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UCS Training Programme Easter 2012

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(Wed 4 Jan 2012 - Mon 26 Nov 2012)

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Sun 29 Apr 2012 – Wed 9 May 2012

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Sunday 29 April 2012

09:30
Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Next Steps (Level 4) (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites.

14:15
Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 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.

Parallel Programming: Options and Design (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a detailed overview of using parallelism for achieving more computation in the same amount of elapsed time, covering both "shared memory" and "distributed memory" designs. It will concentrate on principles rather than details, to help attendees make the right decision and proceed in the right direction. It is aimed at users with significant programming experience who need more computation power than can be delivered by a single thread of execution on a single CPU core, including those who already program in parallel. The course is also designed for system administrators who need to support parallel codes, by describing the range of practical options, and their strengths, weaknesses, configuration issues and other important issues.

Monday 30 April 2012

09:30
Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Next Steps (Level 4) (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This two-part course will build on the simple style sheets produced in the introductory courses. The aim is to give you a full appreciation of how stylesheets work and how to work with them, and using them as an integral part of producing web pages and sites.

14:15
Parallel Programming: Options and Design (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This is a detailed overview of using parallelism for achieving more computation in the same amount of elapsed time, covering both "shared memory" and "distributed memory" designs. It will concentrate on principles rather than details, to help attendees make the right decision and proceed in the right direction. It is aimed at users with significant programming experience who need more computation power than can be delivered by a single thread of execution on a single CPU core, including those who already program in parallel. The course is also designed for system administrators who need to support parallel codes, by describing the range of practical options, and their strengths, weaknesses, configuration issues and other important issues.

Tuesday 1 May 2012

09:30
Grooming new charged (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 16:30 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

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Excel 2007: Managing Data & Lists (Self-paced) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course.

14:15
Stata (Statistical Package): Introduction (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 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.

Wednesday 2 May 2012

09:30
Access 2007: Creating a Simple Database (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2007. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace.

14:15
Word 2007: Taking Control of Document Design (Level 2) (1 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:30 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

This course extends the basic use of Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows, in particular the features which affect the arrangement & look of a printed page.

Word 2007: Taking Control of Document Design (Level 2) (2 of 2) Finished 14:15 - 17:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This course extends the basic use of Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows, in particular the features which affect the arrangement & look of a printed page.

Thursday 3 May 2012

09:30
Access 2007: Creating a Simple Database (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Phoenix Teaching Room

This is an introduction to the popular database package Microsoft Access 2007. The course is aimed at those who have never used the package before or have just started using it. There is an Access Fast Track course that is a shortened version of this course for those who learn at a faster pace.

14:00
SPSS (Statistical Package): Basic Part 2 Finished 14:00 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

SPSS is a powerful general purpose statistical package with high quality graphics and tabulation facilities, and a reputation for being relatively user-friendly. This session follows on from Part 1 and covers useful techniques and tricks. It is strongly recommended for anyone likely to use SPSS for any but the very simplest analysis of the very simplest data.

Saturday 5 May 2012

09:30
Program Design: How Computers Handle Numbers (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room AL.02 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

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.

Sunday 6 May 2012

09:30
Program Design: How Computers Handle Numbers (2 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room AL.02 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

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.

14:15
Python: Introduction for Absolute Beginners (1 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.

Monday 7 May 2012

09:30
Excel 2007: Managing Data & Lists Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course.

10:00
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.

11:00
italian for beginners new (1 of 3) Finished 11:00 - 13:00

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13:00
italian for beginners new (2 of 3) Finished 13:00 - 15:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

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14:15
Web Authoring: Web Graphics (Level 3) Finished 14:15 - 16:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

The rendering time for web pages is dominated by the graphics on the page. This course teaches methods of preparing graphics so minimise information loss and maximise transfer and rendering efficiency. There is an opportuinity to try the methods using PhotoShop.

Tuesday 8 May 2012

09:30
Screen Recording: Create Video Tutorials using Camtasia new Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

Want to know how to create online dynamic tutorials, how-tos, faqs and many more? This course is for you. Using Camtasia Studio v 7 you will record your onscreen activities or presentation, edit into a polished video, and be shown how to publish it to the web.

You will learn how to capture audio while you are recording - or add narration and music later. Learn how to cut out the sections of your video that you don’t want and rearrange the sections that you do. Add, cut, splice, join and move sections of video or audio until you have a finished screencast.

Although this course will be run on Windows, the skills learnt can be appled to the Mac version of Camtasia.

14:15
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.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

09:30
Excel 2007: Analysing and Summarising Data (Self-paced) (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

This hands-on course is a follow up from the Excel 2007 Introduction course.

14:15
Photoshop: Further Techniques Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

Following on from the "Photoshop: Basic Techniques" course, this course covers some of the more advanced feature of Adobe Photoshop, the popular image manipulation and editing tool for graphics and design professionals. The course will explore some of the more advanced features of Photoshop. Techniques will be explained and demonstrated, and participants will then be given the opportunity to practice these for themselves.

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