Advancing Teaching and Learning Programme
Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 08 October 2020 to Friday, 01 December 2023, 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.
Writing a thesis - two part online course
Communication Skills Research Skills
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Tuesday, 01 August 2023, 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 Tuesday, 01 August 2023, 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.
MSD PLTO
Career Development Communication Skills Teaching Skills
Wednesday, 30 June 2021 to Tuesday, 01 August 2023, 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’.
Fundamentals of Statistical Software and Analysis (FoSSA)
Monday, 06 February 2023 to Monday, 02 September 2024, 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, multiple choice quizzes, and the option to sign up for a one-hour online tutorial working through the practical content.
Scientific computing with MATLAB ONLINE
Monday, 08 May 2023 to Monday, 19 June 2023, 9am - 5pm
This online self-guided learning course is for MSD postgraduate researchers who want to gain a good understanding of MATLAB's programming language and applications.
Intro to R for biologists ONLINE
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 to Friday, 09 June 2023, 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.
So you want to be a Principal Investigator ONLINE
Career Development Research Skills
Wednesday, 07 June 2023 to Thursday, 08 June 2023, 2pm - 5pm
This MSD Skills workshop is for any member of MSD research staff thinking of becoming a PI. It will explore what it means to be a PI and the routes to becoming one.
Synthesising qualitative research made simple ONLINE
Friday, 09 June 2023 to Friday, 16 June 2023, 9.30am - 11.30am
This course is accessible and relevant to qualitative and quantitative Medical Sciences Division postgraduate researchers who want to learn more about synthesising qualitative research with a view to undertaking or utilising QES in their study or work. 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 transfer report live session ONLINE
Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 2pm to 3.30pm
This is an optional live session for MSD DPhil students, complementing the online self-directed course ‘Writing a transfer report’ in Canvas. This two-part course is designed for DPhil students who are preparing to write their transfer report (usually second or third term of the first year).
Fiji ImageJ analysis course ONLINE
Monday, 19 June 2023 to Friday, 23 June 2023, 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.
Grant Writing Workshop a.k.a. How to Ask for Money - IN PERSON
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 9.30am to 4pm
This session is for anyone who writes any sort of grant application including for a complex programme, an RCT, a qualitative study or a secondary analysis (or new scout hut, for that matter) led by Professor Sue Ziebland who was until recently the Programme Director for NIHR Research for Patient Benefit, Nuffield Dept of Primary Care Health Sciences. During a lively and interactive workshop Sue will explain how to use a tried and tested method for helping to structure your research grant proposal. Attendees will learn how to write a research grant application and learn how to improve their skills in application writing.