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Workshops at a glance: May 15, 2013

May 15, 2013

Here are some professional development opportunities for faculty and staff at UBC’s Okanagan campus over the next few weeks:

Essential Administrative Skills Series summer schedule now available

The Essential Administrative Skills Series is a package of courses, workshops and discussion sessions focused on training for staff members who primarily deal with administration and who are looking to improve their office skills or develop their career path.

The series offers sessions in financial and human resource system training, software skill development, building knowledge of process and procedures, social media training and more.

Check the Essential Administrative Skills Series Schedule for a list of courses currently being offered between May and September or visit the Human Resources website for details and registration information on upcoming courses.

To suggest a course or training session that’s needed for this series, contact Deb Deorksen in Human Resources.

Scientist knowledge translation training

A highly regarded two-day Scientist Knowledge Translation Training (SKTT) workshop is coming to UBC’s Okanagan campus in June.

Participants will learn about knowledge translation and its context within the social, political, and research community as well as learning to develop knowledge translation plans.

Date: June 26 and 27
Time: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days
Location: Purcell residence
Cost: $300 (breakfast and lunch included both days)
Register online: www.eply.com/SKTT_UBCO

Grants are available for interested graduate students who would like to attend this workshop. Contact Agnes Sauter, research facilitator and special projects coordinator in the Faculty of Health and Social Development, to find out more.

More workshops

  • May 15
    Using RefWorks and Mendeley
  • May 15
    Modernization of the Canadian Copyright Act
  • May 16, 20, 23, 27
    Scholarly Reading and Writing: Six Required Modules
  • May 16, 23, 30 and June 6
    BEN Sessions (Behaviour modification-Exercise-Nutrition)
  • May 16, 23, 30 and June 6
    Academic Writing for Graduate Students in the Sciences and Engineering
  • May 17
    Accounting 101 and Finance Overview
  • May 21
    TA Credentialing (Foundations)
  • May 21, 27 and June 5
    Writing a Journal Article: Seven Required Modules
  • May 22
    Writing a Literature Review and Critiquing a Text
  • May 24
    Navigating FMS nQuery
  • May 28
    Finance Lunch and Learn
  • May 31
    Smartforms Training
  • May 31
    Write to Win: Business Writing Style II
  • June 4
    Microsoft Office Word 2010: the basics
  • June 4
    Microsoft Office Excel 2010: the basics
  • June 5
    Using Sources: How to avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism

For a full listing visit the Okanagan campus events calendar.

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