• Developing Your Web Presence 1 June 2015, 11.30-13.00 This covers how to shape your web profile and promote your research via different online arenas. This includes LSE Experts & LSE Research Online, departmental & personal webpages, blogs and academic and social networking sites.
• An introduction to Copyright: licences and the new exceptions 3 June 2015, 12.00-13.30 This workshop is an interactive session, based on a new copyright card game that is a fun way of providing you with an overview of UK copyright law. The game covers the types of works that are covered by copyright and usages that are protected by copyright law, exceptions to the law and licences which LSE hold that allow you to, for example distribute materials to students for teaching purposes.
• Balancing Work & Being Mum 9 June 2015, 12.30-14.30 This workshop is suitable for all staff and partners of staff working at the LSE who are new and expectant mothers to explore how to find the balance between being a mother and having a career.  This is an interactive workshop delivered by Working Families, which provides practical tools and insightful information on how to achieve a balance between being Mum and balancing work.  It is also an opportunity to meet other new mums informally from across the School over a sandwich lunch.
• Balancing Work & Being Dad 10 June 2015, 12.30-14.00 This workshop is suitable for all staff and partners of staff working at the LSE who are new and expectant fathers to explore how to find the balance between being a dad and having a career.  This is an interactive workshop delivered by Duncan Fisher from Working Families which provides practical tools and insightful information on how to achieve a balance between being Dad and balancing work.  It is also an opportunity to meet other new dads informally from across the School over a sandwich lunch..
• Safe Posture and Avoiding RSI 11 June 2015, 13:00-14:00 Tim Hanwell (osteopath) gives tips on how to achieve good posture and prevent aches and pains caused by working at a computer workstation or on a laptop. This workshop is particularly relevant for those already suffering aches and pains.
• Finding and using digital media for teaching 12 June 2015, 12.00-13.30 This hands-on workshop focuses on the use of digital media (images, audio and video) in teaching and will include the following topics:  Examples of digital media in teaching, Finding image and video resources, The Educational Recording Agency (ERA) licence and the new Box of Broadcasts (BoB) service which allows you to use broadcast TV and radio in your teaching and the TRILT (Televison and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching) database.
• Introductory course for Health and Safety Coordinators 23 June 2015, 10:00-13:00 This course is aimed at new and existing Health and Safety Coordinators, and covers the School’s policies and arrangements for complying with Health and Safety legislation, including developing local policy statements, fire safety, accident investigation and undertaking safety inspections.
• Writing journal articles 24 June 2015, 10:00-17:00 (all day workshop) This is a practical ‘hands-on’ workshop. To make the most of your day you will need to bring the following: 1. an idea for a paper – preferably one that you plan to write in the near future.  2. two to four papers that have been published recently in your target journal (the one you want your paper in).  Where possible select papers that also cover similar research to your own. It is a good idea to pick papers that you thought were well written because during the day you will examine them to guide your writing.
• Creative Writing 25 June 2015, 12:30-14:00 Develop your creative writing skills, led by experienced novelist and poet, Sarah Salway. Each session includes various creative exercises and readings designed to help you experiment or polish your own writing skills. There is no requirement for participants to have done any creative writing before, and reading your work out is optional.

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