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Skills Training Calendar

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MSD PLTO

Wednesday, 30 June 2021 to Monday, 03 August 2026, 12am - 12pm

MSD’s Preparing for Learning and Teaching at Oxford (PLTO) has changed! You have the choice of attending specific teaching streams – ‘Taught Masters’ or ‘Tutorials’.

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Fundamentals of Statistical Software and Analysis (FoSSA)

Tuesday, 01 August 2023 to Monday, 03 August 2026, 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.

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Email us at courses@medsci.ox.ac.uk

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Booking Instructions

Step-by-step guidelines on how to book a Skills Training course.

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Terms & Conditions

These terms and conditions apply to all MSD Skills training courses attendees.

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Events from across the University

Researcher News, Events & Development Opportunities please visit Researchers Hub. 

Research Practice e-learning courses are available to all research staff and students at the University. You can self-enrol at Research Practice Training.

Getting started: beginning your DPhil life in Oxford as you mean to go on – finding a work life balance and looking after your emotions, Getting on: managing professional relationships (supervisors, lab, peers), preparing emotionally for transfer of status, and dealing with DPhil crises along the way, Getting finished – preparing emotionally for submission, your viva, and life after the DPhil. To book visit Workshops and Groups | University Counselling Service

Department of Continuing Education offers Graduate School training programme is for Oxford University postgraduate students. For more details see here.