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
Communication Skills Research Skills
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Thursday, 01 August 2024, 9am - 9am
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Writing a transfer report
Communication Skills Research Skills
Monday, 14 December 2020 to Thursday, 01 August 2024, 9am - 9am
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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)
Tuesday, 01 August 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.
Image Analysis course with Fiji/ImageJ, online
Monday, 22 April 2024 to Friday, 26 April 2024, 9.30am - 12pm
*Course full* 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.
Intro to R for biologists, online
Tuesday, 23 April 2024 to Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 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.
Developing your grant writing skills, in person
Communication Skills Research Skills
Thursday, 25 April 2024 to Wednesday, 01 May 2024, 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.
PLTO Masters teaching, online
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Friday, 26 April 2024, 1pm to 5pm
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.
Confirmation of status, online
Monday, 29 April 2024, 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.
PLTO Tutorials, in person
Communication Skills Research Skills Teaching Skills
Thursday, 02 May 2024, 1pm to 5pm
This 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.
Transfer of status, online
Friday, 03 May 2024, 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, 07 May 2024 to Friday, 10 May 2024, 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.
Preparation for a successful final DPhil viva, online
Wednesday, 08 May 2024, 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.
Qualitative research made simple, online
Thursday, 09 May 2024 to Friday, 10 May 2024, 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
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 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.
How and why to undertake a systematic review, in person
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 2pm to 4.30pm
This course is for MSD researchers and covers the principles of performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Confirmation of status, online
Friday, 17 May 2024, 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.
Preparation for a successful final DPhil viva, online
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 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.
Supervision, assessment and examination at Oxford, online
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 10am to 1pm
This MSD Skills training workshop provides clear guidance for MSD early career researchers and new principal investigators on postgraduate research student supervision, key DPhil milestones assessment, and being an internal examiner at Oxford. Workshop is UNSUITABLE for students.