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Short Courses

10/02/2006 12:14:52


The MANAGEMENT SCHOOL and the CENTRE FOR ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING AND TEACHING are offering the following session for staff and GTAs:

7 November TEACHING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS:
LESSONS FROM 'DOWN UNDER'
Philip Warwick (Teaching Fellow, Department of
Management Studies, University of York)
14.00 - 15.30

To book a place please click on the following link and enter your Lancaster University login: <https://ktru-main.lancs.ac.uk/celt/ppcourses.nsf>

If you have any problems signing up please contact professionalprogrammes@lancaster.ac.uk


Lancaster University has successfully won funding from ESRC as part of the Researcher Training Initiative (RTI) for ‘Training Researchers on Ethics and Ethical Practice in Social Science Research.’ Lead by a team of researchers in the Faculty of Social Sciences, the initiative will take place over a period of thirty-six months with workshops being held at three-month intervals as follows:

1) December 2006: Research Ethics as Process I
2) March 2007: Ethics as Practice in UK research Settings I
3) June 2007: Ethics as Practice in Non-UK research Settings I
4) September 2007: Ethics and Research with Vulnerable Groups I
5) December 2007: Ethics in Participatory Research I
6) March 2008: Research Ethics and the Media I
7) June 2008: Research Ethics as Process II
8) September 2008: Ethics as Practice in UK research Settings II
9) December 2008: Ethics as Practice in Non-UK research
Settings II
10) March 2009: Ethics and Research with Vulnerable Groups II
11) June 2009: Ethics in Participatory Research II
12) September 2009: Research Ethics and the Media II

For further details please contact, Dr. Christine Milligan, Institute for Health Research, (Principle Investigator) (c.milligan@lancaster.ac.uk), Prof. David Archard, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy (d.archard@lancaster.ac.uk), Prof. Hazel Biggs, School of Law (h.biggs@lancaster.ac.uk), Prof. Carole Truman, Department of Health and Social Studies, University of Bolton (C.Truman@bolton.ac.uk) and Dr. Nayanika Mookherjee, Department of Sociology (n.mookherjee@lancaster.ac.uk).


Department of Continuing Education

Short Courses on campus Open to All

Photography Festival 2006

Saturday 28 October - Sunday 5 November at Lancaster University

A range of short courses and other exciting events taking place on campus. Open to everyone, from complete beginners to those with some experience. Two day courses in:

Digital Photography for Beginners
Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct 10.30 - 4.30 06PH01

Digital Imaging 1
Mon 30 & Tues 31 Oct 10.30 - 4.30 06PH03

Digital Imaging 2
Weds 1 & Thurs 2 Nov 10.30 - 4.30 06PH05

Artistic Uses of Digital Imaging
Sat 4 & Sun 5 Nov 10.30 - 4.30 06PH10

First Steps in Photography
Sat 28 & Sun 29 Oct 10 - 4 06PH02

Introducing Landscape Photography
Weds 1 & Thurs 2 Nov 10 - 4 06PH04

Fees from £32 (with concessions of £14). Please note you must enrol a week before the course starts. To enrol, please visit the Department of Continuing Education, opposite the Great Hall in Ash House, contact us on 92623/4, email conted@lancaster.ac.uk. Full details are also on the website www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/conted

Anyone taking a course is welcome to join in a day of free events on Friday 3 November:

Preparing a Portfolio
Digital Photography: Getting Started
Digital Imaging: Getting Started
Digital Imaging: Moving On

Places are limited so please contact the Department on 92623/4 to reserve your place.

Department of Continuing Education
Short Courses on campus Open to All

Please note you must enrol a week before the course starts. To enrol, please visit the Department of Continuing Education, opposite the Great Hall in Ash House, contact us on 92623/4, email conted@lancaster.ac.uk. Full details are also on the website www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/conted

Writing Web Pages

If you want to learn how to set up a website, whether for personal or professional use, this course will get you started. Includes writing documents using HTML, formatting and editing pages and using graphics. No experience of programming is required but familiarity with the Web is an advantage. Level B course (intermediate/advanced).

Time: 6.30 - 9

Dates: Mon 30 & Tues 31 Oct, Mon 6 & Tues 7 November

Place: Lancaster University

Fee: £67 (concessions of £29)

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STATISTICS AND STATISTICAL SOFTWARE COURSES FOR STAFF/POSTGRADUATES THROUGH THE CENTRE FOR APPLIED STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

Statistical Inference (Thursday/Friday, 19 + 20 October 2006

R (Monday/Tuesday, 6 + 7 November 2006)

Generalised Linear Models (Monday/Tuesday, 13 + 14 November 2006)

SPSS I (Thursday/Friday, 23 + 24 November 2006)

More courses and how to register, please go to: http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/short_courses/courselist.html

There is a course fee of £40.00 for a 2 day course to cover the course materials and refreshments and a fee of £20.00 for a 1 day course. If you require further details, please contact: Angela Mercer, Centre for Applied Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics Department, B32 Fylde College, Ext. 93064, Email: a.j.mercer@lancaster.ac.uk


WITTGENSTEIN READING GROUP - TUESDAY MEETINGS

Wittgenstein Reading Grouphttp://www.teamethno-online.org.uk/wrg/

Next meeting: 5-7pm Tuesday 31st October 2006 (Note change of day)

Where: C60a in InfoLab (The meeting room beneath the cafe, near the sofa area)

This term we have been reading Wittegnstein's Philosophical Investigations. For the next two (possibly three) meetings, please read remarks between 134-242.

We welcome anyone from any discipline who would like to read the book and join in discussion with others. For enquiries, please contact Maki Rooksby on ext. 93127, or email:m.rooksby@lancaster.ac.uk.

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