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Experimental design and statistics in preclinical research: the good, the bad and the ugly, in person
Tuesday, 24 February 2026 to Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 2pm - 5pm
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.
Writing a conference or journal article abstract, online
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 2pm to 4pm
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 on Canvas before the live session.
Writing a journal article, online
Wednesday, 04 February 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
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.
Developing your grant writing skills, in person
Monday, 02 March 2026 to Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 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.
Introduction to MATLAB for medics and biologists, online
Tuesday, 10 February 2026 to Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 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.
Large group and lecturing, online
Monday, 16 March 2026 to Thursday, 19 March 2026, 9.30am - 12.30pm
This workshop is delivered in four separate three-hour sessions and is suitable for MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers looking to teach and wanting to learn the principles and practices of effective lecturing and group sessions.
Analysing biological data by model fitting in GraphPad Prism, online
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 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.
Introduction to machine learning and deep learning in Python, online
Wednesday, 11 March 2026 to Friday, 13 March 2026, 10am - 1pm
This course is a practical introduction to applying machine learning and deep learning algorithms on biological data using the Python programming language. Using a mixture of lectures and hands-on training, the participants will be taken through different steps of data processing, preparation and application of the machine learning techniques to solve various problems, with guidance from expert tutors. By the end of the course, the participants should be able to apply machine learning and deep learning techniques to tabular and image data.
Data visualisation with ggplot2, online
Friday, 27 February 2026, 10am to 1pm
This interactive online MSD Skills training course is aimed at MSD postgraduate research students and staff with some programming experience in R who want to expand their skills to create publication quality figures from biological data.
How to make a success of your post-graduate research, online
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 10am to 12pm
The ‘How to make a success of your post-graduate research studies (known previously as ‘How to work with your supervisor’) is an interactive online session suitable for MSD first year DPhil/MSc by research students.
Systems immunology: an intro to multi-omics data integration and machine learning, online
Wednesday, 04 March 2026 to Thursday, 05 March 2026, 10am - 4pm
Planning to use machine learning to better understand your data? In this interactive course, we will learn how to use machine learning for biological and biomedical data integration and knowledge discovery.
Confirmation of status, online
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 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.
How to be a milestone assessor and an internal examiner at Oxford, online
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 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.
Supervising a research student at Oxford: rules and procedures, online
Monday, 02 March 2026, 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.
Preparation for thesis submission and a successful final viva , online
Friday, 20 March 2026, 10am to 12.30pm
This interactive online MSD Skills training course is most suitable for those in their third or fourth year of their DPhil preparing for their viva, with focuse on two main points. Part 1 - For those who haven’t submitted their theses or appointed their examiners. Part 2 – For those who are doing final prep for their vivas. (after the 15’ break). NOT for transfer viva or MSc taught student.
Preparation for thesis submission and a successful final viva , online
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 10am to 12.30pm
This interactive online MSD Skills training course is most suitable for those in their third or fourth year of their DPhil preparing for their viva, with focuse on two main points. Part 1 - For those who haven’t submitted their theses or appointed their examiners. Part 2 – For those who are doing final prep for their vivas. (after the 15’ break). NOT for transfer viva or MSc taught student.
Confirmation of status, online
Tuesday, 10 March 2026, 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.
Transfer of status, online
Thursday, 05 March 2026, 10am to 12.30pm
This 2.5 hours interactive online MSD Skills training course is suitable for first year DPhil/MSc research students preparing for their first milestone; transfer of status.
Transfer of status, online
Thursday, 05 February 2026, 10am to 12.30pm
This 2.5 hours interactive online MSD Skills training course is suitable for first year DPhil/MSc research students preparing for their first milestone; transfer of status.
Collecting qualitative data: Interviews and Focus Groups, online
Thursday, 19 February 2026 to Friday, 20 February 2026, 9.30am - 12.30pm
This course is aimed at anyone planning to collect qualitative data using interviews or focus groups. Delivered over 2 half-days, this course will equally suit people new to qualitative research, and those who wish to develop additional skills in data collection.