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There are many benefits to working at Cambridge. In this session we will explore how to make the most of the discounts and resources you are entitled to and highlight the activities available to help you make the most of working here.
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Wed 17 Jul 2024 | 15:00 | [Places] |
Wed 11 Sep 2024 | 12:00 | [Places] |
Thu 24 Oct 2024 | 14:15 | [Places] |
Wed 4 Dec 2024 | 12:00 | [Places] |
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The Finance Division values the professionalism and commitment of its members and therefore encourages all staff to develop their skills and knowledge. This short session will outline for you the Division’s policy on training and development, as well as highlighting resources from across the University that you can utilise.
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Thu 10 Oct 2024 | 14:30 | [Places] |
Tue 14 Jan 2025 | 11:00 | [Places] |
Wed 30 Apr 2025 | 14:00 | [Places] |
As a recent new starter to the Finance Division, we would like to invite you to attend a welcome session in Greenwich House with David Hughes. These sessions are an opportunity for you to meet with other members of staff who have recently joined Finance, as well as hearing from David and senior members of the team.
Please book onto a session below that suits your office working pattern best. We encourage you to attend in your first three months in the Finance Division but if you are unable to attend either of these dates, more dates will follow later in the year.
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Thu 18 Jul 2024 | 11:45 | Not bookable |
Mon 7 Oct 2024 | 12:00 | [Places] |
Wed 9 Oct 2024 | 11:45 | [Places] |
This online course provides an overview of the use of Microsoft SharePoint to store documents and also provides access to further resources.
This course has been specifically designed by the Training team for the University. It is aligned with the old level 2 course that was offered by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) and is structured to cover the same introductory concepts and techniques.
All participants will be required to complete an application form which can be found on our website https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualification/cips/first-steps-procurement
A course for departmental staff who deal with purchasing, monitoring and disposal of fixed assets.
Each department has one or more nominated Finance Key Contacts.
They take responsibility for many day-to-day interactions between the department and the Finance Division, such as:
- Requesting and amending user access to UFS
- Receiving communications and reports
- Requesting new suppliers
This course tells you all about the role of a Key Contact and what it entails.
The course should work fine on most modern Smartphones and on tablet devices too.
Once you've booked onto this course you will receive an email with the web link to access the materials.
General Ledger Transfer codes are a particular useful tool to help you to manage your departmental accounts as they allow you to use surpluses generated in one account to fund activities elsewhere.
A short online course that provides a basic introduction to the key features of Research Grants and how they are managed in the University.
Please note it does not include detailed guidance of how to apply for grants (e.g. using pFACT/X5) – please contact the Research Operations Office for advice.
This course covers the day to day and month end transactions that need to be completed using a variety of tools in CUFS.
There is also a taught course available which covers the same content, there are both virtual classroom and in person dates available. if you would prefer this format you can book here
How to book with Key Travel - Travelling for research or to undertake work on behalf of the University.
This training session, delivered by Key Travel, is open to new and experienced colleagues who are responsible for booking travel on behalf of the University. Key Travel is the University’s preferred supplier for travel management services and provides the following support for colleagues:
- Booking services (online and offline) for flights, accommodation and rail
- Group booking services
- 24/7 Traveller support
- 24/7 Emergency scanning and support
- Refund management
The primary purpose of the training session will be to walk you through the booking process using Key Travel’s online portal. However, the session will also provide you with hints and tips on how to identify the best travel options for your requirements.
How to make a group booking with Key Travel - Organising group travel for research or to undertake work on behalf of the University.
This training session, delivered by Key Travel, is open to new and experienced colleagues who are responsible for booking group travel (10 passengers or more) on behalf of the University. Key Travel’s Specialist Travel team will take you through the process of group bookings including:
- What is group travel?
- How to make a group booking with Key Travel (what information is required)
- Services available
- Benefits of booking with Key Travel
The primary purpose of the training session will be to walk you through the booking process, however, there will also be opportunities to ask questions and explore the services provided.
This is a classroom version of the Budgeting 1: Introduction to Budgeting held at Greenwich House - All delegates will need to bring a laptop (docking stations, monitors, external keyboard and mice will be available in the room)
Please note - there is no parking available at Greenwich House. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road.
This session introduces the theory and practice of budgeting, looking at why and how budgets can be set. Group exercises are used to prompt discussion around the types of costs that should be included in a budget and decision making when setting budgets.
The session will give an overview of the budgeting process in the university and then focus in more detail on practical tools for day-to-day budgeting.
Note: This session does not cover the detailed budgeting and rules relating to individual research grants.
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Tue 8 Oct 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Cognos is a reporting tool that utilises data from CUFS to provide users with additional reports and options. This introductory course is designed for new reporters - covering everything from running a report successfully as well as a number of useful tips and shortcuts.
Note: This course is mandatory in order to attend either of the following two courses below.
What this introductory course does not do is go through in detail the outputs of each individual report. Report outputs are explained in further detail in the courses above.
Cannot make any dates? See the on-demand online version of the course. Completion of this course will count as Cognos attendance for the purpose of acceptance onto the above courses. You should ask your Key Contact to request Cognos access for you, prior to working through the on-demand material.
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Tue 18 Jun 2024 | 09:30 | Not bookable |
Wed 11 Sep 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Tue 22 Oct 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Thu 14 Nov 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Thu 5 Dec 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
This course enables users to learn the basics of how the General Ledger module works, how to run online account enquiries and how to process journals.
It is run as two webinars with some pre-course reading
Webinar 1: For everyone
Webinar 2: Optional, if you are not going to be using journals it is not compulsory but may be of interest
If none of the dates are suitable then there are two on-demand packages which can be completed instead.
Chart of Accounts and Account Enquiry https://www.training.cam.ac.uk/fin/event/4716069
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Wed 18 Sep 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Thu 31 Oct 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
This course provides users the opportunity to run General Ledger reports and how to interpret them when managing departmental funds.
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Wed 16 Oct 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Tue 19 Nov 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
This course will concentrate on how to use the Cognos reporting tool to help manage departmental research grants. These reports can be divided into three main categories:
- Summary financial information for Projects
- Detailed expenditure analysis
- Management reports for Grants due to close
In this course we will not access the Grants module in CUFS.
The course material will be split across 2 webinars on consecutive days
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Wed 3 Jul 2024 | 09:30 | Not bookable |
Tue 26 Nov 2024 | 09:30 | [Places] |
This is a classroom course held at Greenwich House - All delegates will need to bring a laptop. There are 8 docking stations with monitors, external keyboard and mice available in the room. These will be allocated on a first come first served basis, anybody else accepted will need to work solely on their laptop
This course provides an overview of the use of Microsoft SharePoint in the Finance Division to store and manage documents.
This is an in person classroom course held at Greenwich House - All delegates will need to bring a laptop (docking stations, monitors, external keyboard and mice will be available in the room)
Please note - there is no parking available at Greenwich House. The Madingley Park and Ride is a 15-minute walk and the Universal Bus stops on Madingley Road.
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Tue 12 Nov 2024 | 14:00 | [Places] |
Tue 7 Jan 2025 | 09:30 | [Places] |
Booking onto this course can only be done through your department Key Contact
- They will confirm the level of access which you will require
- The course booking request will be made by them via the UFS responsibility access form
Once this request has been submitted by your Key Contact, you should receive an email within 1-2 working days with links to the course/(s) that you need to complete.
iProcurement Courses Available
- Introduction to iProcurement (New for R12.2)
- iProcurement: Buyers Work Centre (New for R12.2)
- iProcurement: Approving (New for R12.2)
- iProcurement: Autocreating (New for R12.2)
This in-person session will help attendees gain a better understanding of the Finance transformation project: “Enhanced Financial Transparency (EFT)”, including how it relates to other Finance transformation projects, and what it will mean for the University and staff.
This in-person session will help attendees gain a better understanding of the Finance transformation project: “Finance Systems Replacement (FSR)”, including how it relates to other Finance transformation projects, and what it will mean for the University and staff.
The University and all its staff have a responsibility to ensure that their dealings, and the supply chains of those who we trade with are free from any sort of modern slavery in compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
This online course guides you through some facts and figures relating to Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and highlights warning signs you need to be aware of.
On-demand package - Chart of Accounts and Account Enquiry
This package covers the following areas:
- Account code structure
- Running an account enquiry
- Using summary templates
- Running a budget enquiry
- Self-test knowledge check (successful completion of this knowledge check will enable Finance Training to add this to your training record)
Click on this link to access the course https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/mod/scorm/view.php?id=18767511