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Fri 25 Oct 2019

Friday 25 October 2019

09:30	Chemical Safety Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House, Cairo Room A safety course for anyone either directly working with chemicals or who is responsible for persons working with chemicals including PIs, Post Grads, Post Docs and technicians.
	CULP: Italian Basic 1 (2 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 17 Mill Lane 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. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
10:00	Who Can You Really Trust In Science? Finished 10:00 - 12:00 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 10 There are lots of "experts" out there in science but how do you know who you can trust and who should be taken with a pinch of salt? This session will enable participants to develop critical evaluation skills around trustworthiness in scientific disciplines by evaluating different indicators of perceived quality such as seniority, funding, publishing records and even celebrity status. Participants will work through anonymised case studies in groups as well as being introduced to concepts such as publishing, open science and reproducibility, fake news, and effective science communication.
11:30	CULP: French Basic 2 (2 of 15) Finished 11:30 - 13:30 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 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 on our website.
12:00	JTC: French Advanced Conversation Hours (1 of 6) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 This conversation hour offers learners with an independent conversational ability (B2 level upwards) a chance to practise speaking French 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. Previous participants from French Advanced CULP are warmly invited to attend the French Conversation Hour. If the course is already 'in progress' please click on 'register your interest' in order to book a place.
13:00	CULP: German Intermediate 1 (2 of 15) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Language Centre, Teaching Room 3 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.
	Colleges Systemslink Training Finished 13:00 - 16:00 Finance Division, Greenwich House, Ferrara Room (IT Training Room) Systemlink is a software programme with an online portal, which is used to record energy use in College buildings. You can use this portal to monitor energy use in your buildings and potentially identify areas for improvement. This training will provide an overview of Systemslink and an introduction on how to use it. What you learn will help you get the most out of the new Service Level Agreement. Learning Objectives: Recap of meter readings How to put meter reading data into Systemslink Review of the Systemslink dashboard and reporting options How to download and work with your energy data
	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice Finished 13:00 - 13:30 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
13:30	CULP: French Intermediate 1 (2 of 15) Finished 13:30 - 15:30 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 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 on our webiste.
14:00	CULP: German Basic (total beginners) for Academic Purposes (LAP) - PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS (2 of 15) Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Faculty of Classics, Room 2.03 PLEASE NOTE: This course is PRIMARILY FOR CLASSICISTS. 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.
	Answering Your Literature Searching and Bibliographic Questions (For Part II dissertation students in Pathology and Pharmacology only) Finished 14:00 - 14:20 Department of Pathology, Seminar Room 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.
	Q&A session on using the division's research computing facilities (Engineering RDC Division F) Finished 14:00 - 15:00 Department of Engineering, Baker Building, CBL meeting room, BE4-38 « Description not available »
14:20	Answering Your Literature Searching and Bibliographic Questions (For Part II dissertation students in Pathology and Pharmacology only) Finished 14:20 - 14:40 Department of Pathology, Seminar Room 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.
14:40	Answering Your Literature Searching and Bibliographic Questions (For Part II dissertation students in Pathology and Pharmacology only) Finished 14:40 - 15:00 Department of Pathology, Seminar Room 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.
15:00	CULP: Japanese Basic 2 (2 of 15) CANCELLED 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 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.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 (2 of 15) Finished 15:00 - 17:00 17 Mill Lane 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.
	Answering Your Literature Searching and Bibliographic Questions (For Part II dissertation students in Pathology and Pharmacology only) Finished 15:00 - 15:20 Department of Pathology, Seminar Room 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.
15:20	Answering Your Literature Searching and Bibliographic Questions (For Part II dissertation students in Pathology and Pharmacology only) Finished 15:20 - 15:40 Department of Pathology, Seminar Room 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.
15:30	JTC: 1-to-1 Language Learning Advice Finished 15:30 - 16:00 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
15:40	Answering Your Literature Searching and Bibliographic Questions (For Part II dissertation students in Pathology and Pharmacology only) Finished 15:40 - 16:00 Department of Pathology, Seminar Room 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.
16:00	CUL: Orientation tour Finished 16:00 - 16:45 Cambridge University Library, Catalogue Hall The University Library holds over 9 million physical items and provides access to millions of online resources. In this session an experienced member of UL staff will show you the basics to get you started. The tour will include: A brief introduction to iDiscover - your main tool for locating resources in the UL and other University of Cambridge Libraries A tour of the physical spaces including the Main Reading Room and Open bookstacks Demonstrations of how to locate the physical items you need and brief explanations of Electronic Legal Deposit and E-Resource access We'll show you where the important things are such as toilets, Tea Room, and comfortable areas to work We'll answer any questions you may have We'll make sure that by the end of the tour you will know where to go to find help
	CULP: Portuguese Basic 2 (2 of 15) CANCELLED 16:00 - 18:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 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 from the Language Centre.
16:15	English: TV & Pizza Finished 16:15 - 18:15 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 Come and watch a sitcom over pizza followed by discussion of the content.
17:00	CULP: Spanish Intermediate 1 (2 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 3 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 visit our website.
	CULP: Spanish Basic 1 - SEMI-INTENSIVE (3 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 Faculty of History, Seminar 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.
	CULP: Japanese Basic 1 (2 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 1 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.
	CULP: Korean Basic 2 (2 of 15) Finished 17:00 - 19:00 17 Mill Lane 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. For more detailed information about the course please visit our website.
18:00	CULP: Portuguese Advanced (2 of 15) Finished 18:00 - 20:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 4 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. At advanced 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. One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students. More detailed information is available on our website. NB: Advanced courses are official, award-bearing University qualifications. Please also note that the certificates and transcripts are usually issued in July.
18:30	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), French Intermediate 2 2019 - BLOCK A (10 of 10) Finished 18:30 - 20:30 Clinical School, Seminar Room 12 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
19:00	CULP: Languages for Medics (SSC), Spanish Basic 2019 - BLOCK A (10 of 10) Finished 19:00 - 21:00 Faculty of History, Seminar Room 3 Language courses for Y4 students of the School of Clinical Medicine.
	CULP: Chinese (Mandarin) Elementary 1 (2 of 15) Finished 19:00 - 21:00 17 Mill Lane Teaching Room 2 The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence. More detailed information is available from the Language Centre webiste.