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PLTO Tutorials, online

Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills

Wednesday, 04 December 2024, 1pm to 5pm

This MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who want to teach tutorials in the University and HE more generally.

Fundamentals of Statistical Software and Analysis (FoSSA)

Research Skills

Tuesday, 01 August 2023 to Sunday, 05 January 2025, 9am - 5pm

This MSD Skills training course consists of online pre-recorded videos and self-directed practical exercises arranged into 7 modules covering a wide range of statistical methods. All course content can be approached using the statistical programmes of R, Stata, or SPSS. Once registered with the course, all students are able to access content for whichever modules and statistical software programmes suit their needs. Each module contains approximately 2-hours of pre-recorded lecture material (split into short videos), one hour of practical content, readings in an online textbook and multiple choice quizzes.

Intro to R for biologists, online

Research Skills

Tuesday, 12 November 2024 to Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 9.30am - 1pm

This interactive online MSD Skills training course is aimed at MSD postgraduate research students and staff with minimal or no programming experience who want to perform basic data analysis in R and get familiar with programming environment.

Confirmation of status, online

For students only Research Skills

Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 10am to 11.30am

This 1.5 hour workshops is aimed at MSD DPhil research students and will provide clear guidance and advice as how to successfully prepare and complete the process of Confirmation of Status.

Developing original ideas through analytical frameworks, online

Research Skills

Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 1pm to 3pm

This two-hour course is for any postgraduate contemplating the application of analytical frameworks to qualitative data. It will help you understand how viewing data from various angles will enable you, the researcher, to see your data anew each time.

Introduction to MATLAB for medics and biologists, online

Research Skills

Friday, 15 November 2024 to Friday, 22 November 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm

This course is intended for a broad audience (undergraduate/postgraduate students and staff) from diverse backgrounds who have not worked with MATLAB or other programming languages before and wish to acquire the basics in a time-efficient and hands-on manner. This course is not suitable for researchers with extensive experience in MATLAB or similar languages. The second session will build on input from the previous and it is only recommended to register if both sessions can be attended.

Introduction to computational chemistry, in person

Research Skills

Monday, 16 December 2024 to Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 10am - 5pm

This MSD Skills course, run by the Department of Biochemistry, is suitable for all postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to understand the practical skills needed for effective computational biochemistry.

X-ray Crystallography, in person

Research Skills

Monday, 18 November 2024 to Friday, 22 November 2024, 10am - 5pm

PLTO Masters teaching, online

Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills

Friday, 15 November 2024, 1pm to 5pm

This online MSD Skills Training course is for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who want to teach on taught Masters programmes in the University and HE more generally.

PLTO Masters teaching, online

Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills

Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 9am to 1pm

This online MSD Skills Training course is for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who want to teach on taught Masters programmes in the University and HE more generally.

Experimental design and statistics in preclinical research: the good, the bad and the ugly, in person

Research Skills

Wednesday, 11 December 2024 to Thursday, 12 December 2024, 2pm - 4.30pm

This interactive course is for MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to understand the issues underpinning good experimental design, the bedrock of reproducible science.

Bad Behaviour! Examples of Academic Misconduct and How to Avoid It, online

Research Skills

Friday, 06 December 2024, 1.30pm to 4pm

In the world of scientific research, you may encounter a spectrum of behaviours, from those who uphold the highest standards of integrity to those who might succumb to the pressures of rapid publication and recognition by whatever means necessary.

Supervising a Research Student at Oxford: Rules and Procedures, online

Research Skills

Friday, 22 November 2024, 10am to 12.30pm

This is a 2.5 hour course for those in academic posts at the University of Oxford with responsibility for training DPhil or MSc by Research students.

How to be a milestone assessor and an internal examiner at Oxford, online

Research Skills

Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 10am to 12.30pm

This is a 2.5 hour course for those in academic posts at the University of Oxford who are likely to be called to act as a milestone assessor (transfer and confirmation of status assessments), an internal DPhil/MSc by research examiner, or as an external examiner. This Workshop is UNSUITABLE for students.

PLTO Tutorials, in person

Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills

Monday, 18 November 2024, 1pm to 5pm

This MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who want to teach tutorials in the University and HE more generally.

Introduction to MATLAB for medics and biologists, online

Research Skills

Friday, 25 October 2024 to Friday, 01 November 2024, 2pm - 3.30pm

This course is intended for a broad audience (undergraduate/postgraduate students and staff) from diverse backgrounds who have not worked with MATLAB or other programming languages before and wish to acquire the basics in a time-efficient and hands-on manner. This course is not suitable for researchers with extensive experience in MATLAB or similar languages. The second session will build on input from the previous and it is only recommended to register if both sessions can be attended.

How and why to undertake a systematic review, in person

Research Skills

Monday, 02 December 2024, 2pm to 4.30pm

This course is for MSD researchers and covers the principles of performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Experimental design and statistics in preclinical research: the good, the bad and the ugly, in person

Research Skills

Tuesday, 05 November 2024 to Thursday, 07 November 2024, 2pm - 4.30pm

This interactive course is for MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to understand the issues underpinning good experimental design, the bedrock of reproducible science.

Developing your grant writing skills, in person

Communication Skills Research Skills

Thursday, 24 October 2024 to Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 10am - 4pm

This two-day in-person workshop will help you to understand how to: plan, develop, and structure your research proposal; turn your ideas into a well-written, strong and convincing proposal, and follow the Oxford grant submission process. It will be targeted at MSD researchers, especially early and mid-career researchers, who would like to develop their grant writing skills and who are planning to submit a grant or fellowship application. Please come prepared to discuss your project/fellowship ideas. Ideally, this should be on possible future work but if you are not quite at this stage, it could be on current work.

Qualitative evidence synthesis made simple, online

Research Skills

Thursday, 12 December 2024 to Friday, 13 December 2024, 9.30am - 11.30am

This course is accessible and relevant to Medical Sciences Division postgraduate researchers who want to learn more about searching for and synthesising qualitative research. The course leader (Dr Francine Toye) had published and presented internationally in this area. Her aim is to demystify qualitative research, and to make it accessible and valuable for improved healthcare.