Virtual CPD Summer School

LEANING INTO THE CRISIS

Sarah Lethbridge, Director of Executive Education, Cardiff Business School

Join Sarah Lethbridge, Director of Executive Education and External Relations for a 2-hour webinar exploring why a lean/ continuous improvement approach might be helpful in coping with the current pandemic. This session touches on some of the concepts covered in the Lean Six Sigma programme.

COMMON COPYWRITING MISTAKES (AND HOW TO AVOID THEM)

Rowan Dent, CPD Trainer

A session looking at common copywriting mistakes (grammar, editing) and providing practical tips on how to improve your copywriting. This is suitable for any level of experience but aimed more at people with less confidence in writing. This session is a great introduction to our Copywriting short course.

SUSTAINABLE MEGA BUILDINGS

Dr Eshrar Latif, Welsh School of Architecture

This webinar will discuss how tall buildings could be made low energy and sustainable. This session will be especially suitable for building environment professionals such as architects, building service engineers and planners.

UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF DEMENTIA COMMUNICATION

Alison Wray, School of English, Communication and Philosophy

In this session, Alison will play extracts from her animated film about the mechanisms of communication between people with dementia and their families, carers and others, and explain and illustrate some of the themes and issues raised. There will be an opportunity to ask questions at the end of the session.

JOURNALISM BY NUMBERS: USING COMPUTERS AND DATA TO FIND NEWS AND TELL STORIES

Aidan O’Donnell, School of Journalism, Media and Culture

SESSION FULLY BOOKED

This workshop will give an overview of how journalists use computers, data and new technology to do their job. Please note that this session is limited to 8 spaces (allocated on a first come, first served basis) and is best suited to those who would like to engage in an active discussion.

PALLIATIVE AND END OF LIFE CARE - SIGNPOSTS TO EFFECTIVE DELIVERY

Fiona Rawlinson, School of Medicine

THE ‘NEW’ WORK-LIFE BALANCE: WELLBEING, EFFECTIVENESS & RESILIENCE IN DIVERSE WAYS OF WORKING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

Teena Clouston, School of Healthcare

BUSINESS WRITING SKILLS - IN A NUTSHELL

Simon Newsam, CPD Trainer

This session will provide tips on how to write clearly so that your audience understands the messages you are trying to convey. You'll have the chance to do simple exercises; Simon will oversee these and also provide additional advice. This session is a great introduction to our Business Writing Skills short course.

ETHICS IN AI

Luis Espinosa-Anke, School of Computer Science and Informatics

This webinar will help you understand the main ethical considerations around dealing with data (collection, processing, building predictive models), with a specific focus on bias in artificial intelligence.

This session will be particularly interesting for any business that deals with data, either generated and owned by them or user-generated.

CPD - CHANGING YOUR MINDSET & MAXIMISING OPPORTUNITIES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC

Deb Hearle and Sarah Lawson, School of Healthcare

This session is designed to encourage you to think differently about how to engage in CPD during COVID-19. The webinar will examine the nature of CPD engagement and provide an overview of the TRAMm Model of CPD. This framework is designed for a healthcare context, but the session will be of benefit to anyone who is required to complete CPD as part of their role.

PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF SKIN INJURIES RELATED TO THE USE OF PPE

Samantha Holloway, School of Medicine

THE EFFECT OF COVID-19 ON RADIOGRAPHY REPORTING SERVICES

School of Radiography

This is a chance to gain a deeper understanding of how the current epidemic has affected radiography reporting. Including a look at CT and Plain Film Chest reporting, currently used as primary investigations for COVID-19 patients. This session will be of particular interest to radiographers, radiography students, prospective radiography students and other healthcare professionals.

HOW TO MAKE YOUR ONLINE LEARNING STICK

Manjula Bray, CPD Trainer

This interactive webinar is designed to share brain-friendly tips to engage your online audience.

Manjula will work through practical tips to help you ensure your online learning is as productive as face to face training.

This session is a great introduction to our Train the Trainer short course.

HOW TO WRITE ONLINE CONTENT THAT SELLS

Simon Newsam, CPD Trainer

This interactive session will provide tips on how to write online content that sells. You'll have the chance to do simple exercises; Simon will oversee these and also provide additional advice. This session is a great introduction to our  Writing for the Web short course.

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN OF BUILDINGS – VENTILATION AND AIR QUALITY

Dr Vicki Stevenson, Welsh School of Architecture

This webinar will Introduce the importance of ventilation and the key factors in designing natural ventilation. This session will be particularly relevant for built environment professionals such as  architects, engineers and consultants.

Twitter takeover!

This session will provide information and practical tips on a healthy balanced diet and how this can support health and wellbeing at this difficult time. Topics include healthy eating for resilience and immunity. The session will be pre-recorded and Justine will then host a Twitter Q&A to answer your questions.

This session is suitable for anyone but could be particularly useful for key workers.

PHARMABEES

Elizabeth Roche, Pharmabees Project

Elizabeth Roche from the University's Pharmabees project is hosting this overview of Pharmabees as well as the Cardiff Rewilding project.

MINERALS FOR THE GREEN ECONOMY

Professor Tom Blenkinsop from School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

This webinar explores which resources are needed for the green economy and how we can mine responsibly. We expect this session to be very popular, so please book your virtual place early! The webinar will be of particular interest to professionals working in the mining and exploration industries.

ASK A COPYWRITER ANYTHING: TWITTER TAKEOVER

Rowan Dent, CPD Trainer

Twitter takeover!
Rowan Dent of Equinox will take over our Twitter feed to answer common copywriting queries (e.g. layout, grammar, tips for social) and provide practical, friendly support. This session is a great introduction to our Copywriting short course.

A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO BUILDING PERFORMANCE – BRINGING TOGETHER TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE

Panel of experts, Welsh School of Architecture

This is an exciting opportunity to attend a Q&A panel with experts from the Welsh School of Architecture. The panel will discuss building performance from a socio-technical perspective, based on ongoing research and teaching at the Welsh School of Architecture. Insights will also be shared in response to the lessons learnt from COVID-19.

The panel members are: Dr Hiral Patel, Lecturer in Advanced Building Performance Evaluation, Professor Chris Tweed, Head of School, Dr Simon Lannon, Research Fellow and Emmanouil Perisoglou, Research Associate.

This webinar is a useful introduction to machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence, and is suitable for a general audience.

This session will be of particular interest to attendees from companies or institutions that work with any kind of data, and wish to explore whether AI/machine learning is useful to them.