Advancing Teaching and Learning Programme
Career Development Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 08 October 2020 to Thursday, 01 August 2024, 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 Thursday, 01 August 2024, 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 Thursday, 01 August 2024, 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 Thursday, 01 August 2024, 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 and multiple choice quizzes.
Preparation for a successful final DPhil viva ONLINE
Thursday, 05 October 2023, 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, NOT for transfer viva or MSc taught student.
Transfer of status ONLINE
Friday, 06 October 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.
Intro to R for biologists ONLINE
Tuesday, 10 October 2023 to Wednesday, 11 October 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.
Confirmation of status ONLINE
Wednesday, 11 October 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 Evidence Synthesis ONLINE
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 9.30am to 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.
Confirmation of status ONLINE
Monday, 16 October 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.
Transfer of status ONLINE
Wednesday, 18 October 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.
Writing a transfer report hybrid session ONLINE and IN PERSON
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 2pm to 5.30pm
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).
PLTO Tutorials Online
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Friday, 20 October 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.
Writing a thesis hybrid session ONLINE and IN PERSON
Friday, 20 October 2023, 2.30pm to 4pm
This is an optional live session for MSD DPhil students, complementing the online self-directed course ‘Writing a thesis’ in Canvas. This two-part course is designed for those in the final or second-to-last year of their DPhil who are preparing to write their thesis.
Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ ONLINE
Monday, 23 October 2023 to Friday, 27 October 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, 30 October 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.
X-ray Crystallography IN PERSON
Monday, 30 October 2023 to Friday, 03 November 2023, 10am - 5pm
Writing a journal article ONLINE
Monday, 30 October 2023, 12.30pm to 4pm
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.
Data analysis & visualisation in R for biologists ONLINE
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 to Wednesday, 08 November 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).