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Tue 14 May 2019

Tuesday 14 May 2019

09:00	GIT: Revision Control using "Git" Finished 09:00 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site Introduction to using the "'Git'" revision control system. This short introduction will get you started with 'git', and show you how to keep a record of your files in a particular project, audit them, revert changes, and collaborate with others. We will work on building a simple program using the Python language.
09:30	Biological Safety Officers' Training Event Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Sainsbury Laboratory: Lecture Theatre An annual event for Biological Safety Officers (BSOs).
	AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting 2018-19 (23 of 26) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room) The AAT Level 3, Diploma in Accounting, introduces to students to more complex financial processes and accounting tasks, the principles of VAT, professional ethics and develops their spreadsheet skills. In addition to applying for a provisional place here, you will need to complete an application form which can be found on our website https://www.finance.admin.cam.ac.uk/training/professional-qualifications/aat/university-programme
	Data Protection and FOI: An Introduction Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House, Edmonton Room The rights and responsibilities outlined in data protection and freedom of information legislation impact upon the University’s academic and administrative work. This course explores the key concepts in data protection law and illustrates how the ‘data protection principles’ affect various day-to-day working scenarios. It introduces the fundamental aspects of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and details the ways in which the University handles responses to individual requests. Finally, it outlines various records management and information security measures that can aid compliance with the legislation and lead to a more efficient working environment.
	Publisher 2016: Creating Professional Publications Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site Do you want to create more professional publications by having a deeper appreciation of what Publisher can do for you? Through a series of graded exercises this course focuses on practical work giving you ample opportunity to use your PC skills to produce various publications. Please note that this course is largely about learning the software rather than design.
	An Introduction to Solving Biological Problems with R (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 17:30 Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building R is a highly-regarded, free, software environment for statistical analysis, with many useful features that promote and facilitate reproducible research. In this course, we give an introduction to the R environment and explain how it can be used to import, manipulate and analyse tabular data. After the course you should feel confident to start exploring your own dataset using the materials and references provided. The course website providing links to the course materials is here. Please note that although we will demonstrate how to perform statistical analysis in R, we will not cover the theory of statistical analysis in this course. Those seeking an in-depth explanation of how to perform and interpret statistical tests are advised to see the list of Related courses. Moreover, those with some programming experience in other languages (e.g. Python, Perl) might wish to attend the follow-on Data Analysis and Visualisation in R course. This event is supported by the BBSRC Strategic Training Awards for Research Skills (STARS) grant (BB/P022766/1). The training room is located on the first floor and there is currently no wheelchair or level access available to this level. Please note that if you are not eligible for a University of Cambridge Raven account you will need to book or register your interest by linking here.
10:00	Scientific posters; the good, the bad and the ugly (Sciences and Technology) Finished 10:00 - 12:30 17 Mill Lane, Seminar Room B A good poster’s worth 1000 words… but a bad poster’s just a bit of messy paper. When it’s time for you to present your scientific poster how are you going to make the most of the opportunity? We’ll think about why we use posters to present our research, what makes the difference between a good and bad poster and some useful tips to help you present your data in style. Please note, this is an introductory course to help you start preparing for your first poster sessions...
	Chemistry: FS9 A Practical Introduction to Computational Organic Chemistry Finished 10:00 - 12:00 Unilever Lecture Theatre The combination of modern computing power and density functional theory (DFT) has made it possible to explore the mechanisms and catalytic cycles of complex organic and organometallic reactions. These lectures will provide a practical introduction to performing DFT calculations to elucidate reaction mechanisms. Other applications of DFT calculations will be discussed such as computing spectra and structure identification. These lectures will be accompanied by a workshop that will show the user how to perform DFT calculations and how to use the data generated by these calculations to draw conclusions about reaction mechanisms. No prior computational experience is required.
	CamSIS Search Finished 10:00 - 13:00 University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 1 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.
	CULP: German Basic 1 for Academic Purposes (LAP) (6 of 15) Finished 10:00 - 11:30 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 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.
11:00	CULP: French Intermediate 1 (7 of 15) Finished 11:00 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 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. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/.
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 11:00 - 11:20 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
	Journals: publishing your research effectively (for PhD students in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences) Finished 11:00 - 12:00 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 7 Where should you publish your research? How do you assess the appropriateness of a journal for your work? How do you respond to reviewers? Picking where to publish your research and in what format is an important decision to make. This session looks at the things you need to consider in order to reach your audience effectively, including: Indicators to use to assess a journal - Journal Impact Factor, publisher fees and publication times Who should own the copyright to your work? What happens during peer-review
11:40	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 11:40 - 12:00 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
12:00	CULP: German Intermediate 1 (6 of 15) Finished 12:00 - 14:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 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 go to the Language Centre CULP page at: http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp/
	Medicine: Writing for Publication (for University and NHS) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Clinical School, Medical Library, Library Training Room A course designed to take you step-by-step through academic writing and publication, with tips and resources to make writing up as simple as possible. The course will demystify the peer-review process, and help you to improve the precision and clarity of your academic writing.
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Spanish Finished 12:00 - 12:20 John Trim Centre A relaxed and informal speaking practice session with a volunteer native Spanish speaker
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 12:00 - 12:20 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
	JTC: Advanced English Conversation Hours (3 of 6) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The Advanced Conversation Hours are a great way to practice the spoken English of academic discussion and debate. They are suitable for learners comfortable in spoken interaction at level c1 and above. The weekly sessions encourage a relaxed and fun approach to communication designed to both aid interaction and build confidence. If the course is already 'in progress' please click on 'register your interest' in order to book a place. Cost for 6 sessions £32 Students, £42 Staff, £54 Partners and Visiting Scholars
12:20	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Spanish Finished 12:20 - 12:40 John Trim Centre A relaxed and informal speaking practice session with a volunteer native Spanish speaker
	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 12:20 - 12:40 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
12:40	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Spanish Finished 12:40 - 13:00 John Trim Centre A relaxed and informal speaking practice session with a volunteer native Spanish speaker
13:00	JTC: Spanish Conversation Hours (4 of 6) Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 9 This conversation hour offers learners with an independent conversational ability (B2/C1 level upwards) a chance to practice speaking Spanish 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, videos 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 interaction at advanced level. Participants from Spanish Advanced CULP and Advanced plus through film and literature are warmly invited to attend the Spanish Conversation Hour. If the course is already 'in progress' please click on 'register your interest' in order to book a place.
	Finance Division Taster Sessions - Financial Systems Group (FSG) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Room F40 To provide an opportunity for someone from elsewhere in Finance Division to spend some time with the Financial Systems Group to get an overview and appreciation of what they do.
	How To Prepare A Polished Conference Poster Finished 13:00 - 14:00 Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Betty and Gordon Moore Library, Pink Study Room Need to create a conference poster but are not sure where to start? This session will introduce participants to the fundamentals of designing an effective and engaging poster that is perfect for communicating research ideas. The session will look at good design practice, where to source free high quality graphics, as well as deciding what you should (and maybe shouldn't) include in your final poster.
14:00	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Basic 2 (7 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 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 Basic 2 (7 of 15) Finished 14:00 - 16:00 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. More detailed information is available at http://www.langcen.cam.ac.uk/lc/culp
	Postdocs: Self-Leadership Finished 14:00 - 16:00 DO NOT USE Postdoc Centre @ Eddington, Sanders Hall The first step toward confident leadership is assured and well-balanced self-leadership. Are you really aware of how you lead yourself every day? This workshop aims to inspire you to be a self-leader by developing strategies to extend your awareness and confidence to take action and design the professional outcomes you are looking for. We will encourage you to think about how to recognise patterns of your own behaviour that might hold you back so that you can have the understanding and tools to communicate yourself and your perspective with awareness and confidence. This will create a firm foundation on which to build your leadership of others. This workshop leads onto Postdocs: Leading Others. We recommend that you do these workshops after having first completed Postdocs: An Initial Guide to Leadership. Outcomes Explore and experience your skills, strengths, abilities and style in detail within your individual context. Consider how to extend your own self-leadership on a daily basis through a variety of strategies. Apply self-knowledge, awareness and techniques to your repertoire of leadership skills.
	Tableau Drop In Sessions Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Old Schools This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information Team who can help you solve challenges.
14:15	Writing Your First Year Report (Engineering) Finished 14:15 - 16:15 Department of Engineering, Lecture Room 5 Aimed at 1st year PhD students this course is designed to get you thinking and working effectively on your end of first year report. How do you start? What’s expected? How do you make it work for you? These and many other important questions, hints and tips will be addressed in this session.
15:00	Engineering Div D RDC Information Skills: Communicating and Sharing your Research Finished 15:00 - 16:30 Department of Engineering, Baker Building Board Room This session will introduce you to communicating and sharing your research in the context of academic publication and wider society, considering publishing, peer review, open research, intellectual property and having an impact outside of academia.
	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice Finished 15:00 - 15:30 John Trim Centre A 30 minute appointment with a Language Adviser to explore opportunities and resources to help you with your plans and aims for your language learning. We advise on learning strategies across a range of 180+ languages in our learning centre. Click here to view our current index of languages. These appointments are for advice on learning languages other than English. Should you want support for language skills in English, please do not book into one of these appointments but send your request to adtis@langcen.cam.ac.uk instead. (Please note that if you are seeking advice about our taught courses, you are encouraged to drop in to the Language Centre or book early in the term rather than wait for an appointment. See our website for details.) Advising appointments can be used to: Decide on your short term and longer term goals Discuss learning strategies for independent language study Formulate a personal learning plan Evaluate your progress so far and identify your next steps Tackle more challenging aspects of your language learning, e.g., strategies for developing listening Talk about ways of shaping a self-study session Explore resources in specialist areas Consider how taught course options in Cambridge can fit in to a longer term plan Find out more about intensive language courses abroad
	Tableau Drop In Sessions CANCELLED 15:00 - 16:00 Old Schools This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information Team who can help you solve challenges.
16:00	CULP: Japanese Basic 1 (7 of 15) Finished 16:00 - 18:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The courses are delivered in a blended-learning mode, face-to-face and online through CamTools (the Cambridge University virtual learning environment). 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: Chinese (Mandarin) Basic 1 (7 of 15) Finished 16:00 - 18:00 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.
	Take a Break: Press the Stress - Historical Printing Finished 16:00 - 16:30 Cambridge University Library, Historical Printing Room Come to the Library’s Historical Printing Room. Set your name in type and hand-print an illustrated keepsake as a memento of your visit. On top of the millions of books held at the University Library, we also have a considerable collection of printing artefacts. This began with a decision in the early 1970s to set up a bibliographical teaching press on the lines of those already existing at the Bodleian, University College London and elsewhere. The impetus for this plan came from the late Philip Gaskell, then Librarian of Trinity College. The main aim was to enable students of literature to understand the practical details of hand composition of type and of printing on a hand-press, and thus to appreciate the ways in which both conscious decisions and accidents in the printing house could affect the accuracy of a text. http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/rare-books/collections/historical-printing-room
	Tableau Drop In Sessions CANCELLED 16:00 - 17:00 Old Schools This is an opportunity for the members of the University to go one-on-one with Tableau experts across the Business Information Team who can help you solve challenges.
16:30	Take a Break: Press the Stress - Historical Printing Finished 16:30 - 17:00 Cambridge University Library, Historical Printing Room Come to the Library’s Historical Printing Room. Set your name in type and hand-print an illustrated keepsake as a memento of your visit. On top of the millions of books held at the University Library, we also have a considerable collection of printing artefacts. This began with a decision in the early 1970s to set up a bibliographical teaching press on the lines of those already existing at the Bodleian, University College London and elsewhere. The impetus for this plan came from the late Philip Gaskell, then Librarian of Trinity College. The main aim was to enable students of literature to understand the practical details of hand composition of type and of printing on a hand-press, and thus to appreciate the ways in which both conscious decisions and accidents in the printing house could affect the accuracy of a text. http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/rare-books/collections/historical-printing-room
17:00	CULP: Persian (Farsi) Pre-Intermediate 1 (4 of 8) CANCELLED 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Room 214 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. This course is the continuation of our introduction level. The focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication and grammar points are analysed in context.
	CULP: Arabic Basic 1 (7 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 4 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: Spanish Intermediate 2 (7 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Room 10 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.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 (7 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 9 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: German Intermediate 2 - For Business (12 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 2 If you are thinking of finding a job, joining a research institute, doing an internship in a German-speaking country or simply doing business with German companies - this is the course for you! Germany is the economic powerhouse of the European Union. The competitiveness of their products is well known, as is Germany's commitment to research and innovation. German is a key language in the European Union and increasingly significant for doing business in the new economies of Central and Eastern Europe. Being able to speak German provides you with excellent career opportunities. Learning German will improve your chances of success in today's job market and your business relations, it helps to build rapport and strengthen relationships with German-speaking colleagues, demonstrates goodwill and facilitates international communication at both a personal and organizational level. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
18:00	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 18:00 - 18:20 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
	CULP: Korean Basic 1 (5 of 15) CANCELLED 18:00 - 20:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At basic 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.
	JTC: Japanese Basic Conversation Hours (3 of 6) CANCELLED 18:00 - 19:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 Friendly and informal conversation practice sessions for basic level learners who would like to extend their speaking skills in Japanese. Learners will have a chance to practice talking about a variety of topics so whether you are learning from a resource or a class, you could use it as a chance to practice talking about a topic you have learned or alternatively, you could take it as an opportunity to branch out and experiment with discussing a new idea or issue that interests you. A native speaker facilitator is there to encourage learners and give you feedback.
18:15	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Italian Finished 18:15 - 18:35 John Trim Centre Speaking practice with an Italian native-speaker volunteer.
18:20	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 18:20 - 18:40 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
18:35	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Italian Finished 18:35 - 18:55 John Trim Centre Speaking practice with an Italian native-speaker volunteer.
18:40	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of French Finished 18:40 - 19:00 John Trim Centre A chance to practice French conversation/pronunciation with a volunteer native speaker. Please book no more than 2 sessions per week and not consecutively.
18:55	JTC: Speaking practice for learners of Italian Finished 18:55 - 19:15 John Trim Centre Speaking practice with an Italian native-speaker volunteer.
19:00	CULP: Japanese Elementary 2 (7 of 15) CANCELLED 19:00 - 21:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 1 The courses are delivered in a blended-learning mode, face-to-face and online through Moodle (the Cambridge University virtual learning environment). 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.