Preparation for a successful final DPhil viva, online
Friday, 05 June 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 focus 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.
Supervising a Research Student at Oxford: Rules and Procedures, online
Thursday, 04 June 2026, 10am to 12.30pm
This is a 2.5 hour course for newly-appointed academics, early research careers and post-docs at the University of Oxford with responsibility for training DPhil or MSc by Research students.
Writing a journal article, online
Wednesday, 03 June 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.
Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ, online
Monday, 01 June 2026 to Friday, 05 June 2026, 9.30am - 12pm
This four half day online interactive sessions are suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers involved with bright field and fluorescence microscopy.
How to do a systematic review of qualitative research, online
Thursday, 28 May 2026 to Friday, 29 May 2026, 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.
How to make a success of your post-graduate research, online
Thursday, 21 May 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.
Confirmation of status, online
Thursday, 21 May 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
Tuesday, 19 May 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.
Writing a conference or journal article abstract, online
Monday, 18 May 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am
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.
Qualitative research made simple, online
Thursday, 14 May 2026 to Friday, 15 May 2026, 9.30am - 11.30am
Online interactive two day course suitable for Medical Sciences Division researchers who want to learn more about qualitative research with a view to conducting a qualitative research study. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete before each live session.
Observational health data Science: an introduction to real-world data, epidemiology, and machine learning, in person
Thursday, 14 May 2026, 9am to 2pm
This course is suitable for MSD students and research staff interested in developing a basic understanding of “real-world” or observational health data science. The sessions are interactive. No prior knowledge is required.
Introduction to MATLAB for medics and biologists, online
Tuesday, 12 May 2026 to Tuesday, 19 May 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.
Intro to R for biologists, online
Tuesday, 12 May 2026 to Thursday, 14 May 2026, 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.
Principles of data visualisation and big data handling, online
Monday, 11 May 2026 to Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 9.30am - 12pm
This three half-day interactive course will teach you how to effectively visualize and manage large datasets.
Preparation for a successful final DPhil viva, online
Thursday, 07 May 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 focus 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.
Systems immunology: an intro to multi-omics data integration and machine learning, online
Wednesday, 06 May 2026 to Thursday, 07 May 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.
Introduction to machine learning and deep learning in Python, online
Wednesday, 06 May 2026 to Friday, 08 May 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.
Confirmation of status, online
Thursday, 30 April 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
Tuesday, 28 April 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.
Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ, online
Monday, 27 April 2026 to Friday, 01 May 2026, 9.30am - 12pm
This four half day online interactive sessions are suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers involved with bright field and fluorescence microscopy.