• January 2013
• February 2013
• March 2013
• April 2013
• May 2013
• June 2013
• July 2013
• August 2013
• September 2013

January

• Introduction to OCS for Administrators - 7 January
• Managing Health and Safety: the University of Essex Way - 10 January
• Introduction to Moodle - 14 January
• Springboard (Day 1) - 15 January
• Introduction to Agresso - 15 January
• How to run reports in Agresso - 15 January
• Web Authoring with SharePoint Designer - 15 January
• Dealing with challenging behaviour - 16 January
• How Occupational Health can help you - 16 January (held at Southend Campus)
• Posture Perfect - 16 January (held at Southend Campus)
• Getting started with EndNote - 17 January
• Introduction to Agresso - 18 January
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 18 January
• Visual Basic in Excel - 21 and 22 January (POSTPONED)
• Introduction to AVS @ Essex - 21 January (POSTPONED)
• Fresh steps (Day 1 and Day 2) - 22 and 23 January (POSTPONED)
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 22 January
• Introduction to Clickers with PRS - 22 January
• IT Training Clinic: ECDL exams - 23 January
• Introduction to Agresso - 23 January
• Customer invoicing in Agresso - 23 January
• Pzazz with PowerPoint - 24 January
• Getting started with EndNote - 24 January
• Working with international students - 28 January
• Recruitment and Selection Briefing - 28 January POSTPONED
• Online assessments using Moodle quizzes - 28 January
• Microsoft Access 2007-2010 - 28 and 29 January
• Tuesday Taster: Introduction to the ECDL qualification - 29 January
• Minute Writing - 31 January

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February

• Welcome tour - 1 February (POSTPONED)
• Further functions in Excel - 4 February
• Moodle@ Using conditional activities - 4 February
• Tuesday Taster - "AUA - what's in it for me?"  - 5 February
• The University's Governance and Administration - 5 February
• Further functions in Excel - 5 February (held at Southend campus)
• Time management - 6 February
• Web authoring with Sharepoint Designer - 6 February
• Microsoft Outlook 2007-2010 - 7 February
• Chairing Meetings 7 February
• Data manipulation in Excel - 11 February (POSTPONED)
• Springboard (Day 2) - 12 February
• Moodle: Intelligent course design - 12 February
• Tuesday Taster - 12 February POSTPONED
• Prezi Presentations - 15 February
• Introduction to OCS for Academics - 18 February (POSTPONED)
• Tuesday Taster - Caring for Carers Project - 19 February
• Introduction to Agresso - 19 February
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 19 February
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 19 February
• Evacuation Steward - 19 February
• Presentation skills - 20 February
• Microsoft Project - 20 February
• IT Training Clinic: ECDL exams - 20 February
• Mini induction for staff at Southend and Loughton - 20 February
• Advanced Access - 21 February
• Online Assessments using Moodle quizzes - 25 February (held at Southend campus)
• Visual Basic in Excel (2 day course) - 25 February and 27 February
• Fresh steps (Day 3) - 26 February (POSTPONED)
• Introduction to Moodle - 26 February
• Introduction to Agresso - 26 February
• How to run reports in Agresso - 26 February
• Introduction to Agresso - 28 February
• Customer invoicing in Agresso - 28 February
• Budget management and monitoring at Essex - 28 February

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March

• Working with International Students - 1 March (held at Southend Campus)
• Data manipulation in Excel - 4 March
• Improving your emails and letters - 4 March
• Online Assessments using Moodle Quizzes (POSTPONED) - 4 March
• Data manipulation in Excel - 5 March
• Web authoring with SharePoint Designer 2007 - 5 March
• Negotiation skills - 6 March (held at Southend Campus)
• Getting started with EndNote - 8 March RESCHEDULED (4 April)
• Prezi Presentations - 11 March
• Moodle: Using conditional activities - 11 March
• Springboard (Day 3) - 12 March
• Professional Services meeting - 13 March
• Developing reflective practice - 14 March
• Intermediate Outlook Features - 14 March
• Strategies for tackling difficult conversations - 14 March
• Professional Services meeting - 15 March
• Frightened by Facebook  Terrified by Twitter - 15 March
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 19 March
• Managing Health and Safety: the University of Essex Way - 19 March
• Further functions in Excel - 19 March
• Fresh steps (Day 1 and Day 2) - 19 and 20 March
• IT Training Clinic: ECDL exams - 20 March
• Introduction to committee administration - 20 March
• Introduction to Agresso - 21 March
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 21 March
• Frightened by Facebook  Terrified by Twitter - 21 March (held at Southend Campus)
• Pzazz with Powerpoint - 25 March
• Introduction to Agresso - 27 March
• How to run reports in Agresso - 27 March

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April

• Getting started with Endnote - 4 April
• Management: Could it be for you? - 8 April
• Microsoft Outlook 2007-2010 - 8 April
• Springboard (Day 4) - 9 April
• Tuesday taster: staff benefits – how to get the most out of “Essex Offers” - 9 April
• Web authoring with SharePoint Designer 2007 - 11 April
• Welcome tour - 12 April
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 16 April
• Evacuation Steward - 16 April
• Introduction to Agresso - 16 April
• Customer invoicing in Agresso - 16 April
• Fresh steps (Day 3) - 16 April
• IT Training Clinic: ECDL Exams - 17 April
• Supporting students: an overview of services and making effective referrals - 17 April
• Dealing with challenging behaviour - 17 April
• Welcome to new staff conference - 18 April
• Introduction to Agresso - 18 April
• How to run reports in Agresso - 18 April
• Understanding the data protection and freedom of information acts - 23 April
• Introduction to Agresso - 24 April
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 24 April

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May

• Improving your emails and letters - 3 May
• Recruitment and Selection Briefing - 13 May
• Tuesday Taster: LGBT - 14 May
• Magical room mystery tour - 15 May
• Introduction to Agresso - 15 May
• How to run reports in Agresso - 15 May
• How Occupational Health can help you - 16 May
• Tuesday Taster - 21 May
• Stress Management - 21 May
• Introduction to Agresso - 21 May
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 21 May
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 22 May
• Learning at work day - 23 May
• New to Procurement - 24 May
• Tuesday Taster - 28 May
• Welcome tour - 28 May
• Introduction to Agresso - 29 May
• Customer invoicing in Agresso - 29 May

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June

• Tuesday Taster - 4 June
• Financial Planning - 4 June
• Tuesday Taster - 11 June
• Professional Services meeting - 18 and 19 June
• Proof reading - 20 June
• Introduction to Agresso - 20 June
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 20 June
• Improving assertiveness (Day 1) - 21 June
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 25 June
• Evacuation Steward - 25 June
• Managing Health and Safety: the University of Essex Way - 25 June
• Introduction to Agresso - 25 June
• How to run reports in Agresso - 25 June
• Advanced Procurement - 26 June

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July

• Improving assertiveness (Day 2) - 4 July
• Exploring your work self: Myers Briggs - 9 July
• Annual Picnic - 11 July
• Interview skills - 12 July (held at Southend Campus)
• Enhancing your CV (held at Southend Campus) - 12 July
• Introduction to Agresso - 16 July
• Customer invoicing in Agresso - 16 July
• Introduction to Agresso - 24 July
• Purchasing courses in Agresso - 24 July
• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 24 July
• Introduction to Agresso - 30 July
• How to run reports in Agresso - 30 July

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August

• "Learn or Burn" Basic Fire Safety - 13 August

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September

• Managing Health and Safety: the University of Essex Way - 17 September

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Courses marked with an asterix (*) are recommended for the GTA certificate

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January

• Student as producer - 8 January
• Launch of ‘In Practice’ - 8 January
• Effective Use of Voice - 23 January
• One-to-One Voice Care, Pronunciation and Production, 24 January
• Looking after your Research Data: Managing and Storing Data for Research Projects - 24 January
• Teaching for learning part 1: Importance of planning - 29 January*
• Teaching for learning part 2 - putting your planning into practice: Micro teaching session - 29 January*
• Annual Review of Academic Research Staff: Preparing for Permanency and Promotion - 30 January (CANCELLED)

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February

• Teaching in Labs and Workshops - 5 February *
• Dealing with Difficult Situations - 5 February *
• PI Series (Day 1) - 7 February
• Planning your CHEP assignment - 11 February
• My friend said we didn't have to pass everything … - 14 February (POSTPONED)*
• Who owns ‘your’ research data?: Legal and ethical issues in using and sharing data - 19 February
• Small Group Teaching - 20 February *
• PI Series(Day 2) - 21 February (POSTPONED)
• PI Series (Day 2) - 28 February
• Developing student motivation through active feedback - 26 February
• Using active listening skills to enhance learning - 26 February

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March

• Marking and Giving Feedback - 5 March *
• PI Series (Day 3) - 7 March
• Teaching in Labs and Workshops - 13 March *
• Planning your CHEP assignment - 15 March
• Supervising to completion - 20 March

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April

• Managing Students with Dyslexia - 18 April
• Module Design - 30 April
• Assessment Principles and Practice - 30 April

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May

• Evidence-based Teaching - 7 May
• Inspirational teaching - 7 May

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June

• Examining Doctoral Candidates - 11 June
• Supervising Masters' Dissertations and Projects - 11 June
• Supervising to completion - 12 June

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July

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• January 2013
• February 2013
• March 2013
• April 2013
• May 2013
• June 2013
• July 2013

January

• Management Essentials (Day 1) - 14 January
• Management Essentials (Day 2) - 21 January

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February

• Management Essentials (Day 3) - 4 February
• Performance Management - 19 February

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March

• Coaching skills for Managers (Day 1) - 8 March
• Making good people better - 11 March POSTPONED
• Emotional Resilience - 12 March
• Leadership Programme: Negotiating and influencing skills - 19 March

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April

• Coaching skills for Managers (Day 2) - 10 April
• Management Essentials (Day 1) - 25 April

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May

• Management Essentials (Day 2) - 2 May
• Leadership Programme: Problem solving and decision making - 14 May
• Management Essentials (Day 3) - 16 May

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June

• Performance management - 18 June (held at Southend Campus)

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July

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• June 2013
• July 2013

If you are a GTA, browse related courses in the 'Academics and researchers' calendar

January

• Media skills and podcasting - 10 January
• Developing Your Writing - 17 January (POSTPONED)
• Surviving the Viva - 18 January
• Doctoral Welcome Conference - 22 January
• Time Management in an Hour - 23 January
• Essential Presentation Skills - 24 January
• Effective Use of Voice (am) - 25 January
• Effective Use of Voice (pm) - 25 January
• Staying motivated in an hour - 29 January
• Producing Your Thesis: Smart Moves With Word - 29 January
• Making an impact: Using the media to communicate your research - 30 January (POSTPONED)
• Presenting Your Research - 31 January

February

• Endnote - 6 February
• Wise Up Wednesday: Spreading the word: working as a researcher in a knowledge transfer partnership - 6 February (RESCHEDULED TO 12 JUNE)
• Assertive Communication - 7 February
• Open Mic: Practice your presentations - 8 February
• Communicating and learning: Introduction to teaching in HE - 12 February
• Writing Your Thesis - 12 February  (FULLY BOOKED)
• Engaging Your Audience: Effective Presentation Techniques - 13 February
• Wise-up Wednesday: Wyverns' warren - 13 February (POSTPONED)
• Managing the Stress of a PhD - 14 February
• Developing Your Writing: 1:1 Mentoring - 14 February (Postponed)
• Seven secrets of highly successful research students - 15 February
• Building your Academic Profile - 19 February
• Getting Published in the Sciences - 20 February
• Getting Published in Social Sciences - 26 February
• Wise-up Wednesday: Fieldwork - 27 February
• Getting Published in the Humanities - 28 February (POSTPONED)
• Writing your thesis - 28 February

March

• Getting Published in Law and Management - 1 March (POSTPONED)
• Making an impact: Using the media to communicate your research - 5 March (CANCELLED)
• Wise-up Wednesday: Social Media: Powerful Tools for Increasing the Impact and Effectiveness of your Research - 6 March
• Essential Presentation Skills - 6 March
• Producing Your Thesis: Smart Moves With Word - 6 March (FULLY BOOKED)
• Applying for Academic Posts - 12 March
• Presenting Your Research - 13 March
• Interviews for Academic Posts - 14 March
• Surviving the Viva - 15 March
• Effective Use of Voice (am) - 18 March
• Effective Use of Voice (pm) - 18 March
• EndNote - 19 March
• Wise-up Wednesday: Wyverns' warren - 20 March
• Job Applications and Interviews - 21 March
• Developing Your Writing: 1:1 Mentoring - 21 March (Postponed)
• Effective Researcher - 26 March
• Producing Your Thesis: Smart Moves With Word - 27 March

April

• Blogging for Doctoral Students (part 1) - 9 April
• Poster Presentations - 17 April

May

• Developing Your Writing: 1:1 Mentoring - 2 May (Postponed)
• Blogging for Doctoral Students (part 2) - 14 May

June

• Communicating and learning: Introduction to Teaching in Higher Education - 11 June
• Staying Motivated in an Hour - 12 June
• Wise Up Wednesday: Spreading the word: working as a researcher in a knowledge transfer partnership - 12 June
• Presenting Your Research - 13 June
• Managing the Stress of a PhD - 14 June
• Networking and Influencing - 17 June
• Writing Your Thesis - 18 June
• Funding Your Research Beyond a Doctorate - 18 June
• Time Management in an Hour - 19 June
• Surviving the Viva - 20 June

July

• Leadership in action - 2 - 4 July

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