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Thu 8 May 2014 – Tue 9 Sep 2014

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May 2014

Thu 8
IOSH Managing Safely (2 of 3) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Safety Office, Seminar Room 2

Managing Safely is ideally suited to managers, research supervisors, administrators with safety responsibilities and Departmental Safety Officers across all sectors of the University. It leads to a nationally recognised and accredited training certificate. Please contact the course organiser, Will Hudson (wjh29@admin.cam.ac.uk) for further details before booking on the course.

It is an interactive course that includes state-of-the-art animation in the PowerPoint presentation, work books, DVDs, board games and quizzes, assessments, and a risk assessment project.

Fri 9
IOSH Managing Safely (3 of 3) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Safety Office, Seminar Room 2

Managing Safely is ideally suited to managers, research supervisors, administrators with safety responsibilities and Departmental Safety Officers across all sectors of the University. It leads to a nationally recognised and accredited training certificate. Please contact the course organiser, Will Hudson (wjh29@admin.cam.ac.uk) for further details before booking on the course.

It is an interactive course that includes state-of-the-art animation in the PowerPoint presentation, work books, DVDs, board games and quizzes, assessments, and a risk assessment project.

Thu 15
Lifting and Manual Handling Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Safety Office, Seminar Room 2

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June 2014

Thu 12
Lifting and Manual Handling Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Safety Office, Seminar Room 2

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Sat 21
Year End Workshop new Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House: Training Room 2

2010 Year End Workshop In addition, there will be a Year End workshop to assist those members of staff who are new to dealing with the Year End processes for their department. The workshop will be held in the morning on Friday 25 June 9:30am - 12:30pm at Greenwich House in Training Room 2. Places are limited and on a first come first served basis.

During the session you will:

be introduced to the year-end instructions set out in the Financial Procedures Manual appreciate the importance of ensuring that transactions are recorded in the correct financial year, and understand how to achieve this use worked examples to gain a practical understanding of the procedures relevant to your Department have an opportunity to seek advice on specific points To reserve your place now, please go to our online booking office or contact finance.training@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Tue 24
Lone Working Finished 14:00 - 15:30 Seminar Room 1 Safety Office

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Fri 27
Home Design Masterclasses (Special reqs) new (1 of 3) Finished 09:00 - 17:00 Revans Room

Through this series of Home Design Masterclasses you will lean the fundementals of good home design. Session 1 will take a look at colours and will guide you as to how to use complementary colours in you home. In session 2, prepare to get your hands dirty as you learn the basics of furniture restoration and upcycling. Session 3 will allow you talk to the experts and generate some mood boards for your home. Soft furnishing are the topic for session 4 where you will get to grips with fabric and learn some basic sewing techniques. Finally, in session 5 you will take a look at the garden and how to make the best of your outdoor space.

July 2014

Thu 3
Lifting and Manual Handling Finished 09:30 - 11:00 Safety Office, Seminar Room 2

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Mon 7
Lecturing and Performance 25 new Finished 09:00 - 14:00 Peterhouse: Lubbock Room

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Mon 14

This course will benefit anyone in a work environment and is designed to provide candidates with an understanding of health and safety requirements placed on employers and employees. If you require training before the next planned course please contact the course leader as it may be possible to arrange some training earlier if there is enough demand. There will be a nominal fee (20 ukp) for certification with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health if you are a member of the University. If the University is not your employer, please contact the course leader for details and fee. Please note candidates must bring their University Card or another form of photo ID with them on the day in order to be able to attend the course.

Tue 15

This course will benefit anyone in a work environment and is designed to provide candidates with an understanding of health and safety requirements placed on employers and employees. If you require training before the next planned course please contact the course leader as it may be possible to arrange some training earlier if there is enough demand. There will be a nominal fee (20 ukp) for certification with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health if you are a member of the University. If the University is not your employer, please contact the course leader for details and fee. Please note candidates must bring their University Card or another form of photo ID with them on the day in order to be able to attend the course.

Thu 17


Would you like to play like Beckham, then this is the course for you!

August 2014

Mon 4
Laser Safety for Class 3B and 4 Laser Users and Research Supervisors Finished 14:00 - 16:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1

This course is an essential component of training for new laser users, which should be backed up by practical training in departments. It will provide you with an introduction to laser safety and the relevant regulations and standards that apply to laser use.

Tue 5
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.

Wed 6
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (2 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.

Thu 7
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.

Mon 11
Home Design Masterclasses (Special reqs) new (2 of 3) Finished 09:00 - 17:00 Revans Room

Through this series of Home Design Masterclasses you will lean the fundementals of good home design. Session 1 will take a look at colours and will guide you as to how to use complementary colours in you home. In session 2, prepare to get your hands dirty as you learn the basics of furniture restoration and upcycling. Session 3 will allow you talk to the experts and generate some mood boards for your home. Soft furnishing are the topic for session 4 where you will get to grips with fabric and learn some basic sewing techniques. Finally, in session 5 you will take a look at the garden and how to make the best of your outdoor space.

Sun 17


Would you like to play like Beckham, then this is the course for you!

Wed 20
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.

Thu 21
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (2 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.

Fri 22
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced hands-on course gives an introduction to spreadsheets, databases and charting using Excel 2007. There is emphasis on short cuts and other efficient ways of working.

Mon 25
Home Design Masterclasses (Special reqs) new (3 of 3) Finished 09:00 - 17:00 Revans Room

Through this series of Home Design Masterclasses you will lean the fundementals of good home design. Session 1 will take a look at colours and will guide you as to how to use complementary colours in you home. In session 2, prepare to get your hands dirty as you learn the basics of furniture restoration and upcycling. Session 3 will allow you talk to the experts and generate some mood boards for your home. Soft furnishing are the topic for session 4 where you will get to grips with fabric and learn some basic sewing techniques. Finally, in session 5 you will take a look at the garden and how to make the best of your outdoor space.

September 2014

Mon 8
Web Authoring: Introduction to HTML (Level 1) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Austin Lecture Theatre 1

This is a practical-based course for people new to writing Web pages. Only the basics of HTML (hypertext markup language) will be covered, but there are other courses for those wishing to extend their knowledge. By the end of the course participants will have created three personal linked web pages.

Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming, or who have never been formally taught the principles and basic concepts of programming. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts common to most high level languages (including Python, Java, Fortran, C, C++, Visual Basic). The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the background knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle many on-line and printed programming tutorials. It may also help attendees in deciding which programming language is suitable for their programming task.

Knowledge of the concepts presented in this course is a pre-requisite for many of the other courses in the Scientific Computing series of courses (although not for the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course).

Tue 9
Photoshop (Image/Photo Editing Software): Basic Techniques Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

Adobe Photoshop is the favourite image manipulation and editing tool of the professional graphics industry. It enables scanned-in photographs, pictures and graphics files to be edited and offers a dazzling array of drawing, special effects and filtering tools. Knowing where to start with such a comprehensive and feature-filled package can be daunting. This presentation aims to equip new users with the basics, using live demonstrations throughout.

Programming Concepts: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming, or who have never been formally taught the principles and basic concepts of programming. It provides an introduction to the basic concepts common to most high level languages (including Python, Java, Fortran, C, C++, Visual Basic). The aim of the course is to equip attendees with the background knowledge and confidence necessary to tackle many on-line and printed programming tutorials. It may also help attendees in deciding which programming language is suitable for their programming task.

Knowledge of the concepts presented in this course is a pre-requisite for many of the other courses in the Scientific Computing series of courses (although not for the "Python for Absolute Beginners" course).

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