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« Back to Skills Training CalendarWriting a thesis - two part online course
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Saturday, 01 August 2026, 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
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Monday, 03 August 2026, 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.
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.
Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ, online
Monday, 01 December 2025 to Friday, 05 December 2025, 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.
Developing your grant writing skills, in person
Thursday, 04 December 2025 to Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 10am - 4pm
This two-day in-person workshop will help you to understand how to: plan, develop, and structure your research proposal; turn your ideas into a well-written, strong and convincing proposal, and follow the Oxford grant submission process. It will be targeted at MSD researchers, especially early and mid-career researchers, who would like to develop their grant writing skills and who are planning to submit a grant or fellowship application. Please come prepared to discuss your project/fellowship ideas. Ideally, this should be on possible future work but if you are not quite at this stage, it could be on current work.
Introduction to machine learning and deep learning in Python, online
Friday, 05 December 2025 to Monday, 08 December 2025, 10am - 1.30pm
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.
Large group and lecturing, online
Monday, 08 December 2025 to Thursday, 11 December 2025, 9.30am - 12.30pm
This workshop is delivered in four separate three-hour sessions and is suitable for MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers looking to teach and wanting to learn the principles and practices of effective lecturing and group sessions.
OxMic: Essentials of Light Microscopy, in person
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 9.30am to 5pm
This course is designed for students and researchers who use or plan to use fluorescence microscopy in their research. Whether you are new to microscopy or wish to deepen your understanding of optical principles and available microscopy techniques, this course provides a solid foundation and an opportunity to network with bioimaging facility experts.
Intro to R for biologists, online
Friday, 12 December 2025 to Monday, 15 December 2025, 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.
How to do a systematic review of qualitative research, online
Tuesday, 16 December 2025 to Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 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.
Introduction to computational chemistry, in person
Tuesday, 16 December 2025 to Thursday, 18 December 2025, 10am - 5pm
This MSD Skills course, run by the Department of Biochemistry, is suitable for all postgraduate research students and early career researchers wanting to understand the practical skills needed for effective computational biochemistry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.