You are invited to attend an [email protected] workshop aimed at reaching a better understanding of the illness of depression and the practicalities of its management. Many people experience the impact of depression on their lives. Even if you have never been diagnosed with depression, a loved one, child, friend or colleague might be struggling to cope with this often very debilitating condition. 

Join [email protected] for this four-hour morning workshop to learn about depression and the practicalities of dealing with the impact of this illness.

Activity: Workshop: ‘Living with depression’

Presenter: [email protected] 

Venue: [email protected], cnr Roper and Prospect Streets (Entrance 9, opposite the Mirage aircraft), Hatfield Campus

Date: 15 May 2015

Time: 08:00‒12:00 

RSVP: [email protected] by 10:00 on Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Please obtain prior approval from your line manager to attend the workshop. Without such approval we cannot accept your booking.

Since we can accommodate only ten participants, bookings will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.

Register online as follows:

• Log on to the UP portal (www.up.ac.za). The UP Staff Intranet news page will appear. Click on the Staff Systems Portlet button. 

• Scroll to the Human Capital Management (HCM) System portlet, and click on the Human Resources Self-Service link (leave, claims, personal information, etc). 

• Click on the Employee Work Centre link.

• Click on the Performance Development tab. 

• Click on Development Request. (You have previously entered your development needs and selected the programme(s) that you would like to attend.)

• Click on In-house (Free of charge) programmes. 
• Click on Search by Course Name, type in the name of the workshop, and click on the Search button, or simply leave the space blank and press Enter. 

• A list of all the selected courses will be displayed. Click on View available sessions next to the course you would like to attend, and select a session by clicking on the Session number. 

• On the Request Training Enrolment – Session Detail screen, read the applicable information and click on the Continue button. 

• Complete the comments field if necessary, and click on Submit.