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Responding to the growing mandate for researchers to share their clinical data, WWARN is joining with partners to host a 3-day workshop in January sponsored by the British Council’s Newton Researcher Links Programme in order to develop the skills and network needed to produce high quality data capable of maximising the impact of initial findings.
Analysing biological data by model fitting in GraphPad Prism IN PERSON
Research Skills
Monday, 27 November 2023, 9.30am to 12pm
The course is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to analyse and compare their biological data using model fitting. No prior statistical knowledge is required.
PLTO Tutorials Online
Research Skills Teaching Skills
Monday, 06 November 2023, 9am to 1pm
This online 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.
PLTO Masters teaching ONLINE
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Friday, 24 November 2023, 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.
Analysing biological data by model fitting in GraphPad Prism ONLINE
Research Skills
Monday, 30 October 2023, 9.30am to 12pm
The course is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to analyse and compare their biological data using model fitting. No prior statistical knowledge is required.
Experimental design and statistics in preclinical research: the good, the bad and the ugly! IN PERSON
Research Skills
Monday, 11 December 2023 to Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 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.
Introduction to computational chemistry IN PERSON
Research Skills
Wednesday, 13 December 2023 to Friday, 15 December 2023, 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.
PLTO Tutorials Online
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 02 November 2023, 9am to 1pm
This online 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 statistics Group B, in person
Research Skills
Thursday, 09 November 2023 to Thursday, 30 November 2023, 9am - 12.30pm
This MSD Skills training course consists of four half-day sessions, and is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers using and interpreting statistical data.
Introduction to statistics Group A, in person
Research Skills
Tuesday, 07 November 2023 to Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 9.30am - 1pm
This MSD Skills training course consists of four half-day sessions, and is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers using and interpreting statistical data.
Developing your grant writing skills IN PERSON
Research Skills
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 to Wednesday, 08 November 2023, 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.
X-ray Crystallography IN PERSON
Research Skills
Monday, 30 October 2023 to Friday, 03 November 2023, 10am - 5pm
Fundamentals of Statistical Software and Analysis (FoSSA)
Research Research Skills
Monday, 06 February 2023 to Monday, 02 September 2024, 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.
Writing a journal article ONLINE
Research Skills
Monday, 30 October 2023, 12.30pm to 4pm
MSD postgraduate research students and early-career researchers join UK EQUATOR Centre writing experts to learn a smooth, effective process for writing and publishing a journal article. The course uses a flipped-classroom approach with self-directed online work before a live session.
Writing a conference or journal article abstract ONLINE
Research Skills
Friday, 10 November 2023, 10am to 12pm
This course is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers who have produced enough work to be able to draft their first conference abstract. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete before the live session.
Writing a thesis hybrid session ONLINE and IN PERSON
Research Skills
Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 3pm to 4.30pm
This is an optional live session for MSD DPhil students, complementing the online self-directed course ‘Writing a thesis’ in Canvas. This two-part course is designed for those in the final or second-to-last year of their DPhil who are preparing to write their thesis.
Writing a thesis hybrid session ONLINE and IN PERSON
Research Skills
Friday, 20 October 2023, 2.30pm to 4pm
This is an optional live session for MSD DPhil students, complementing the online self-directed course ‘Writing a thesis’ in Canvas. This two-part course is designed for those in the final or second-to-last year of their DPhil who are preparing to write their thesis.
Writing a transfer report hybrid session ONLINE and IN PERSON
Research Skills
Friday, 17 November 2023, 2.30pm to 4pm
This is an optional live session for MSD DPhil students, complementing the online self-directed course ‘Writing a transfer report’ in Canvas. This two-part course is designed for DPhil students who are preparing to write their transfer report (usually second or third term of the first year).
Writing a transfer report hybrid session ONLINE and IN PERSON
Research Skills
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 2pm to 5.30pm
This is an optional live session for MSD DPhil students, complementing the online self-directed course ‘Writing a transfer report’ in Canvas. This two-part course is designed for DPhil students who are preparing to write their transfer report (usually second or third term of the first year).
Entrepreneurship in Health Sciences IN PERSON
Research Skills
Tuesday, 05 December 2023 to Wednesday, 06 December 2023, 1pm - 5pm
The aim of course is to understand how to critically evaluate and select the most pressing needs for healthcare, comparing and contrasting the regulatory requirements with regards to market viability, and design a critical case around a proposed solution.
Collecting qualitative data: Interviews and focus groups ONLINE
Research Skills
Monday, 04 December 2023, 9.30am to 5pm
This course is aimed at anyone planning to collect qualitative data using interviews or focus groups.