All-provider course timetable

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.

Chinese Intermediate summer intensive course

CorelDraw is a professional graphical illustration package for Windows.

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.

Chinese Intermediate summer intensive course

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.

This course which is a follow up from the Excel Further Use course, covers some more advanced features of Excel 2007. The course will be taught using Excel 2007 on PCs (Windows XP) but Macintosh users of Excel 2008 should also find it useful.

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.

This course is part of the Scientific Computing series.

This course explains how to construct and use regular expressions in Python (using the re module). It does not discuss how to construct complex regular expressions, nor does it cover regular expressions themselves in much detail, rather it focuses on how to use regular expressions in Python.

For a detailed discussion of regular expressions see the "Pattern Matching Using Regular Expressions" course.

This course which is a follow up from the Excel Further Use course, covers some more advanced features of Excel 2007. The course will be taught using Excel 2007 on PCs (Windows XP) but Macintosh users of Excel 2008 should also find it useful.

This course will teach you how to get through your stressful time at Cambridge University. If you're new to Cambridge, this is ideal for you; it will help you find your way around all the strange systems and processes which underpin the administration bla bla bla bla bla bla

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.

This course gives a simple introduction to organizing your data in a relational database. It aims to explain the arranging of your data. It does not deal with specific relational databases systems such as Access, Oracle or SQL Server, or the technical tools that you would or could use to set up your database. The course aims to provide you with enough information to sit down and design your database, regardless of the database product that you intend to use. Exercises will be done on paper, without using computers.

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

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.

Matlab is a software package for numerical computation with high quality graphics facilities. This course follows on from an earlier course entitled "Matlab: Basics".

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.