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Thursday 15 November 2012

09:00
Reading Instructions: A Course for Students new (1 of 2) Finished 09:00 - 16:00 Hughes Hall: Pavilion Room

A fools guide to reading instructions for students who struggle with this key skill.
09:30
General Introduction to Bioinformatics new (1 of 4) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied

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CULP: German Basic new charged (11 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 LC Room 2

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

  • At basic and intermediate 1 levels the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each courses features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
  • At intermediate 2 and especially at advanced levels the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabi at these levels are more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
  • One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
C: Introduction for Those New to Programming (3 of 3) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Titan Teaching Room 1

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.
10:30
LaTeX Follow-up Practical Using Texshop on a Macintosh Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Balfour Macintosh Room

This follow-up practical gives those who have attended the LaTeX Introduction an opportunity to do exercises under supervision.

13:30
General Introduction to Bioinformatics new (2 of 4) Finished 13:30 - 17:30 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied

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14:15
InDesign (Desktop Publishing): Getting Started Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

InDesign is a desktop publishing package available for both Macs and PCs which is used to build up a publication from ready-prepared text, images and graphics in the same way as QuarkXpress and PageMaker. Participants use pre-written text and scanned-in pictures to assemble and produce a double-sided, two-column newsletter using InDesign.

Friday 16 November 2012

09:00
Reading Instructions: A Course for Students new (2 of 2) Finished 09:00 - 16:00 Hughes Hall: Pavilion Room

A fools guide to reading instructions for students who struggle with this key skill.
09:15
SPSS (Statistical Package): Basic Part 2 Finished 09:15 - 12:15 Titan Teaching Room 2

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.
09:30
General Introduction to Bioinformatics new (3 of 4) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied

Good stuff by DPJ

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CULP: German Basic new charged (12 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 LC Room 2

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

  • At basic and intermediate 1 levels the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each courses features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
  • At intermediate 2 and especially at advanced levels the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabi at these levels are more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
  • One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
Web Authoring: Web Graphics (Level 3) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1

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.
12:00
German Conversation Hours new charged (3 of 6) Finished 12:00 - 13:00 LC Room 2

This conversation hour offers learners with an independent conversational ability (B2 level upwards) a chance to practice speaking German with others in a relaxed and informal group led by a native-speaker facilitator. The content of the sessions is decided by the participants, with members taking turns to propose a topic and source materials (newspaper articles, web-links, videos etc.) to use as a basis for discussion. The groups are ideal for those who wish to retain or improve upon the language skills they already have or for those studying for a language degree who would like another forum for interaction at advanced level.

13:30
General Introduction to Bioinformatics new (4 of 4) Finished 13:30 - 17:30 Department of Chemistry, Todd Hamied

Good stuff by DPJ

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14:15
Unix: Simple Shell Scripting for Scientists (3 of 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Titan Teaching Room 1

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.
Word 2007: Mastering Dissertations and Theses (Level 3) Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre

This course is a task-focused version of the "Mastering Advanced Features" course. It is designed to give a overview of the advanced features of Microsoft Word 2007 that are most relevant to producing dissertations, theses and other long documents.

Saturday 17 November 2012

09:30
CULP: German Basic new charged (13 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 LC Room 2

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

  • At basic and intermediate 1 levels the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each courses features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
  • At intermediate 2 and especially at advanced levels the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabi at these levels are more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
  • One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
Table Tennis Finished 09:30 - 17:00 Peterhouse: Lubbock Room


Would you like to be able to dance like they do on 'Strictly'? If so then this is the course for you!

Sunday 18 November 2012

09:30
CULP: German Basic new charged (14 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 LC Room 2

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

  • At basic and intermediate 1 levels the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each courses features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
  • At intermediate 2 and especially at advanced levels the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabi at these levels are more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
  • One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
10:30
Word 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (3 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 2

This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word 2007. It is not suitable for experienced users of other versions of Word wanting to find out about the new features in Word 2007. Those needing basic Windows training may also attend this course and do relevant exercises under supervision.

Monday 19 November 2012

09:30
Cisco CCNA for IT Supporters: Module 2 - LAN Switching and Wireless new charged (10 of 11) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Balfour Macintosh Room

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
CULP: German Basic new charged (15 of 15) Finished 09:30 - 11:30 LC Room 2

The Programme offers general language tuition with a focus on communicative competence.

  • At basic and intermediate 1 levels the focus is on every day and real-time, oral/aural communication. Each courses features a functional-notional syllabus and grammar points are analysed in context.
  • At intermediate 2 and especially at advanced levels the focus shifts slightly towards reading and writing whilst still offering plenty an opportunity for oral communication. The syllabi at these levels are more topical and the contents feature many a cultural, historical, political and current affairs theme. While the grammar is analysed within a context, explicit grammar instruction becomes an integral part of the course.
  • One of the aims of the advanced level courses is also presentation skills as the courses aim to cater for the academic needs (i.e. research, conferences) of the students.
10:00
Chinese Intermediate (1 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Engineering

Chinese Intermediate summer intensive course
14:15
CorelDraw: The Basics Finished 14:15 - 17:00 Phoenix Teaching Room

CorelDraw is a professional graphical illustration package for Windows.

Tuesday 20 November 2012

09:30
Matlab: Basics (1 of 2) Finished 09:30 - 13:00 Room GL.04 (CMS, Wilberforce Road)

Matlab is a software package for numerical computation with high quality graphics facilities. This course is for beginners and new users of the package and describes basic concepts and use of Matlab, but not any other optional 'Toolboxes' available from the developers of Matlab.
10:00
Chinese Intermediate (2 of 2) Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Engineering

Chinese Intermediate summer intensive course
10:30
Word 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1

This self-paced practical course covers the most commonly used features of Microsoft Word 2007. It is not suitable for experienced users of other versions of Word wanting to find out about the new features in Word 2007. Those needing basic Windows training may also attend this course and do relevant exercises under supervision.
Excel 2007 for Beginners (self-paced) (1 of 3) Finished 10:30 - 12:30 Titan Teaching Room 1

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.
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