University Information Services - Staff Learning & Development course timetable

Interested in seeing the inside of our West Cambridge Data Centre and understand more about how this is run and the innovative features reducing the energy usage? Then this is for you. Ritchie Carter will guide a small group of UIS staff around the West Cambridge Data Centre (WCDC).

Note that due to ongoing works in the WCDC, the group size is very limited. If there is sufficient demand as gauged via the waiting list, additional sessions may be able to be arranged later in the year

Interested in seeing the inside of our West Cambridge Data Centre and understand more about how this is run and the innovative features reducing the energy usage? Then this is for you. Ritchie Carter will guide a small group of UIS staff around the West Cambridge Data Centre (WCDC).

Note that due to ongoing works in the WCDC, the group size is very limited. If there is sufficient demand as gauged via the waiting list, additional sessions may be able to be arranged later in the year

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.

We can all write well. It’s our job! But how can we make our content more user centred? User-centred content helps our users and ultimately helps us.

Come to this session to:

• understand how cognitive burden affects comprehension
• use some of the methods and tools that we’ve been demonstrating over the past year
• get help and feedback from your Content Community colleagues

For this session you need to bring:

• a piece of content from your website or intranet
• any thoughts, feedback or queries you’ve had about the content
• your goals for the content. For example, you might want to:
  • improve readability
  • check that it’s accessible
  • re-organise the structure
  • test understanding of a complex subject

Celebrate summer with your UIS colleagues at an informal outdoor gathering at Fitzwilliam College Grove and Chapel Lawn.

There will be an afternoon tea-style lunch, tea, coffee and soft drinks for you to enjoy. An outdoor bar is also available to purchase (with card) a selection of alcoholic drinks of your choice.

Join content colleagues to talk about how we can use data that seems quite abstract to tell us about our content. Come to this workshop to:

• recap some general principles
• discuss some examples and sources of data
• do small-group exercises in Microsoft Teams break-out rooms

You will want to be able to look at the exercise information, and possibly some example websites in your browser, while in the MS Teams meeting. If you have access to a desk offering a second screen, that may be the most convenient.

This session is for beginners who are not confident in interpreting analytics or similar data. No preparation is required. You do not need to be familiar with any software other than MS Office 365 and your browser.

We can all write well. It’s our job! But how can we make our content more user centred? User-centred content helps our users and ultimately helps us.

Come to this session to:

• understand how cognitive burden affects comprehension
• use some of the methods and tools that we’ve been demonstrating over the past year
• get help and feedback from your Content Community colleagues

For this session you need to bring:

• a piece of content from your website or intranet
• any thoughts, feedback or queries you’ve had about the content
• your goals for the content. For example, you might want to:
  • improve readability
  • check that it’s accessible
  • re-organise the structure
  • test understanding of a complex subject

We all use search engines to look for information, whether it's to buy a second-hand sofa, or check when to repot the begonia.

If your content isn't optimised, people won't be able to find it easily through online search. Good SEO will help more people find your content more easily.

Come to this workshop to:

• Get a quick recap on best SEO practices.
• Try some of the SEO methods and tools that we’ve been demonstrating over the past year.
• Get help and feedback from your Content Community colleagues and us.

For this session you need to bring:

• one or two links to web pages that you want to optimise
• any SEO or keyword information you already have
• any ideas you have about why the content is or isn't performing well

Find out how the Digital Presence Programme's work around metadata and related concepts to improve the University's websites and digital content.

This work includes the 'Intranet in a Box' project, which aims to provision University institutions or departments with SharePoint sites that will provide common tooling and templating to improve defragmentation across the University.

Data, including managing common data and improving our approach to information architecture, is crucial for this project and other University systems.

This event is hosted by a panel of experts on the Intranet in a Box project. We aim to provide a forum for technical staff to learn about the project's framework for managing domain-level and institution-level data, and how it relates to the greater information architecture of University systems. Katya Samoylova from the Academic and Financial Planning and Analysis team (AFPA, Finance Division) will also provide an overview of their work around data governance.

Topics

• Technical capability for SharePoint data management
• Domain-level changes, including a summary of advice we're providing to content editors
• Institution-level changes
• Information architecture across University systems

This event is aimed at IT and technical staff who are already familiar with metadata, taxonomies and related concepts. If you are not already aware of these concepts and what they are used for, you may find the related event useful: Content Community event - Metadata for content editors.

A recording of this event will be available on the Content Community SharePoint site for anyone who cannot attend.

A workshop session exclusively for UIS colleagues who have been nominated to be a 'buddy' to support new joiners to the organisation.

UIS is offering new members the chance to join 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 with the event:

• Ian Leslie - Director
• Abraham Martin – Head of DevOps
• Gabby Ahmadi-Assalemi – Deputy Chief Information Security
• Kevin Brown – Programme Manager
• Chris Garrett – Servers and Storage Manager
• Jessica Comber-Chaney – Teaching & Learning Systems Manager

An informal coffee morning catch-up for mentees enrolled in the Mentoring scheme.

An informal coffee morning catch-up for mentors enrolled in the Mentoring scheme.

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.

We all know that it can be impossible to understand data just by looking at a slew of numbers and stats. For data to be truly helpful, it needs to be presented in a logical, easy-to-understand way. This is where data visualisation comes in. It's the process of turning data into a compelling visual story through the use of graphics, like charts and graphs.

This content community event will cover:

• how to use data visualisation effectively in your content
• how to make your data visualisations accessible
• data, design and content tips for success

The session is for everyone interested in using data visualisation effectively.

A recording of this event will be available on the Content Community SharePoint site for anyone who cannot attend.

In this 2 hours online session, you'll learn techniques for creating your service roadmap and how to iterate it regularly.

In this 2 hours online session, you'll learn techniques for creating your service roadmap and how to iterate it regularly.

In this 2 hours online session, you'll learn techniques for creating your service roadmap and how to iterate it regularly.

In this 90-minute session, we'll cover GDS roles and how they operate in context. We'll also explain how BA and service manager roles fit within in GDS environment. To successfully build and run a service, you need to have a multi-disciplinary team with a range of skills. The size of your team and the roles you need will change during the different phases of development.

In this 90-minute session, we'll cover GDS roles and how they operate in context. We'll also explain how BA and service manager roles fit within in GDS environment. To successfully build and run a service, you need to have a multi-disciplinary team with a range of skills. The size of your team and the roles you need will change during the different phases of development.