The University of Central Lancashire in Cyprus, UCLan Cyprus, together with the British Council in Cyprus, cordially invite you to a series of skills training workshops to be held at the UCLan Cyprus campus. All workshops will be delivered by well qualified alumni of UK universities, including of UCLan UK and UCLan Cyprus, with expertise in the respective fields.

TARGET AUDIENCE: This is open to all local university students. This programme can provide valuable guidance, advice, and networking opportunities for students, impacting on their academic and career paths enhancement.

CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION will be issued for each workshop attended and will be received at an award ceremony and networking reception attended by the Director of the British Council in Cyprus and the Deputy British High Commissioner to Cyprus.

LANGUAGE & LEVEL

Language English

Level Intermediate

REGISTRATION To register to attend this Webinar, please click here 

For further information or assistance, please send an email to [email protected]

FULL PROGRAMME

TRAINING 1 – INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT

TRAINERS: Dr Monalisa Odibo-Ewemade, Lecturer, Accredited Mediator / Lead, Centre for Mediation, UCLan, Preston, UK, and Dr Nevi Agapiou, Lecturer in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution / LLM programme coordinator, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus

WHEN: Wednesday 7 February 2024

TIME: 10:00-13:00

VENUE: CY007, CY013, CY006

TRAINING 2 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NEW ECONOMIC ERA

TRAINER: Dr Fanos Tekelas, Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship / Course Leader of BA (Hons) Business Administration / Director of CEDAR / PhD alumnus UCLan

WHEN: Tuesday 13 February 2024

TIME: 9:00-11:00

VENUE: CY007

TRAINING 3 – EMBRACING SOFT SKILLS FOR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS

TRAINERS: Dr Andriani Piki, Lecturer in Computing / Deputy Course Leader BSc (Hons) Computing and Mr Andreas Georgiou, Associate Lecturer in Computing and Web Development / BSc (Hons) Computing alumnus, UCLan Cyprus

WHEN: Thursday 7 March 2024

TIME: 11:00-13:00

VENUE: CY017

TRAINING 4 – SPEAKING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND THE BODY LANGUAGE SUPERPOWER

TRAINER: Mr Giorgos Christodoulou, HRDA instructor and LLB (Hons) alumnus, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus

WHEN: 1st SESSION on 12 March 2024 and 2nd SESSION on 14 March 2024

TIME: 10:00-13:00 (both sessions)

VENUE: CY007 (both sessions)

AWARD CEREMONY WITH NETWORKING RECEPTION

Special guests: Director of the British Council in Cyprus, Ms Anastasia Andritsou, and the Deputy British High Commissioner to Cyprus, Mr Ben Rawlings

WHEN: Friday 29 March 2024

TIME: 18:00-19:30

NOTICE

Photos at each event will be taken, subject to the Policies of UCLan Cyprus and the British Council, including their Privacy and GDPR Policies. See https://www.uclancyprus.ac.cy/data-protection-policy/ and https://www.britishcouncil.org/privacy-cookies/data-protection respectively. Consent from participants will be sought.

In each event, each speaker and other participant will take part for educational purposes in an educational setting. Accordingly, what each speaker will provide verbally, electronically or otherwise must not be accepted or interpreted as either legal advice or any other form of advice. The speakers and all participants will take part within the spirit of academic freedom. Any personal views expressed by them must not be interpreted as those of UCLan Cyprus or any other body.

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