (LAP) (6 of 8) Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 This weekly class is intended to help research students in the Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences to develop their skills in reading German documents they need to deal with in their research. Each session will be divided into two parts: The first part will consist of grammar, tasks to develop insight into the reading process, help with dealing with complex sentence structures, academic conventions, abbreviations, etc. The second part will be devoted to the translation of original German texts from different periods and covering a range of topics. Each week you will be asked to attempt a translation into English of a German passage. Students will be encouraged to bring along German texts from their own research to translate. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: French Basic 2 (13 of 15) Finished 14:00 - 16:00 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. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/
15:00	CULP: Swahili Basic 2 (12 of 15) 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 visit our website.
16:00	CULP: Russian Basic 2 (12 of 15) Finished 16:00 - 18:00 Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Room 207 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 from the Language Centre.
	CULP: Italian Basic 2 (12 of 15) Finished 16:00 - 18:00 Faculty of English, Board Room 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.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 2 (12 of 15) CANCELLED 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 (12 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: Arabic Basic 2 (12 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
18:00	CULP: Russian Basic 1 (12 of 15) Finished 18:00 - 20:00 Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Room 207 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 from the Language Centre.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 2 (14 of 15) Finished 18:00 - 20:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 The courses are delivered in a blended-learning mode, face-to-face and online. The focus is on spoken, oral/aural communicative competence. Students are required to attend to online multimedia materials and read the proscribed texts in their own time so that the classroom time is dedicated to face-to-face communication/discussion. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Intermediate 1 (12 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.