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Wed 27 Oct 2010 – Fri 29 Oct 2010

Wednesday 27 October 2010

09:30	R: Regression Analysis in R (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room This course is for new users who have learnt how to get data into R already, and know how to operate basic syntax. Emphasis will be on examples of running applied analyses of regression models for continuous, binary and ordinal outcomes using standard R procedures. Half a dozen libraries will be introduced that enables importing of data and running of linear, binary, ordinal and nominal outcome regression models in R.
	Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room Stata is a powerful general purpose statistical package. This course is for beginners and fairly new users of the package. Basic concepts and use of Stata will be introduced. The main aim of the course is to give participants a foundation and some background. However statistical techniques are not covered (see note below). The first session looks at an overview of the Stata system and getting data into Stata format and the second looks at reporting, graphing and analyses. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use Stata for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.
11:30	How To Do A Literature Search Finished 11:30 - 13:00 Cambridge University Library, IT Training Room Are you about to embark on a dissertation, thesis, or piece of extended research? Before you can contribute to the academic dialogue, you need to have a sound grasp of your topic and its context. This session will give you strategies for finding and evaluating published literature so you can get a 'big picture' view of your topic.
12:00	Time Management FOR TESTING Finished 12:00 - 17:00 Revans Room 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.
14:00	Module 16: Comparative Historical Methods (3 of 4) Finished 14:00 - 15:30 8 Mill Lane, Lecture Room 1 This module is part of the Social Science Research Methods Course programme which is a shared platform for providing research students with a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research
14:15	EndNote for Bibliographies: Introduction (self-paced) Finished 14:15 - 16:15 Titan Teaching Room 2 An introduction to the bibliography package EndNote and its interface with Microsoft Word. EndNote is a program that stores bibliographic references, and notes about those references, in an EndNote Library. EndNote then interfaces with MS Word to help you create a bibliography and bibliographic citations while you type a document. The style (contents and layout) of the citations and bibliography can then be formatted in an Output Style of your choice; this can easily be changed without retyping.
	Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (2 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 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.
	Mathematica: Basics (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. Mathematica is a software package for numerical computation, symbolic manipulation and the production of graphics from mathematical functions and data. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of Mathematica.
16:00	Orientation tour Finished 16:00 - 16:45 Cambridge University Library The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ...

Thursday 28 October 2010

09:30	Intro to i-procurement for Buyers (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 15:00 Greenwich House: Training Room 1 iProcurement, or iProc for short, is an internet way of ordering goods and services linked to an electronic Marketplace that contains hundreds and thousands of products. iProcurement is a new application accessed via the Cambridge University Finance System (CUFS). This course is also available on-line. During the face to face standard course you will: Set up system defaults Create Requisitions via the Marketplace and Non-Catalogue Approve your own requisitions (if within buying limit) Forward your requisitions for approval (if outside buying limit) Query and extract basic information from the system Make amendments If you are attending the buyers course you will also cover the following: Suppliers Notifications Month End reports Converting requisitions into orders The course typically consists of small segments of trainer input and demonstration followed by exercises for individuals to work through for practice and to consolidate their understanding.
	Web Authoring: Introduction to HTML (Level 1) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site 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.
	Email: Managing Your Messages and Saving Time Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room This course is aimed at people who are using Hermes (or other cam.ac.uk mail servers) and who want to manage and take control of their email because it is taking up too much of their time. It will cover valuable tips and techniques for managing email effectively. The practical part will be self-paced: participants can select which exercises to do using either Hermes Webmail and/or Outlook. There will also be ample opportunity to ask questions.
	Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road) « Description not available »
14:15	Illustrator: The Basics Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room Illustrator is a professional graphical illustration package available on Mac and PC platform.
	Program Design: How Computers Handle Numbers Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This could be called "Computer Arithmetic Uncovered". It will describe how computers store and process integers and floating point numbers, and also the exceptions that might arise and what they mean. The intent is to explain how modern computers handle numbers, and how to get reliable answers for a reasonable amount of effort.

Friday 29 October 2010

09:30	Intro to i-procurement for Buyers (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 15:00 Greenwich House: Training Room 1 iProcurement, or iProc for short, is an internet way of ordering goods and services linked to an electronic Marketplace that contains hundreds and thousands of products. iProcurement is a new application accessed via the Cambridge University Finance System (CUFS). This course is also available on-line. During the face to face standard course you will: Set up system defaults Create Requisitions via the Marketplace and Non-Catalogue Approve your own requisitions (if within buying limit) Forward your requisitions for approval (if outside buying limit) Query and extract basic information from the system Make amendments If you are attending the buyers course you will also cover the following: Suppliers Notifications Month End reports Converting requisitions into orders The course typically consists of small segments of trainer input and demonstration followed by exercises for individuals to work through for practice and to consolidate their understanding.
	Grooming (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Balfour Macintosh Room grooming
	Web Authoring: Beyond the Basics (Level 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site This follows on from the Introduction to HTML and is a practical-based course.
	Unix: Introduction to the Command Line Interface (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road) « Description not available »
	Excel 2007: Further Use Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course.
10:00	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 10:00 - 10:40 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
10:40	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 10:40 - 11:20 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
11:20	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 11:20 - 12:00 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
12:00	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 12:00 - 12:40 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
13:30	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 13:30 - 14:10 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
14:10	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 14:10 - 14:50 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
14:15	Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (3 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room 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.
	Mathematica: Basics (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1, New Museums Site This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. Mathematica is a software package for numerical computation, symbolic manipulation and the production of graphics from mathematical functions and data. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of Mathematica.
	Word 2007: Moving from Word 2003 to Word 2007 Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 2 This course examines the differences between Word 2003 and Word 2007 with a view to using the new version as your default word-processor.
14:50	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 14:50 - 15:30 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description
15:30	Skills Analysis 1-2-1 (School of Technology) Finished 15:30 - 16:10 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied Skills Analysis Description