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.
Preparation for a successful final DPhil viva ONLINE
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 10am to 12.30pm
***This course is fully booked*** 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, NOT for transfer viva or MSc taught student.
Intro to R for biologists ONLINE
Wednesday, 19 April 2023 to Wednesday, 26 April 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.
How and why to undertake a systematic review ONLINE
Thursday, 20 April 2023, 2pm to 4pm
This online course is for MSD researchers and covers the principles of performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Transfer of status ONLINE
Tuesday, 25 April 2023, 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.
Data analysis & visualisation in R for biologists ONLINE
Wednesday, 03 May 2023 to Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 9.30am - 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 in order to create reproducible analysis workflows and publication quality figures from biological data. In order to register to this course you are required to complete a short pre-course quiz on Canvas using your SSO login (please see How it will work section).
Confirmation of status ONLINE
Thursday, 04 May 2023, 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.
Qualitative research made simple ONLINE
Friday, 05 May 2023 to Friday, 12 May 2023, 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.
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.
Research ethics - an introduction ONLINE
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11am to 4pm
This half-day interactive online MSD Skills training course is relevant to all MSD postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers looking to understand the ethical concerns faced by researchers.
Fiji ImageJ analysis course ONLINE
Monday, 15 May 2023 to Friday, 19 May 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.
Analysing biological data by model fitting in GraphPad Prism ONLINE
Monday, 15 May 2023, 9.30am to 12pm
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.
PLTO Masters teaching ONLINE
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 9am to 1pm
This online MSD Skills Training course is for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who want to teach on taught Masters programmes in the University and HE more generally.
PLTO Tutorials Online
Career Development Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 9am to 1pm
This online MSD Skills Training course is suitable for postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers in the Division who want to teach tutorials in the University and HE more generally.
How to make a success of your post-graduate research ONLINE
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 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.
Large group and lecturing ONLINE
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Monday, 22 May 2023 to Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 9.30am - 12.30pm
This live online workshop 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.