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Being able to negotiate well is essential for many staff at all levels within the University. Recognise your strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator and learn how to identify and examine different negotiation techniques. Start to identify and practice those principled approaches that are most likely to prove successful when negotiating an important agreement or settlement.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

No previous experience of shell scripting is required for this course; however some knowledge of the interactive use of the bash shell is a prerequisite (see Simple Shell Scripting for Scientists: Prerequisites for details).

This course introduces shell scripting in bash for scientific computing tasks. Day one introduces very basic shell scripts in bash which process the command line in a simple fashion. Day two covers how to write more advanced shell scripts in bash. Day three covers how to make one's shell scripts more robust.

At the end of each day one or more exercises are set. It is VERY IMPORTANT that attendees attempt these exercises before the next day of the course. Attendees should make sure that they have allowed themselves sufficient study time for these exercises between each day of the course.

A course in basic C programming intended for beginners to programming only. The aim of the course is to get everyone to the stage of being able to write small utility programs in C for carrying out simple calculations and data manipulation.

Being able to negotiate well is essential for many staff at all levels within the University. Recognise your strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator and learn how to identify and examine different negotiation techniques. Start to identify and practice those principled approaches that are most likely to prove successful when negotiating an important agreement or settlement.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course is aimed at those new to programming and provides an introduction to programming using Python, focussing on scientific programming. This course is probably unsuitable for those with significant programming experience. By the end of this course, attendees should be able to write simple Python programs and to understand more complex Python programs written by others.

As this course is part of the Scientific Computing series, the examples chosen are of most relevance to scientific programming.

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This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a simple introduction to using MPI for writing parallel programs to run on clusters and multi-CPU systems, for the purposes of "high-performance computing". It will cover the principles of MPI, and teach the use of the basic facilities of MPI (i.e. the ones that are used in most HPC applications), so that attendees will be able to write serious programs using it. It will describe other features that may be useful, but not teach their use. Any requests for particular coverage will be welcomed, but cannot be promised.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a simple introduction to using MPI for writing parallel programs to run on clusters and multi-CPU systems, for the purposes of "high-performance computing". It will cover the principles of MPI, and teach the use of the basic facilities of MPI (i.e. the ones that are used in most HPC applications), so that attendees will be able to write serious programs using it. It will describe other features that may be useful, but not teach their use. Any requests for particular coverage will be welcomed, but cannot be promised.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a simple introduction to using MPI for writing parallel programs to run on clusters and multi-CPU systems, for the purposes of "high-performance computing". It will cover the principles of MPI, and teach the use of the basic facilities of MPI (i.e. the ones that are used in most HPC applications), so that attendees will be able to write serious programs using it. It will describe other features that may be useful, but not teach their use. Any requests for particular coverage will be welcomed, but cannot be promised.

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This course focuses on the practical element of delivery. It will provide you with the opportunity to explore techniques for connecting emotionally and intellectually with an audience along with overcoming nerves. You will look at how to handle questions effectively and practice vocal techniques.

This course focuses on the practical element of delivery. It will provide you with the opportunity to explore techniques for connecting emotionally and intellectually with an audience along with overcoming nerves. You will look at how to handle questions effectively and practice vocal techniques.

Would you like to be in control of your day, enhance your reputation and gain more job satisfaction? Then this is the course for you! You will learn many practical time management tips to help you work smarter, not harder. This course will cover setting priorities, dealing with interruptions, managing the paper mountain and email avalanche, guidelines for saying ‘no’ and it will show you how to change your use of time.

Being able to negotiate well is essential for many staff at all levels within the University. Recognise your strengths and weaknesses as a negotiator and learn how to identify and examine different negotiation techniques. Start to identify and practice those principled approaches that are most likely to prove successful when negotiating an important agreement or settlement.

Would you like to be in control of your day, enhance your reputation and gain more job satisfaction? Then this is the course for you! You will learn many practical time management tips to help you work smarter, not harder. This course will cover setting priorities, dealing with interruptions, managing the paper mountain and email avalanche, guidelines for saying ‘no’ and it will show you how to change your use of time.