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This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to how finances are managed at the University and is the ideal first course for anyone who will be working in an accounts area.
Not only does it provide an overview of how the University's Finance System (UFS) is structured but also which activities are performed centrally and which are done in departments. It introduces the concepts of the Financial Regulations and Finance Procedures as well as signposting where you can find more support, how to access UFS and what training may be appropriate for your role.
An annual update for Departmental Safety Officers.
This event, which is organised by the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, will be hosted by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo, and will include the incoming Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Bhaskar Vira.
Agenda items will include:
- A presentation by guest speaker Jason Arday, Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow, who has published extensively on race inequalities in higher education, including his notable 2021 article ‘Fighting the ride: Understanding the difficulties facing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Doctoral Students’ pursuing a career in Academia’.
- An update on the University’s widening participation work for postgraduate study.
- Updates on local support for research supervisors, a panel discussion focusing on the PGR supervision support pilot scheme, and the sharing of initial findings from departmental surveys of PGR supervisors.
- Breakout group discussions on supervisory models, for example exploring the role of Advisors and gathering thoughts on supervisory teams.
There will be opportunities for discussion, networking, and the sharing of good practice.
You may also be interested to know of a separate event: the annual meeting for Directors of Teaching and Senior Tutors on Wednesday 21 September 2022.
This event, which is organised by the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, will be hosted by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Bhaskar Vira. Agenda items will include:
- A joint keynote presentation focusing on postgraduate mental health and wellbeing delivered by Dr Adam Welstead, Head of Student Wellbeing, University of Cambridge, and guest speaker Dr Paula Miles, Director of Teaching and Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews.
- A student wellbeing panel and Q&A session reflecting on support for postgraduate students.
- Breakout group discussions, for example exploring the relationship between Colleges and Departments in supporting postgraduate mental health and wellbeing.
There will be opportunities for discussion, networking, and the sharing of good practice.
Please visit our website for information and keynote abstract; a full agenda will be released in due course.
The annual meeting for Directors of Teaching and Senior Tutors, which is organised by the Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, will be hosted by the Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Graham Virgo, and will include the incoming Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Bhaskar Vira. The event will offer colleagues the opportunity to hear about educational strategic developments and will provide a space for discussion and reflection concerning how colleagues can be supported to enhance inclusive practices in their own contexts.
Agenda items will include:
- A panel discussion on educational priority areas from Departmental/Faculty and College perspectives.
- Student contributions, including presentation of findings from the third cycle of the APP Participatory Action Research Projects.
- Insights from colleagues working to address the awarding gaps in their departmental/faculty contexts.
- Breakout group discussions, with themes covering topics such as student skills development, supporting student mental health issues, formative assessment and feedback.
You may also be interested to know of a separate event: the annual meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors on Monday 26 September.
This meeting is convened annually to enable directors of teaching and senior tutors to share ideas, expertise and good practice, and to hear about and inform some of the collegiate University's larger conversations about undergraduate education.
This year’s annual meeting, hosted by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Professor Bhaskar Vira, continues our focus on addressing inequities in students’ experiences and outcomes through inclusive educational practices. As work gets underway to develop the next Access & Participation Plan (APP) 2024-28, this is a timely opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt and on the progress made during the period of the current APP and on the Collegiate University’s priorities for the next five years.
Colleagues from the Department of Engineering will speak about research with students aimed at developing a contextualised understanding of the factors giving rise to gender awarding gaps. The research will also consider how this understanding will inform improvements to curriculum design, teaching and assessment as part of the Engineering Tripos reform to Part I. There will be time for discussion and to identify ways in which colleagues may be supported in enhancing inclusive educational practices in their own contexts.
Pre-event Survey 2023
For this year’s meeting we are also wanting to include on the agenda departmental and college educational priorities, hence the purpose behind this pre event survey.
You may also be interested to know of a separate event: the annual meeting for Directors of Postgraduate Education and Postgraduate Tutors on Wednesday 27 September.
With such a large variety of qualitative research methods to choose from, creating a research design can be confusing and difficult without a sufficiently informed overview. This module aims to provide an overview by introducing qualitative data collection and analysis methods commonly used in social science research. The module provides a foundation for other SSRMP qualitative methods modules such as ethnography, discourse analysis, interviews, or diary research. Knowing what is ‘out there’ will help a researcher purposefully select further modules to study on, provide readings to deepen knowledge on specific methods, and will facilitate a more informed research design that contributes to successful empirical research.
NB. This module has video content that needs watching prior to the advertised start date, which can be found on the Moodle page.
This session is aimed at colleagues across the collegiate University who work with prospective students through admissions and outreach activity. In this session, the Director of Admissions, Sam Lucy will run through some of the common but trickier questions and how to answer them well.
We’re keen to include as many of the questions you find challenging as possible. Please add any questions you would like included here, or send via email to departmentliaison@admin.cam.ac.uk.
This session will be held via Zoom, the details of which will be circulated before the event. The session will also be recorded.
These 30 minute small group sessions are an opportunity for you to obtain support for searching databases and using referencing software. General advice and support will be offered, and any specific queries will be addressed.
These 30 minute small group sessions are an opportunity for you to obtain support for searching databases and using referencing software. General advice and support will be offered, and any specific queries will be addressed.
These 30 minute small group sessions are an opportunity for you to obtain support for searching databases and using referencing software. General advice and support will be offered, and any specific queries will be addressed.
These twenty-minute sessions are chance to practice searching medical/scientific databases, use referencing software, and have your questions answered about literature searching for your dissertations.
The University and all its staff have a responsibility to ensure that neither their conduct, nor the conduct of any person or organisation entering into any contract or arrangement with the University contravenes the Bribery Act 2010.
This online course guides you through the scope of the Bribery Act and Criminal Finances Act and highlights some of the situations that you should be aware of.
An Introduction to the University's eInvoicing system, how it works and what actions/processes are completed by the department.
This on-line course will enable end users to understand the basics of accounts payable, including processing basic invoices and expense claims.
This on-line course will enable Shared Services staff members to understand the basics of accounts payable, including processing basic invoices and expense claims.
This on-line course enables users to learn how to Secondary Approve invoices within the Accounts Payable module.
Creativity is a critical part of research, helping people look at old problems in new ways and facilitating leaps in thinking that seem logical in hindsight but are far from it in the moment. In this practical workshop we will briefly explore what creativity is, and quickly move on to exercises, tools and techniques that can boost your creative confidence so you can apply it to your own research.
A central theme will be that creativity is not a talent but a way of operating, and we will look at that way of operating. Although not essential, participants are asked to think of a particular problem or challenge in their research before the workshop so they can practice some of the tips and techniques - who knows, it could be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for!
Apprenticeships can help people of all ages and at all levels (including post graduate qualifications), to gain the skills and knowledge they need for a rewarding career.
We have asked some of our Apprentices about their experiences, why they chose to undertake an apprenticeship and the benefits they are seeing through their participation. Please follow the links below to see what they have to say.
Are you a young person just starting out at the university or someone who’s been in the world of work for years? Either way, an apprenticeship could be for you. Hear from an existing apprentice and a line manager about their experiences, and learn about the range of fully funded apprenticeships available that could help future-proof your career.
Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2024!
Are you interested in apprenticeship programmes and would like to know more? Do you want to find out how to make them work for you or your department? Or maybe you have a specific question that you need to ask?
This webinar is for you, hosted by Apprenticeship Manager Colin Long, who will be available to help you with all things apprenticeships and answer your burning questions. How do I put existing staff on apprenticeships? Or, How are apprenticeships funded?
Apprenticeships can help people of all ages and at all levels (including post graduate qualifications), to gain the skills and knowledge they need for a rewarding career.
A link to join the webinar will be sent with the joining instructions when your booking is confirmed.
This session will provide an update on apprenticeships within the University.
It aims to help HR colleagues across Schools and departments to understand the role that they can play in utilising this resource to support the development of staff and embed apprenticeships into the fabric of the University’s recruitment and workforce strategies.
This could include succession planning, and individual personal development and aspirations.
Approaches to Learning: Bitesize
PPD bitesize resources are short and high impact; including videos, quick tips guides and interactive bitesize modules. Develop your skills and knowledge quickly, easily, when you need. They complement face to face events and more in-depth online modules.
This workshop is a practical introduction to presenting a lecture. It is aimed at those lecturing for the first time, especially PhD students who may be delivering a guest lecture. Participants will have the opportunity to deliver a 10 minute lecture and receive feedback.
This workshop aims to support participants in:
- the practice of giving a lecture
- discussion of different approaches to lecturing
- to incorporate feedback to their own lectures
- to increase confidence
Please note this workshop is focused on lecture delivery and does not cover lecture preparation.
This workshop is aligned with A1, A2, A4, K2, K3, K5 of the UKPSF.
This session focusses on providing photography skills for those undertaking archival research. Dr Oliver Dunn has experience spanning a decade filming documents for major academic research projects. He will go over practical approaches to finding and ordering materials in the archive, methods of handling and filming them, digital file storage, and transcription strategies. The focus is very much on low-tech approaches and small budgets. We’ll consider best uses of smartphones, digital cameras and tripods. The session is held at the Digital Content Unit at the University Library.
This module is designed to help students who will need to use archives in their research, and consists of four sessions. The first session will deal with the large variety of material which can be found in archives, how it is organised, and how to use their various different catalogues and use of finding devices. The second session will look at how to plan an archive visit when it is necessary to consult stored documents. Increasingly more archives are making their material available online, and this session will examine how to find out what is available to view and can be download. The final session on overseas archives is given as part of the History Faculty general training.
The Accounts Receivable (AR) module of the University’s Finance System (CUFS) deals with managing customer information and managing income generated from sales and donations.
In this course we will be looking at some of the key aspects such as:
- creating external invoices
- creating internal invoices
- receipting income relating to invoices
- receipting other income
We will also provide you with some basic information relating to banking procedures and to the University’s Online Store (also known as eSales).
This training will provide delegates with a basic knowledge of asbestos awareness, the risks and the legal requirements under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
Asbestos awareness training is mandatory for all University personnel meeting the prerequisites of the Asbestos Regulations and ACoPs (Accepted Codes of Practice). Training is typically required for personnel who could inadvertently disturb asbestos during the course of their work/activities or instruct someone to do so, eg personnel who work on buildings.
This 60 minute, instructor-led session will show you the assessment section of the Funding Management Portal, how to share the shortlisted applications with the assessors, how to view the assessors input for each applicant on the shortlist. The session will also give you an opportunity to ask questions relating to specific funds and offer further 1-2-1 support.
The Funding Management Portal has been created as part of the Postgraduate Funding Project. You can visit the following website to find out more: click here.
This session is provided for students who have a Disability Resource Centre referral for specialised one-to-one support. Bespoke sessions cover support for users with:
- Mobility issues, such as an upper limb disorder, where ergonomic keyboards and mice or speech recognition software may be required
- Visual impairment requirements where magnification or text scanning to alternative format can assist users to view a computer screen or read and listen to text
- Specific learning difficulties, who may find speech recognition software or mind mapping software useful
A session typically fall into 2 categories:
- Looking at available hardware, software or IT techniques that can aid in the development of tailored strategies and solutions to help users independently access computing facilities
- Providing training for Assistive Technology software packages to help users progress with the software
At time of booking please specify the following details in the Special Requirements box
- Name of person that referred you
- A brief outline of type of assistance required e.g. software training, workstation evaluation or general support and advice
- If you require wheelchair access to the venue
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A webinar providing information on the level 4 Associate Project Manager Apprenticeship (duration 13 months) presented by Emily Hill of Provek, who are Project Management Training specialists and will deliver this apprenticeship.
Provek are now able to offer a schedule of their open cohorts which will enable you to select your preferred programme start date to hopefully suit your individual contractual position.
Aimed at developing the skills required to run successful projects. This programme consists of 6 modules, each of which have a 1x day workshop training included. You will also sit the Association for Project Management (APM) Project Management Qualification (PMQ) exam and will be externally assessed to achieve the Level 4 Associate Project Manager apprenticeship standard.
The purpose of the webinar will be to provide you with an overview of the programme, and give you the opportunity to ask any questions.
Information about the Project Management Apprenticeship delivered by Provek
A link to the webinar will be sent with the joining instruction when your booking is confirmed.
This session is for departments wishing to identify and address student gender and BAME attainment gaps. Gina Warren, E&D, and Dr Ruth Walker, Cambridge Centre for Teaching and Learning, will discuss how to approach this work, and will explore methodologies to investigate attainment gaps.
In June this year, Advance HE launched a new transformed Athena Swan Charter. The newly enhanced framework was developed in full consultation with sector practitioners, EDI Champions and specialist sub-groups overseen by the Athena Swan Governance Committee. The framework has been transformed based on the recommendations made in the Independent Review led by the Athena Swan Steering Group.
Those who apply for Athena Swan awards under the transformed charter can expect to benefit from:
- A paradigm shift from prescription to autonomy and flexibility
- Advance HE moving from being in a position of assessment to a developmental and supporting approach
- A reduction in administrative burden including a halving of data requirements.
Join the ED&I Team to hear about the new scheme in more detail, and how this will affect your future applications.
For more information, and to view the new forms, information pack and resources please visit the Athena Swan Resources Sharepoint folder.
In June this year, Advance HE launched a new transformed Athena Swan Charter. The newly enhanced framework was developed in full consultation with sector practitioners, EDI Champions and specialist sub-groups overseen by the Athena Swan Governance Committee. The framework has been transformed based on the recommendations made in the Independent Review led by the Athena Swan Steering Group.
Those who apply for Athena Swan awards under the transformed charter can expect to benefit from:
- A paradigm shift from prescription to autonomy and flexibility
- Advance HE moving from being in a position of assessment to a developmental and supporting approach
- A reduction in administrative burden including a halving of data requirements.
Join the ED&I Team to hear about the new scheme in more detail, and how this will affect your future applications.
For more information, and to view the new forms, information pack and resources please visit the Athena Swan Resources Sharepoint folder.
This session will give an overview of recruitment best practice and how to attract a more diverse range of applicants.
We will look at how to write an advert, further information documents, shortlisting and interview processes.
There will be discussion around best practice in inclusive induction and probation processes.
This session will help departments develop appropriate actions for the issues identified from the self-assessment process and to make action plans SMART and effective tools for achieving gender equity.
This workshop will help Departments to develop appropriate actions for the issues identified in the self-assessment process, and to make action plans SMART and effective tools for achieving gender balance.
This session will help departments develop appropriate actions for the issues identified from the self-assessment process and to make action plans SMART and effective tools for achieving gender equity.
To support our departments working towards Bronze and Silver Athena SWAN awards, this session will provide in-depth help with the different aspects of applying.
E&D team members will cover data collection, analysis and presentation and action planning including examples of best practice across the University and troubleshooting common problems.
To support our departments working towards Bronze and Silver Athena SWAN awards, this session will provide in-depth help with the different aspects of applying.
E&D team members will cover data collection, analysis and presentation and action planning including examples of best practice across the University and troubleshooting common problems.
Supporting departments working towards Athena SWAN awards, this in-depth session will help with the different aspects of applying including data collection, analysis and action planning.
E&D team members will help troubleshoot common problems and will share examples of best practice across the University.
This course provides an introduction to the management and analysis of qualitative data using Atlas.ti. It is divided between mini-lectures, in which you’ll learn the relevant strategies and techniques, and hands-on live practical sessions, in which you will learn how to analyse qualitative data using the software.
The sessions will introduce participants to the following:
- consideration of the advantages and limitations of using qualitative analysis software
- setting-up a research project in Atlas.ti
- use of Atlas.ti's menus and tool bars
- importing and organising data
- starting data analysis using Atlas.ti’s coding tools
- exploring data using query and visualization tools
Please note: Atlas.ti for Mac will not be covered.
This course will introduce ATLAS.ti a Computer Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) which supports qualitative and mixed methods research. It provides a means to collect, organise and analyse content from interviews, focus group discussions, surveys and audio.
Attainment Raising presentation by The Brilliant Club for outreach staff from across the university who can benefit from free professional development to improve their practice.
This training session covers the fundamental audio and visual practices whilst lecturing.
This writing retreat is designed to offer structured sessions of academic writing for PhD students who wish to come and work in a supportive environment, and discuss strategies for good working practices that accommodate neurodivergence. You do NOT need to have a confirmed diagnosis to attend this retreat.
We start the day with an introduction that discusses the kinds of challenges that Autism and ADHD can present in doctoral research, as well as strengths. This is followed by discussion sessions on finding adaptive ways to work when handling executive dysfunction, or issues with your environment. The rest of the day is dedicated to writing, with short sessions to test out new ways to approach your work.
You will be writing alongside fellow graduate students. There will be a ‘quiet room’ and a ‘noisy room’ to accommodate various working styles/activities, and attendees are welcome to bring along any fidget objects etc. that would normally help them focus. We will also bring a selection of these to try out!
If you have attended before you are very welcome to come again – feel free to skip the introductory talk or just go get settled in the ‘quiet room’ to start your work.
Lastly, tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided, but you will need to arrange your own lunch.
The Two-Day writing retreat is designed to offer structured sessions of academic writing for PhD students who wish to come and work in a supportive environment, and discuss strategies for good working practices that accommodate neurodivergence. You do NOT need to have a confirmed diagnosis to attend this retreat.
We start the first day with an introduction that discusses the kinds of challenges that Autism and ADHD can present in doctoral research, as well as strengths. This is followed by discussion sessions on finding adaptive ways to work when handling executive dysfunction, or issues with your environment. The rest of the first day is dedicated to writing, with short sessions to test out new ways to approach your work. The second day will be a dedicated writing retreat, with time in a comfortable environment to crack on with some writing! A full schedule for the two days will be sent out at least a week in advance.
You will be writing alongside fellow graduate students. There will be a ‘quiet room’ and a ‘noisy room’ to accommodate various working styles/activities, and attendees are welcome to bring along any fidget objects etc. that would normally help them focus. We will also bring a selection of these to try out!
If you have attended before you are very welcome to come again – feel free to skip the introductory talk or just go get settled in the ‘quiet room’ to start your work.
Lastly, tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided, but you will need to arrange your own lunch.
Neurodiversity is a revolutionary concept for the field of psychiatry in implying that there is no such thing as a ‘normal’ brain – rather, brains and minds differ. Autism is just one example of neurodiversity. Difference does not mean one type of brain is better or worse than another: they rare simply different, and differences should be celebrated, accepted, and respected. Society has a duty to ensure inclusion, so that people who are different enjoy equal human rights and dignity. Whilst some differences in autistic people cause challenges, such as in communication and social relationships, and are disabilities, other differences are strengths or even talents (such as excellent attention to or memory for detail). The ‘neurodiversity’ framework requires society re-think the design of our schools, work places and public services to make space for different learning and processing styles, so that individuals, including autistic individuals, flourish and fulfil their potential.
Join us for an interesting talk by Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen from the Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine.
This talk will be recorded.
Please Note: It is important that when you book on this course, on your booking confirmation page, click on Add to Calendar to start the process to import the course appointment into your calendar.
Computer programmes which predict the likely next words in sentences are a familiar part of everyday life for billions of people who encounter them in auto-complete tools for search engines and the predictive keyboards used by mobile phones and word processing software. These tools rely on “language models” developed by researchers in fields such as natural language processing (NLP) and information retrieval which assign probabilities to words in a sequence based on a specific set of “training data” (in this case a collection of texts where the frequencies of word pairings or three-word phrases have been calculated in advance).
Recent developments in machine learning have led to the creation of general language models trained on extremely large datasets which can now produce ‘synthetic’ texts, answer questions, summarise information without the need for lengthy or costly processes of training for each new task. The difficulties in distinguishing the outputs of these language models from texts written by humans has provoked widespread interest in the media. Researchers have experimented with prompting GPT-3, a language model developed by OpenAI to write short stories, answer philosophical questions and apparently propose potential medical treatments -although GPT-3 did have some difficulty with the question “how many eyes does a horse have?”. Meanwhile, The Guardian ‘commissioned’ an op-ed from GPT-3.
This Methods Workshop will explore the generation of ‘synthetic’ texts through presentations, discussion and demonstrations of text generation techniques which participants will be encouraged to try out for themselves during the sessions. We will also report back from the Ghost Fictions Guided Project, organised by Cambridge Digital Humanities Learning Programme in October and November this year. The project looks at how ideas about the distinction between ‘fact’, ‘fiction’ and ‘nonfiction’ are shaping the reception of text generation methods and aims to stimulate deeper critical engagement with machine learning by humanities researchers.
Prior knowledge of programming, computer science or Machine Learning is not required. In order to try out the text generation techniques demonstrated during the course you will need access to Google Drive (accessible via Raven login for University of Cambridge users).
This instructor-led fee based course has been commissioned by the UIS through a third party company.
Learn how with Windows PowerShell 4.0, you can remotely manage multiple Windows based servers and automate day to day management and administration tasks.
The course is built on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 and while it is specifically focused on Windows PowerShell v4.0, is also relevant in v2.0 and v3.0 Windows PowerShell environments.
This five day course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills, using hands-on instruction and practice, to use Windows PowerShell 4.0 for administering and automating administration of Windows based servers. It focuses on primary Windows PowerShell command-line features and techniques, and will provide pre-requisite skills supporting a broad range of Microsoft products, including Windows Server, Windows Client, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, System Center, and more. In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any one of those products, although Windows Server (which is the common platform for all of those) will serve as the example for the techniques being taught.
In this five day course you will learn to execute and monitor scripts more efficiently through more robust session connectivity, workflow capabilities, enhanced job scheduling, and Windows PowerShell Web Access. Learn Windows PowerShell with greater ease through improved cmdlet discovery and simplified, consistent syntax across all cmdlets. Write Windows PowerShell scripts quicker and more intuitively through the new Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) that enables script sharing, which connects IT pros to a larger Windows PowerShell user community. Learn all this and more in this five-day Microsoft Official Course in Windows PowerShell 4.0.
The workshop will cover the basics of de novo genome assembly using a small genome example. This includes project planning steps, selecting fragment sizes, initial assembly of reads into fully covered contigs, and then assembling those contigs into larger scaffolds that may include gaps. The end result will be a set of contigs and scaffolds with sufficient average length to perform further analysis on, including genome annotation (link to that nomination). This workshop will use tools and methods targeted at small genomes. The basics of assembly and scaffolding presented here will be useful for building larger genomes, but the specific tools and much of the project planning will be different.
This workshop will also introduce genome annotation in the context of small genomes. We’ll begin with genome annotation concepts, and then introduce resources and tools for automatically annotating small genomes. The workshop will finish with a review of options for further automatic and manual tuning of the annotation, and for maintaining it as new assemblies or information becomes available.
This session will include an introduction to the Galaxy platform.
This event is co-organized with EMBL-ABR and the Genomics Virtual Lab. Course materials 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.
We hope you can join us for a BAME Staff Network meeting hosted by network Co-Chairs and committee members on Thursday 21st January at 9.00am via Zoom.
The aim of the meeting will be to update members on priority progress as well as a host specific discussions on:
- mutual respect and grievance policies and
- mentoring
Zoom joining details will be provided on your booking confirmation email.
This virtual event will be an opportunity to meet the new Chairs of the BAME Staff Network Professor Franklin Aigbirhio and Dr Rabia Dada-Oughton.
It will also serve as a space to discuss the aims, purpose, and structure of the Network, as well as key priorities and initiatives the Network should take forward.
Zoom joining instructions will be available on your booking confirmation email
Janet Ramdeo and I would like to invite you to join us in discussing a text, article or book that has had impact on you in terms of your identity (with regard to race or intersectionality). You're welcome to join even if you do not have any text in mind.
Joining instructions will be shared on your booking confirmation email.
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This module follows on from Foundations in Applied statistics, and will teach you the basics of common bivariate techniques (that is, techniques that examine the associations between two variables). The module is divided between lectures, in which you'll learn the relevant theory, and hands-on practical sessions, in which you will learn how to apply these techniques to the analysis of real data.
Techniques to be covered include:
- Cross-tabulations
- Scatterplots
- Covariance and correlation
- Nonparametric methods
- Two-sample t-tests
- ANOVA
- Ordinary Least Squares (OLS)
For best results, students should expect to do a few hours of private study and spend a little extra time in the computer labs, in addition to coming to class.
CamSIS Search is a tool used within CamSIS to create lists of students and update student data. This course will show you how to understand the data structure and how to use CamSIS Search to create student lists. You’ll also learn how to run reports and queries within CamSIS.
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 lectures, workshops and hands-on practicals – 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 we will continue to explore core concepts of statistics, focusing on linear regression and multiple testing correction.
Course materials are available here.
This event is supported by the BBSRC Strategic Training Awards for Research Skills (STARS) grant (BB/P022766/1).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
An introduction to how financial data is stored in CamSIS, and how to diagnose problems.
The purpose of this course is to familiarise students with the basic concepts of Bayesian theory. It is designed to provide an introduction to the principles, methods, and applications of Bayesian statistics. Bayesian statistics offers a powerful framework for data analysis and inference, allowing for the incorporation of prior knowledge and uncertainty in a coherent and systematic manner.
Throughout this course, we will cover key concepts such as Bayes' theorem, prior and posterior distributions, likelihood functions, and the fundamental differences between Bayesian and frequentist approaches. You will learn to formulate and estimate statistical models, update beliefs using new data, and make informed decisions based on the posterior probabilities generated through Bayesian inference. By the end of this course, you will possess the necessary skills to perform Bayesian data analysis, interpret results, and apply Bayesian methods in various contexts.
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Many of us are suffering from anxiety at the moment, which is not surprising given the impact on our lives from the Covid-19 pandemic.
This session offers you the opportunity to kick off your shoes, sit back and relax.
You will enjoy a 20 minute beach visualisation designed to take you on a mini-break that will leave you relaxed and refreshed. There will also be some information about the Staff Counselling Centre.
Joining instructions will be provided on your booking confirmation email.
Blogs and online articles are becoming ever more important as a shop window to help spread word of your work and get your message across.
They can draw attention to the great things you’re doing, generate trade, build partnerships and establish you as a leader in your field.
The statistics say that organisations and their staff with blogs produce significantly more potential new opportunities and collaborations than those without.
This half day, highly interactive course teaches you all you need to know to write beautiful and highly beneficial blogs, from the importance of a title to layouts, what to write about to build an audience, and even smartphone photography.
Across all AHSS disciplines (and within) there are varying views of what research is. Though not a definitive means by which to conceptualize research, this course offers Thomas Kuhn’s idea of the ‘research paradigm’ as a heuristic and expedient entry point into key terms and concepts often encountered by research students and the tacit assumptions underpinning them. This can and often does result in an ability to understand the significance of one’s own research, the research of others and the broader intellectual context in which both are situated.
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Tutors: Sarah McEvoy / Kostas Chondros
Are you curious about making a short documentary film?
This beginner’s filmmaking workshop will help you to start thinking visually and communicate using sound and film. Over two days you will be introduced to different camera shot types, how to construct a basic story, use digital video cameras and sound recorders to shoot your own footage, and then edit a short sequence for export.
The workshop assumes no or very little prior knowledge of filmmaking and no prior preparation is required for the workshop. This is a hands-on practical workshop, working in small teams of two or three people. We expect a willingness to be open to ideas and work in a team to jointly create a short film clip.
The workshop will give you the foundational skills to incorporate film and sound in your own future projects, for example short clips for social media, publicity about research projects as a way to engage wider audiences etc.
During the workshop you will work with dedicated video equipment, but the techniques you will learn can be adapted to film making with smartphones, tablets and other readily available personal electronic devices.
COURSE PROGRAMME
Day 1 – Monday 17th February
- 10.00 Welcome and introductions
- 10.30 Aims of the session
- 10.45 Introduction to shot types, camera movements, framing, telling a story, basic rules of camera use, rules of recording sound
- 11.45 Splitting into groups – interactive demonstration of how to use the cameras
- 13.00 Lunch
- 14.00 Filming around Cambridge, practical exercise working in groups
- 16.00 Return to room to look at footage from all groups
- 17.00 Feedback session and summary of day 1 intro to day 2
Day 2 – Tuesday 18th February
We will be working on apple macs and Final Cut X; however we do not expect any prior knowledge of working with either computer or software
- 10.00 Importing footage onto computers
- 10.15 Basic editing, creating a 2-minute clip, summary of creating a sequence
- 10.45 Adding clips to timeline, tools for manipulating clips, using second video track, transitions and filters, syncing audio
- 13.00 Lunch
- 14.00 Credits, titles, adjusting audio levels, adding music or narration, exporting footage, saving files
- 16.00 Looking at each other’s edited clips
- 16.45 Evaluation
- 17.00 Finish
Handouts will be emailed after the workshop, and include:
Presentation – shot types, how to construct a sequence Editing on Final Cut x Camera functions, audio recording, info about equipment and editing software and model release forms
What you need to take with you
Headphones – preferably the kind you can plug in rather than Bluetooth headphones
Storage device – if you want to take footage you shoot with you after the workshop, you will need a hard drive, USB or SD card that can hold at least 8GB. Video files are large. Please make sure that the device is formatted to FAT32 if you use it on a PC, as we will be using macs. You can check this by right clicking the device and checking the properties. If you prefer, you don’t need to save the footage that you film and can also upload the exported film to Dropbox.
Upon booking this workshop a questionnaire will be issued to participants which must be completed in order to satisfy the booking.
The workshop is led by:
Sarah McEvoy holds BA Hons Fine Art and an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths University of London and has most recently completed an MA in Art and Design in Education at UCL Institute of Education. Sarah has worked with arts organisations and charities creating short documentaries and has most recently filmed and edited a film working with a socially engaged artist in the community of South East London. As an artist-educator, Sarah works with youth groups and adults with learning disabilities in the community and museums and galleries.
Kostas Chondros holds an MA in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths College, University of London. He also holds an MA in Social Exclusion, Minorities & Gender from Panteion University and a BA in Social Anthropology & History from the University of the Aegean, Greece. Since joining the Personal Histories film production team in 2011, Kostas has filmed several events and taught camera & film production skills. Additionally, as a freelance filmmaker, Kostas documents improvised music performances and collaborates on film projects with other artists and performers. He is also a musician, poet and translator.
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Behaviour Management training for outreach staff from across the university who can benefit from free professional development to improve their practice.
This training focuses on managing the needs and behaviour of both the group you and individual pupils. It will provide you with techniques and strategies you can use when delivering sessions to students. In this session, you’ll explore how your own behaviour influences your students’, and learn how to control your emotional responses when you’re interacting in the classroom. You’ll discover the latest techniques in classroom management and develop your capability to achieve consistency
This is a session aimed at outreach staff, working with school-aged young people. We will be learning and practising strategies for managing low-level disruption, based on ‘Teach Like A Champion’. We will also discuss the importance of behaviour management for effective delivery, and how to know when behaviour management is your responsibility, or the school’s.
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This short session explores why this happens and what it means to be an active bystander. This includes simple changes and actions you can take to support others around you without confrontation and, over time, support a more inclusive environment for all of us to live and work in.
Access the recording of the being an active bystander webinar.
Better Decision Making: Bitesize
PPD bitesize resources are short and high impact; including videos, quick tips guides and interactive bitesize modules. Develop your skills and knowledge quickly, easily, when you need. They complement face to face events and more in-depth online modules.
This is a workshop for PhD students who have reached the point where they need to consider what to do next after their doctorate. Provision from the Careers Service and the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences will highlight both academic and non-academic career options with Q&A sessions for students to explore ideas. There will be a coffee and cake break for students to have the opportunity to share plans with each other and the session will finish with a panel of Cambridge Grand Challenges alumni who will discuss their fellowship/internship experiences.
10am to 10.45am: How to find the best fit in careers; Academic or Non-Academic?
10.45am to 11.30am: Going into academia - how to find fellowships and make grant applications
11.30am to 12pm: Tea/Coffee and time to talk individually with our speakers and each other
12pm to 1.30pm: Alumni Panel with Konstantina Stamati - an opportunity for you to question past PhD students
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Recent advances in genomics, proteomics, imaging and other technologies, have resulted in data being generated at a faster rate than they can be meaningfully analysed. In this course we will show you how cloud computing can be used to meet the challenges of storage, management and analysis of big data. The first half of the course will introduce cloud infrastructure technologies. The second half will cover tools for collaborative working, resource management, and creation of workflows. The instructors will demonstrate how they are using cloud computing in their own research.
N.B. If you sign up for this course, you will be automatically registered for an AWS educate account, which will provide you with sufficient AWS credits to complete the course exercises. If you decide to continue using cloud computing after the course, you will need to either purchase more credits or apply for a grant from programs like: AWS Cloud Credits for Research, Microsoft Azure for Research or Google Cloud Platform Education Grants.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
In this course we will introduce web-based, open source tools to analyse and interpret high-throughput biological data.
The main focus will be g:Profiler - a toolset for finding most significant functional groups for a given gene or protein list; MEM - a query engine allowing to mine hundreds of public gene expression datasets to find most co-expressed genes based on a query gene; and ClustVis - a web tool for visualizing clustering of multivariate data using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) plot and heatmap.
MEM and g:Profiler are ELIXIR-Estonia node services.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
- This course will cover all aspects of The analysis of DNA Methylation using Sequencing. It will cover the primary analysis, mapping and Quality Control (QC) of BS-Seq data and will talk about common pitfalls and complications. It will then cover exploratory analysis of Methylation looking at different methods of Quantitation' and a variety of ways of looking more widely at the distribution of Methylation over the genome. Finally the course will look at statistical methods to predict differential Methylation.
- The course will be comprised of a mixture of theoretical lectures and practicals covering a range of different software packages.
- By the end of the course students should be able to perform an analysis of Methylation Data all the way from raw sequencing to the selection of interesting targets.
- Further information, including a Timetable, will soon be available.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
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Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Perl. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Perl programs and to understand more complex Perl programs written by others. The course will be taught using the online Learning Perl materials created by Sofia Robb of the University of California Riverside. Further information is available.
The Course Web Site providing links to the course materials is here.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
This course provides a gentle and practical introduction to the writing of Python programs for the complete novice. Participants are lead through the core aspects of Python illustrated by a series of example programs. Upon completion of the course, attentive participants will be able to write simple Python programs from scratch and to customize more complex code to fit their needs. Further information is available here.
The Course Web Site providing links to the course materials is here.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
This course provides an introduction to the R programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics. A variety of examples with a biological theme will be presented. Further information is available here.
The Course Web Site providing links to the course materials is here.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book or register Interest by linking here.
This course sets out to introduce simple computing tools for molecular biologists. It is intended for users with a reasonable background in molecular biology but little or no experience of using the available computer resources. The course is based around an investigation into the disease aniridia. We have chosen a well researched human topic as it allows us best to demonstrate how information can be obtained both by analysis of raw sequence data and by interrogation of information resources where previously determined facts are organised and stored. Further information for this session is available.
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
An introduction on how to search EBI databases using sequence search tools. The workshop will introduce tools such as BLAST, FASTA and PSI-BLAST; explain how they function and the ways to make effective use of them to locate different types of biological data and information. Further information is available here.
This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to Book or register Interest by linking here.
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This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
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The Protein Data Bank (PDB) is the central publicly accessible repository of all experimentally derived macromolecular structures. Containing over 80,000 structures of proteins and nucleic acids the PDB is an essential scientific resource.
The PDB is managed by a consortium of international organizations collectively known as the worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB). The Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) is one of the founding members of the wwPDB along with the RCSB Protein Data Bank in the USA and Protein Data Bank Japan(PDBj) in Japan.
In addition to serving as a deposition site for data deposited to the PDB, the PDBe also provides services for the search and analysis of the collective wealth of data contained within the PDB. Further information is available here.
This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to Book or register Interest by linking here.
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This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
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This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
An introduction the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). The workshop will introduce ways to navigate the website, search EBI database resources and access useful information and metadata. It will also highlight additional resources such as Train Online. Further information is available here.
This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
This session provides an introduction to the tools to access and analyze Metabolomics data available from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). Further information for this session is available here.
The session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
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This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
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This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.
An introduction to the chemical biology resources available from the EBI. The workshop will cover ontology and bio-activity data, structure representation and tools for protein-ligand investigation. Further information is available here.
This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to Book or register Interest by linking here.
This session provides an introduction to the tools to access and analyze Transcriptomics data available from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). Further information for this session is available here.
This session is one of a series of short introductions to EBI Services, run together, but bookable separately (see Related Courses section below).
Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book by linking here.