Links to online Statistics courses
Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 01 October 2020 to Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 12am - 1am
MSD Skills are unable to provide our 'Introduction to statistics' training until we return to classroom teaching, but we have listed some alternative online statistics resources here.
Advancing Teaching and Learning Programme
Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 08 October 2020 to Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 3pm - 6pm
Ready to develop your teaching skills at Oxford? The Advancing Teaching and Learning Programme leading to the award of Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, is now open to staff who meet the application criteria. Booking information available for TT21.
Links to Presentation skills training
Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills
Thursday, 10 December 2020 to Wednesday, 30 June 2021, 2pm - 5pm
Presentation skills training available elsewhere in the University
Writing a thesis - two part online course
Communication Skills Research Skills
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Sunday, 01 August 2021, 9am - 9am
This interactive online MSD Skills training course complements 'Viva preparation' and is designed for those in the final or second to last year of their DPhil who are preparing to write their thesis. Part 1 has to be completed in Canvas before booking links for the optional live sessions are made available.
Writing a transfer report - two part online course
Communication Skills Research Skills
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Sunday, 01 August 2021, 9am - 9am
This interactive online MSD Skills training course complements 'Transfer of status' and is most suitable for first-year DPhil students in their second or third term who are preparing to write their transfer report. First term DPhil students may find many of the exercises are not yet helpful. Part 1 has to be completed in Canvas before booking links for the optional live sessions are made available.
Simulating data to improve your research: an Introduction - ONLINE
Monday, 22 February 2021 to Monday, 08 March 2021, 1pm - 3pm
** This course is now closed for booking ** This interactive online course is suitable for postgraduate research staff and students wanting to learn about simulating data to make their research more robust and reproducible. Please note that while the first part of the course in Canvas is available to those outside of MSD, only MSD postgraduate research staff and students can attend live sessions.
Analysing biological data by model fitting in GraphPad Prism ONLINE
Tuesday, 09 March 2021, 9.30am to 12pm
***This course is fully booked*** 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.
Planning, designing and critically appraising clinical research ONLINE
Communication Skills Research Skills
Tuesday, 09 March 2021 to Friday, 12 March 2021, 1pm - 4pm
***This course is fully booked*** This live interactive online course consisting of two three hour sessions is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students looking to plan and conduct plan and conduct reproducible clinical research projects.
When science goes bad: scientific misconduct and how to avoid it ONLINE
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 2pm to 4.30pm
This 2.5 hour interactive online MSD Skills training course is suitable for all postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers keen to avoid scientific misconduct.
Fiji/ImageJ analysis course ONLINE
Monday, 15 March 2021 to Friday, 19 March 2021, 9.30am - 4.30pm
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.
Preparing for learning and teaching at Oxford ONLINE
Career Development Communication Skills Teaching Skills
Tuesday, 16 March 2021, 2pm to 5pm
***This course is fully booked*** This online MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who are intending to teach in the University and HE more generally. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete before the live session.
Preparing for learning and teaching at Oxford ONLINE
Career Development Communication Skills Teaching Skills
Friday, 19 March 2021, 10am to 1pm
***This course is fully booked*** This online MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who are intending to teach in the University and HE more generally. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete before the live session.
Preparing for learning and teaching at Oxford ONLINE
Career Development Communication Skills Teaching Skills
Monday, 22 March 2021, 2pm to 5pm
***This course is fully booked*** This online MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who are intending to teach in the University and HE more generally. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete before the live session.
Writing a conference or journal article abstract ONLINE
Communication Skills Research Skills
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 10am to 12pm
***This course is fully booked*** 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.
Preparing for learning and teaching at Oxford ONLINE
Career Development Communication Skills Teaching Skills
Monday, 29 March 2021, 10am to 1pm
***This course is fully booked*** This online MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who are intending to teach in the University and HE more generally. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete before the live session.