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This course is designed for learners who have very limited or no previous knowledge of British Sign Language (BSL). The course aims to enable individuals to understand and use BSL effectively for purposes of practical communication with deaf or hard of hearing people, to develop understanding of the BSL sentence syntax and to learn more about a Deaf Culture.

Please note this course is not credit-bearing and so cannot be used as part of a Tripos.

This online course is designed for non-native English speakers from the Department of Engineering. It will cover a variety of spoken English, ranging from the more formal language needed for seminars, discussions and conferences, to the more informal everyday language used in the office and the student house.

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• Delivery format (online or in person) to be confirmed.

This workshop addresses common writing errors of Engineers related to structure, style and accuracy. It forms part of CLIC's Lent term series of online masterclasses designed to assist CUED Research students in refining key areas of their writing. Classes include:

• Avoiding common errors in academic writing
• Unpacking journal articles for vocabulary use
• Self-editing skills
• Review of the tenets of academic writing for Engineers
• Writing for blogs

• NB. Please read the Attendance section below before signing up for this course.

This workshop reviews the key characteristics for achieving excellence in Engineering writing. It forms part of CLIC's Lent term series of online masterclasses designed to assist CUED Research students in refining key areas of their writing. Classes include:

• Avoiding common errors in academic writing
• Unpacking journal articles for vocabulary use
• Self-editing skills
• Review of the tenets of academic writing for Engineers
• Writing for blogs

• NB. Please read the Attendance section below before signing up for this course.

This workshop focuses on effective editing strategies for Engineering writing. It forms part of CLIC's Lent term series of online masterclasses designed to assist CUED Research students in refining key areas of their writing. Classes include:

• Avoiding common errors in academic writing
• Unpacking journal articles for vocabulary use
• Self-editing skills
• Review of the tenets of academic writing for Engineers
• Writing for blogs

• NB. Please read the Attendance section below before signing up for this course.

This workshop focuses on how to exploit journal articles to improve quality and word choice in Engineering writing. It forms part of CLIC's Lent term series of online masterclasses designed to assist CUED Research students in refining key areas of their writing. Classes include:

• Avoiding common errors in academic writing
• Unpacking journal articles for vocabulary use
• Self-editing skills
• Review of the tenets of academic writing for Engineers
• Writing for blogs

• NB. Please read the Attendance section below before signing up for this course.

A visiting expert will share tips and strategies on writing effective blogs and English for social media.

The focus is on structure, logical flow, the effective development of ideas, accuracy and critical analysis. This course is mainly aimed at non-native English speakers but native speakers are welcome to attend.

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The course consists of 4 workshops followed by 1 individual supervision. The course focuses on common errors and problem areas for research students writing up dissertations and publishing papers. The supervision addresses individual areas for improvement at the end of the course.

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• Delivery format (online or in person) to be confirmed.

Writing for Engineers Refining papers for publishing: a course for post-docs

In this course we will work directly with text written by you, the course participants. We will analyse and edit extracts from draft and published papers, always with the aim of honing the language to improve clarity, precision and style. In doing so we will explore questions of grammar and key concepts in academic writing, learning to identify weaker areas and developing expertise in improving them.

The course consists of four workshops followed by one individual supervision.

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This EDI series supports the University’s EDI strategy concerned with promoting disability awareness and supportive and humanised workplace. The series encourages thinking differently about disabled colleagues or students, to get ‘a feel for the situation’ from their perspective, and to become inspired to help them achieve their professional goals. This series is being delivered by Dr Zrinka Mendas.

Other workshops in this series are:

1. Toward a Better Understanding of Sensory and Learning Impairments (April)
2. Empathy and Disability: Friends or Foes? (May)
3. Embracing Neurodiversity: Strength or Weakness? (June)
4. Sign language as a Useful Communication Tool (July)
5. Advancing Teaching and Learning Practices for disabled staff and students (August)

This is an interactive workshop and you will be expected to contribute to the session.

This course is intended for non-native speakers who wish to improve their skills in writing dissertations, research papers and reports.

The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.

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This course is intended for non-native speaker second and third-year graduate students who wish to improve their Presentation Skills.

Learn from a CUP guest speaker how to use an effective online tool to improve and enrich your use of English words and expressions in scientific writing.

Workshop to revise and improve understanding of the definite and indefinite articles in English.

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The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.

Research has identified that the ability to verbally express ideas clearly and the capacity to work confidently in a group are the two key skills for employability. This series of workshops focuses on aspects of these skills most pertinent to Engineers at Cambridge.

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Living in Britain

This online seminar focuses on any questions participants may have about aspects of living in Britain that are of particular interest to them, whether cultural, intercultural, historical or social.

It discusses practical everyday issues that participants may already have encountered, both within the University environment and in the wider community, and also possible situations that they may be concerned about dealing with in the future.

This is a very relaxed and informal seminar which will be conducted on a Q+A basis, and participants should email their questions or areas of interest in advance to Sheila Dodds (smd48@cam.ac.uk).

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• Delivery format (online or in person) to be confirmed.

This informal seminar will consider some of the cultural differences experienced by participants, and also address questions arising from various aspects of living and working in both the multi-cultural environment of the University and the wider British community.

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English Cultural Awareness Workshop

This informal seminar will consider some of the cultural differences experienced by participants, and also address questions arising from various aspects of living and working in both the multi-cultural environment of the University and the wider British community.

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This workshop will focus on how different learning styles and cultural patterns can influence students’ English academic writing. We will draw on current research findings and assist students in adapting to the expected English model in Engineering.

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Maximise your supervisions, as students and/or supervisors, by discussing the language, structure and style of effective Cambridge supervisions.

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Post-Writing Stage-Proofreading and Peer Review. This is the last step in the Post-Writing Stage so we look at aspects such as format, typography, spelling and punctuation. In addition you, as an author/peer-reviewer, may like to give/receive feedback to regarding content and organisation; grammatical accuracy and overall style. You are welcome to bring some of your own work along for this session.