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.
Intro to R for biologists, online
Monday, 09 March 2026 to Wednesday, 11 March 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.
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.
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.
Principles of data visualisation and big data handling, online
Tuesday, 03 March 2026 to Thursday, 05 March 2026, 9.30am - 12pm
This three half-day interactive course will teach you how to effectively visualize and manage large datasets.
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.
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 do a systematic review of qualitative research, online
Thursday, 26 February 2026 to Friday, 27 February 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Qualitative research made simple, online
Thursday, 05 February 2026 to Friday, 06 February 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.
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.
Intro to R for biologists, online
Tuesday, 03 February 2026 to Friday, 06 February 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.
Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ, online
Monday, 02 February 2026 to Friday, 06 February 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.
Principles of data visualisation and big data handling, online
Wednesday, 28 January 2026 to Friday, 30 January 2026, 9.30am - 12pm
This three half-day interactive course will teach you how to effectively visualize and manage large datasets.
Experimental design and statistics in preclinical research: the good, the bad and the ugly, in person
Tuesday, 16 December 2025 to Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 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.