4 Aug, Mon Exceptional Interviewing skills to make you a top class interviewer
This course will cover key skills and approaches for improving interview performance, from pre to post interview. It will address Preparation and planning, Questioning techniques, Person-centred approaches: establishing trust, building rapport, and eliciting information, Creating an encounter, Problem solving and dealing with difficulties, Finding an intro and creating a narrative.
9 Aug, Sat Photoshop Introduction
This course is an introduction to Adobe Photoshop. Over 2 x 2 hour sessions, it will
cover: Interface – Menus And Palettes, Levels And Curves, Colour Correction, Cloning and Healing, Making Selections, Quick Mask, Layers, Text, Sharpening, Output
13 Aug, Wed Word Press Introduction
WordPress is the world’s most popular web publishing platform, powering over 30% of all websites. It’s open source, free to download, includes thousands of free themes and plugins and has an active community of users. This 1-day course offers an introduction to this powerful and versatile technology and covers everything from the basics upwards, aiming to provide attendees with the knowledge and skills to customise and
manage their own WordPress website, and in the process, update their digital skills for the modern workplace.
19 Aug, Tue Copyright & Commissioning
This two hour course for freelances and commissioning editors, includes:
• Protecting your own copyright and not breaching others’
• Originality, ownership, co-ownership
• Fair dealing for research & private study, criticism, review and news reporting
• Kill fees
• The rules of commissioning and, to quote Sam Goldwyn without permission, are verbal contracts worth the paper they’re written on?
26 Aug, Tue Defamation and libel
Defamation in Scotland has changed dramatically in Scotland as it already has in England. The Defamation & Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act has introduced new defences for journalists and the English courts have been spelling out how similar defences will be applied there. Carole Cadwalladr this month won a high-profile libel trial because of these changes. As more people are expressing themselves online via social media and new media outlets, a key aim will be focused on the defamation threats that can occur online.
Places are being funded for members in Scotland by Scottish Union Learning and the Scottish Government and will be allocated on a ‘first come’ basis. As always, student members are only eligible if they have a part time income. To book a place, please contact joanm@nuj.org.uk
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email: joanm@nuj.org.uk