These sessions are created for students eager to explore more complex texts and refine their analytical skills. Students will enhance their ability to critically evaluate literature, comparing themes and characters across a wide range of texts. They'll advance their creative and non-fiction writing, taking it to the next level by focusing on sophisticated language use and technical accuracy. through engaging discussions around fascinating topics, such as moral issues and social contexts, students will develop their oral communication. The overall aim of thios course is to deepen their love of language in an enjoyable environment. 6 children maximum fully interactive weekly 55 minute lessons qualified, expert teacher optional homework set weekly additional resources set via online classroom lesson recordings for absent students written progress reports three times per year Classes are £90 per month. Variety of times and dates available. Enquire to find out more!
Effecting Business Process Improvement: In-House Training Business analysts facilitate the solution of business problems. The solutions are put into practice as changes to the way people perform in their organizations and the tools they use. The business analyst is a change agent who must understand the basic principles of quality management. This course covers the key role that business analysts play in organizational change management. What you will Learn You will learn how to: Define and document a business process Work with various business modeling techniques Perform an enterprise analysis in preparation for determining requirements Analyze business processes to discern problems Foundation Concepts Overview of business analysis and process improvement Defining the business process Introducing the proactive business analyst Focusing on business process improvement for business analysts Launching a Successful Business Process Improvement Project Overview of the launch phase Understanding and creating organizational strategy Selecting the target process Aligning the business process improvement project's goals and objectives with organizational strategy Defining the Current Process Overview of current process phase Documenting the business process Business modeling options: work-flow models Business modeling options: Unified Modeling Language (UML) model adaptations for business processes Analyzing the Current Process Process analysis overview Evaluation: establishing the control group Opportunity techniques: multi-discipline problem-solving Opportunity techniques: matrices Building and Sustaining a Recommended Process Overview of the recommended process and beyond Impact analysis Recommended process Transition to the business case Return to proactive state
This is a practical ‘non-medical’ day for front line practitioners working with children and young people who have experienced serious trauma in their life. We work to strengthen understanding of children who have faced issues of trauma emerging from abuse, violence, loss and family breakdown. Online Course now available via Teachable Platform – Impact of Trauma Learn at your own pace… lots of text and video support Course Category Meeting emotional needs Behaviour and Relationships Inclusion Teaching and Learning Description This is a practical ‘non-medical’ day for front line practitioners working with children and young people with serious issues arising from trauma. Drawing from the international research and literature and our own experience over many years as educational psychologists of the challenges of children with major social and emotional needs, we will explore together what the best practice can and could look like. We explore the language and key concepts of trauma and outline very practical classroom strategies. We look at what Psychology may help us in our understanding of children who have faced trauma. We explore the themes of: Hyperarousal Intrusive thoughts Constricted lives We look at triggers, self-regulation and unpack a range of strategies. We explore what young people with these difficulties really need from us. We also spend time looking at the emotional impact on practitioners working with children with such needs and what helps at a personal and team level. We can all do something – we do not have to wait for expert therapists to arrive! Testimonials I had no idea… It had a huge impact Belonging and feelings are so important Excellent! Learning Objectives Increased confidence regarding developing inclusive practice for traumatised children in mainstream schools Simple understandable explanation trauma understood Access to a wider range of practical strategies to impact on social and behavioural needs Deeper understanding of core values surrounding inclusion of emotionally disabled children Opportunity to reflect on professional attitudes and behaviour towards parents and pupils with complex emotional needs New skills, scripts and processes to make inclusion successful Who Is It For? Practitioners working in schools and other settings with children and young people of all ages Key workers Teaching Assistants with support roles Heads and deputies SENCOs Advanced skills teachers Primary and secondary classroom teachers Parents Local authority support services Course Content The course explores the questions:What does it take for a child to:Feel safe and secureMourn the past traumaReconnect with ordinary relationships with children and adults?How can we start to develop an understanding of traumatised children?What is the true impact of trauma?What else can we do to go about including high profile children or young people with challenging emotional needs?What useful psychological constructs can we use to guide us?This course also explores practical strategies, concepts and language for key adults rebuilding relationships with individual pupils.This is a participative day that aims to be explorative and practical. Opportunities to develop empathy with the children of concern will be created.If you liked this course you may well like:FRESH APPROACHES TO BEHAVIOUR AND RELATIONSHIPS
Business Relationship Management Fundamentals: In-House Training Business Relationship Management (BRM) Fundamentals introduces BRM as a capability, role, and discipline. What you will Learn Participants can expect an interactive and lively one-day session, with a high-level introduction to successfully navigate the complexity of BRM. Topics include: Defining BRM as a capability, role, and discipline Understanding what a BRM does and does not do Providing the language needed to change perceptions and perspectives Learn how the BRM discipline interacts with other disciplines (project management, architecture, Business Analysts, Business functions, strategy, etc.) inside an organization Basic introduction to the different frameworks, processes, and models to bring structure and guidance to BRM Introductions Why BRM? BRM defined BRM in action BRM value Reflection and next steps Resources
Complete Python training course description Python is an agile, robust, expressive, fully objectoriented, extensible, and scalable programming language. It combines the power of compiled languages with the simplicity and rapid development of scripting languages. This course covers Python from the very basics of 'hello world!' through to object oriented programming and advanced topics such as multi threading. Hands on follows all the major sections in order to reinforce the theory. What will you learn Read Python programs. Write Python programs. Debug Python programs. Use Python's objects and memory model as well as its OOP features. Complete Python programming training course details Who will benefit: Anyone wishing to learn Python. Prerequisites: None. Duration 5 days Complete Python programming training course contents Welcome to Python: What is Python? Origins, features. Downloading and installing Python, Python manuals, comparing Python, other implementations. Getting started: Program output, the print statement, "hello world!", Program input, raw_input(), comments, operators, variables and assignment, numbers, strings, lists and tuples, dictionaries, indentation, if statement, while Loop, for loop. range(), list comprehensions. Files, open() and file() built-in functions. Errors and exceptions. Functions, Classes, Modules, useful functions. Python basics: Statements and syntax, variable assignment, identifiers, basic style guidelines, memory management, First Python programs, Related modules/developer tools. Python Objects: Other built-in types, Internal Types, Standard type operators, Standard type built-in functions, Categorizing standard types, Unsupported types. Numbers: Integers, Double precision floating point numbers, Complex numbers, Operators, Built-in and factory functions, Other numeric types. Sequences: strings, lists, and tuples: Sequences, Strings, Strings and operators, String-only operators, Built-in functions, String built-in methods, Special features of strings, Unicode, Summary of string highlights, Lists, Operators, Built-in functions, List type built-in methods, Special features of lists, Tuples, Tuple operators and built-in functions, Tuples special features, Copying Python objects and shallow and deep copies. Mapping and set types: Mapping Type: dictionaries and operators, Mapping type built-in and factory functions, Mapping type built-in methods, Dictionary keys, Set types, Set type operators, Built-in functions, Set type built-in methods. Conditionals and loops: If, else and elif statements, Conditional expressions, while, for, break, continue and pass statements, else statement . . . take two, Iterators and iter(), List comprehensions, Generator expressions. Files and input/output: File objects, File built-in functions [open() and file()], File built-in methods and attributes, Standard files, Command-line arguments, File system, File execution, Persistent storage modules. Errors and exceptions: What are exceptions? Detecting and handling exceptions, Context management, Exceptions as strings, Raising exceptions, Assertions, Standard exceptions, Creating Exceptions, Why exceptions, Exceptions and the sys module. Functions: Calling, creating and passing functions, formal arguments, variable-length arguments, functional programming, Variable scope, recursion, generators. Modules: Modules and files, Namespaces, Importing modules, Module import features, Module built-in functions, Packages, Other features of modules. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Classes, Class attributes, Instances, Instance attributes, Binding and method invocation, Static methods and class methods, Composition, Sub-classing and derivation, Inheritance, Built-in functions for classes, and other objects, Customizing classes with special methods, Privacy, Delegation, Advanced features of new-style classes (Python 2.2+), Related modules and documentation. Execution environment: Callable and code Objects, Executable object statements and built-in functions, Executing other programs. 'Restricted' and 'Terminating' execution, operating system interface. Regular expressions: Special symbols and characters, REs and Python, Regular expressions example. Network programming: Sockets: communication endpoints, Network programming in Python, SocketServer module, Twisted framework introduction. Internet client programming: What are internet clients? Transferring files, Network news, E-mail. Multithreaded Programming: Threads and processes Python, threads, and the global interpreter lock, The thread and threading Modules. GUI programming: Tkinter and Python programming, Tkinter Examples, Brief tour of other GUIs. Web programming: Web surfing with Python: creating simple web clients, Advanced Web clients, CGI: helping web servers process client data, Building CGI applications, Using Unicode with CGI, Advanced CGI, Web (HTTP) Servers. Database programming: Python database application programmer's interface (DB-API), ORMs. Miscellaneous Extending Python by writing extensions, Web Services, programming MS Office with Win32 COM, Python and Java programming with Jython.
Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for novice database developers, database administrators, Business Intelligence developers, report creators, and application developers who have an understanding of relational database concepts and have basic Windows navigation skills. Overview Create single table SELECT queries Create multiple table SELECT queries Filter and sort data Insert, update, and delete data Query data using built-in functions Create queries that aggregate data Create subqueries Create queries that use table expressions Use UNION, INTERSECT, and EXCEPT on multiple sets of data Implement window functions in queries Use PIVOT and GROUPING SETS in queries Use stored procedures in queries Add error handling to queries Use transactions in queries This five-day instructor-led course is intended for IT professionals who wish to use the Transact-SQL language to query and configure Microsoft SQL Server. Students are typically database developers and database administrators, but might also be Business Intelligence developers, report creators, or application developers. In this course, students learn how to query single tables, join data from multiple tables, filter and sort data, modify data, use procedures and functions, and implement error handling. Prerequisites Basic understanding of relational databases. Basic Windows knowledge. Module 1: Introduction to Transact-SQL What is Transact-SQL The SELECT statement The WHERE clause Sorting results Calculations CASE expressions Module 2: Joining tables with Transact-SQL The JOIN clause Inner joins Outer joins Self joins and cross joins Module 3: Filtering and sorting results Implement the ORDER BY clause Filter data with the WHERE clause Limit the number of rows returned by a query Implement NULL logic Module 4: SQL Server data types Understand data types Implement string data types Implement temporal data types Module 5: Inserting, updating and deleting data Insert new records Update existing records Delete data Module 6: Using SQL Server functions with Transact-SQL Understand function types in SQL Server Convert data using functions Implement logical functions Work with NULL data using functions Module 7: Aggregating data with Transact-SQL Implement aggregation in SQL Server Group records in SQL Server Filter aggregated data Module 8: Implement subqueries with Transact-SQL Implement scalar and multi-valued sub-queries Implement correlated subqueries Implement existence checks with subqueries Module 9: Create queries that use table expressions Create views Create table-valued functions Implement derived tables Implement common table expressions Module 10: Use UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT and APPLY on multiple sets of data Write queries with the UNION operator Write queries with the INTERSECT and EXCEPT operators Write queries with the APPLY operator Module 11: Implement window functions in queries Understand window functions Impement window functions Module 12: Use PIVOT and grouping sets in queries Implement PIVOT in queries Implement grouping sets in queries Module 13: Use stored procedures in queries Query data with stored procedures Interact with stored procedures using input and output parameters Write simple stored procedures Pass dynamic SQL to SQL Server Module 14: Implement programming features in Transact-SQL Understand T-SQL programming elements Implement loops and conditions in T-SQL queries Module 15: Add error handling to queries Understand SQL Server error handling Implemet structured exception handling Module 16: Use transactions in queries Understand database transactions Implement transactions in T-SQL
Read and discuss the Queen of Crime - Agatha Christie! Highlights Join this book club and gain extra motivation to read in English 7 hours of live classes to help you develop fluent speaking in English Study this classic detective story and work out the clues by understanding the text Be corrected by an expert English teacher to remove errors and mistakes Learn English online using this great story from Agatha Christie - the most widely published author of all time and in any language. This is an 7 week online Zoom course with an expert English teacher from the UK. The Book Club book In Death on the Nile Poirot finds himself in the middle of a confusing murder while on holiday in Egypt. What reason would anyone have to murder the beautiful victim? And will they kill again? With an intricate plot, this is one of Agatha Christie's finest murder mysteries. Geoff says: "Agatha Christie is known as the Queen of Crime. She is the best-selling novelist of all time, writing 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections. This one stars her much loved detective, Hercule Poirot."
About this Training Course This 3 full-day training course will introduce participants to the Microsoft Power BI® software solution for extracting, manipulating, visualising and analysing data. This is a very practical, hands-on course that takes participants through a series of exercises which help users understand the Power BI® environment, how to use the key areas of functionality, and how to apply the tools it contains to design and produce analyses of their own data. The first two days focus on learning the key concepts and practising these using clean, simple datasets. The third day provides participants with the opportunity to apply what they've learned to their own data. This makes the course far more relevant and meaningful for them, it allows our facilitator to help them structure their data models, queries and DAX formulas correctly, and it allows our facilitator to help them solve any additional problems that may arise but which were not covered as part of the standard the course. In addition, at the end of the day, each participant walks away with something of real, practical use for their job role. Many previous participants have remarked that they obtained the most value from the course during the third day because otherwise, they wouldn't be able to do what they need to do. This is an introductory course and although it does not assume any prior experience with Power BI®, participants will gain much more from the course if they have at least used Power BI® a little prior to attending. Participants who have taught themselves Power BI® will also benefit from attending as the course will fill-in a number of gaps in their knowledge and will also extend what they know. A general understanding of databases, Excel formulas, and Excel Pivot Tables is useful though not essential. Comprehensive course notes, exercises and completed solutions are included. Microsoft® PowerBI® is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Training Objectives Upon completion of this training course, participants will be able to: Confidently use the Power BI® solution, including Power BI® Desktop, PowerBI®.com and the Power BI® Gateway Extract data from a variety of data sources and manipulate the data extracted so it is ready for analysis Combine data sources together and gain an introductory understanding of the M language Write formulas using the DAX language for generating custom columns, measures and tables Design reports and dashboards using a wide range of both built-in and custom visuals Publish reports and dashboards to PowerBI®.com Share reports and dashboards with others using PowerBI®.com Customize reports and dashboards so that different user groups automatically see their own personalized views Target Audience This training course is intended for: Financial Analysts Accountants Budgeting and planning specialists Treasury Risk Managers Strategic Planners This is an introductory course and although it does not assume any prior experience with Power BI®, participants will gain much more from the course if they have at least used Power BI® a little prior to attending. Participants who have taught themselves Power BI® will also benefit from attending as the course will fill-in a number of gaps in their knowledge and will also extend what they know. A general understanding of databases, Excel formulas, and Excel Pivot Tables is useful though not essential. Comprehensive course notes, exercises and completed solutions are included. Course Level Basic or Foundation Trainer Your expert course leader has a Masters (Applied Finance & Investment), B.Comm (Accounting & Information Systems), CISA, FAIM, F Fin and is a Microsoft Certified Excel Expert. He has over 20 years' experience in financial modelling, forecasting, valuation, model auditing, and management reporting for clients throughout the world. He is skilled in the development and maintenance of analytical tools and financial models for middle-market companies to large corporates, at all levels of complexity, in both domestic and international settings. He has trained delegates from a wide variety of Oil & Gas companies including Chevron, Woodside, BHP Billiton, Petronas, Carigali, Shell, Nippon, Eni, Pertamina, Inpex, and many more. He provides training in financial modelling for companies throughout the Asia, Oceania, Middle East and African regions. Before his current role, he spent 6 years working in the Corporate and IT Consulting divisions of a large, multinational Chartered Accounting firm. He is the author of a number of white papers on financial modelling on subjects such as Financial Modelling Best Practices and Financial Model Auditing. Highlights from his oil and gas experience include: Development of economic models to assist Decision Analysts modelling for a wide range of scenarios for multinational oil & gas assets. Auditing and further development of life of project models for Chevron's Strategic Planning Division analysing their North West Shelf assets. Development of business plan and budgeting models for multinational oil & gas assets. Development of cash flow and taxation models for a variety of oil gas companies. Consulting on Sarbanes Oxley spreadsheet remediation and risk assessment. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations
This course is intended for This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the fundamentals of project management. No prior experience required. Overview Goals and benefits of implementing project management Key project management terminology, frameworks, and tools How to apply the approaches and processes to better manage and complete a project Important interpersonal interactions needed for successful projects This 1-Day virtual Project Management Best-Practices course provides an overview of fundamental elements of the project lifecycle ? from project initiation through project close. With a focus on traditional project management concepts, students will complete this course with an improved ability to understand the best path forward for bringing projects to successful completion. Students will benefit from this course by understanding the foundational principles of project management, improving their project management skills, utilizing tools and techniques to effectively manage projects, gaining a common project management language to improve communication, and learning frameworks to identify, manage, and mitigate risk. Concepts learned in this course are immediately applicable to ongoing projects. Note: This course has been approved by PMI for 8 PDUs. 1 - Introduction What are Projects? What is Project Management? Basic Project Management Process Project Selection How Projects Further Organizational Goals What Factors can Influence Projects? Documentation Project Management Tools Role of the Project Manager The Language of Project Management 2 - Starting a Project Authorizing the Project (Project Selection) Assigning the PM Identifying and Documenting the High-Level Scope Gathering a Planning Team Identifying and Documenting the Impacted Parties 3 - Planning a Project Adapting to the Needs of the Project (Planning Level) Identifying the Work Required Estimating Time, Cost and Resources Required Developing a Schedule Developing a Budget Planning Communications and Quality Risk Management Purchases and Outside Vendors for a Project 4 - Executing the Project Baselines Managing Participants in the Project Managing Interested and Impacted Parties Performing the Planned Work Negotiating and Signing Contracts Managing Communications, Risk and Quality 5 - Overseeing and Controlling the Project Controlling the Scope, Schedule and Budget Controlling Change to the Project (Scope, Schedule, Cost and Final Product) Quality Assurance and Control Contract Administration 6 - Ending a Project Overseeing and Controlling the Project Executing the Project Closing Contracts Transferring the Final Product Lessons Learned and Archiving Records