All-provider course timetable
Monday 29 November 2010
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Access 2007: Further Use
Finished
This course is intended for those already using Microsoft Access 2007 to store and retrieve data who wish to explore queries, forms and reporting. Those who have attended the Access Intro course will find this follows on seamlessly from where that course ended. |
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This course will introduce the use of PowerPoint in the production of presentation for use with slides, foils and direct projection. |
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| 14:00 |
Module 6: Spatial Data Analysis
Finished
Introducing students to methods of data analysis that are relevant to spatial data. Discussing nature of Geographic Information Science (GISc), describing how space is conceptualised and represented in a GIS. |
| 14:15 |
Mathematica: Graphics
Finished
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 examines Mathematica's graphical capabilities in more detail than the "Mathematica: Basics" course. |
| 16:00 |
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 methods skills that are relevant across the social sciences. This module is essential for the statistical methods modules, which follow. |
Tuesday 30 November 2010
| 09:15 |
SPSS: Beyond the Basics
Finished
This session follows on from SPSS: Basic Parts 1 and 2 and continues to introduce useful techniques for data analysis with SPSS. Working with sensitive data types will be covered and a basic introduction to SPSS command language. |
| 09:30 |
The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) programme is open to University IT Supporters. It covers network technology, protocols and theory at deeper levels reflective of university practices. There is a fee to attend this course. You will learn the basics of routing, switching, and advanced technologies to acquire the skills required to provide a robust and secure network in your institution's and it prepares you for CCNA certification. We offer this program as instructor led with remote access to the curriculum and an online networks laboratory called NETLAB. There is a mix of lecture, demonstrations and a heavy emphasis on practical activities using live lab equipment and a simulation package. Further details and pricing information are available. This is the second module of four modules in the CCNA programme. 1. Networking Fundamentals 2. LAN Switching and Wireless 3. Routing Protocols and Concepts 4. Accessing the WAN |
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Access 2007: Further Use
Finished
This course is intended for those already using Microsoft Access 2007 to store and retrieve data who wish to explore queries, forms and reporting. Those who have attended the Access Intro course will find this follows on seamlessly from where that course ended. |
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| 14:00 |
Module 12: Designing Surveys
Finished
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 methods skills that are relevant across the social sciences. This module aims to provide students with an overview of survey methods, uses and limitations; to introduce students to the practicalities of design and use of surveys; to examine complexities of question and answer process; to examine practicalities of survey sampling and response. |
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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 methods skills that are relevant across the social sciences. This module is essential for the statistical methods modules, which follow. |
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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 methods skills that are relevant across the social sciences. This module is essential for the statistical methods modules, which follow. |
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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 methods skills that are relevant across the social sciences. This module is essential for the statistical methods modules. |
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| 14:15 |
This two-part course will describe good-practice aspects of designing, building and running a web site, and providing information on a web server. The requirements for providing accessible web pages, utilising the site-wide search engine on your web pages and liaising with a web design company are also covered. In addition, Helen Sargan runs an "access/site design clinic" with information providers on a one-to-one basis: please contact her directly to make an appointment. |
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Linux: Installation (Demonstration)
Finished
This is a simple demonstration of the installation of a reasonably modern Linux distribution (currently OpenSuSE 10.3) on a standard, low end PC. There is an opportunity for extensive questions and answers during the software installation phase. |
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| 16:00 |
Module is designed to teach students how to analyse different types of data using SPSS; including outputs, conducting diagnostic tests, calculating effect sizes and make predictions. |
Wednesday 1 December 2010
| 09:30 |
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. |
| 10:00 |
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. |
| 14:00 |
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 |
This two-part course will describe good-practice aspects of designing, building and running a web site, and providing information on a web server. The requirements for providing accessible web pages, utilising the site-wide search engine on your web pages and liaising with a web design company are also covered. In addition, Helen Sargan runs an "access/site design clinic" with information providers on a one-to-one basis: please contact her directly to make an appointment. |
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Python: Operating System Access
Finished
This course is part of the Scientific Computing series. This course will introduce methods in Python for accessing the operating system environment (e.g. standard input, standard output, environment variables, etc). The course will cover topics such as command-line parsing in more detail than the "Python Introduction for Absolute Beginners" or "Python Introduction for Programmers". |
Thursday 2 December 2010
| 14:15 |
This beginners course equips you with the skills to implement a relational database design entity relationship diagram (ERD) into a MySQL database. |
Friday 3 December 2010
| 09:30 |
This beginners course equips you with the skills to implement a relational database design entity relationship diagram (ERD) into a MySQL database. |
| 14:15 |
This beginners course equips you with the skills to implement a relational database design entity relationship diagram (ERD) into a MySQL database. |
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Matlab: Linear Algebra
Finished
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Monday 6 December 2010
| 09:30 |
Intro to i-procurement for Buyers
Finished
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. |
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This follows on from the Introduction to HTML and is a practical-based course. |
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| 09:45 |
How to succeed in your PhD! A one day course which prepares final year PhD students for finishing the writing up, surviving the viva and moving on into postdoc or other employment. All research students in the Graduate School of Life Sciences are expected to attend this highly-recommended course at some point in their final year. The Michaelmas and Easter Term instances are in town and have a bias towards those studying in Biological Sciences; the Lent Term instance is on the Addenbrooke's site and has a bias towards those studying in Clinical Medicine.NB this course replaces both the 'Completing your PhD' and 'FUMO' courses. |
| 14:00 |
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. |
| 14:15 |
This course will introduce so-called web2.0 technologies, which are loosely centred around the push towards social networking. It will show how you are probably already participating and what else you might be interested in trying out. |