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.
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.
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.
Writing a conference or journal article abstract, online
Wednesday, 03 December 2025, 2pm to 4pm
This course is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and early career researchers who have produced enough work to be able to draft their first conference abstract. This course contains pre-work you will need to complete on Canvas before the live session.
How and why to undertake a systematic review, in person
Monday, 01 December 2025, 2pm to 4.30pm
This course is for MSD researchers and covers the principles of performing a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Data visualisation with ggplot2, online
Monday, 01 December 2025, 10am to 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 to create publication quality figures from biological data.
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.
Systems immunology: an intro to multi-omics data integration and machine learning, online
Thursday, 27 November 2025 to Friday, 28 November 2025, 10am - 4pm
Planning to use machine learning to better understand your data? In this interactive course, we will learn how to use machine learning for biological and biomedical data integration and knowledge discovery.
Preparation for thesis submission and a successful final viva , online
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 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.
Principles of data visualisation and big data handling, online
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 to Friday, 28 November 2025, 9.30am - 12pm
This three half-day interactive course will teach you how to effectively visualize and manage large datasets.
Planning, designing and critically appraising clinical research, online
Monday, 24 November 2025 to Tuesday, 02 December 2025, 1pm - 4pm
This live interactive online course consisting of two three hour sessions is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students looking to plan and conduct plan and conduct reproducible clinical research projects.
Analysing biological data by model fitting in GraphPad Prism, online
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 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.
Confirmation of status, online
Monday, 17 November 2025, 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.
How to make a success of your post-graduate research, online
Friday, 14 November 2025, 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.
Transfer of status, online
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 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.
Introduction to statistics, in person
Thursday, 13 November 2025 to Wednesday, 03 December 2025, 9.30am - 1pm
This MSD Skills training course consists of four half-day sessions, and is suitable for all MSD postgraduate research students and postdoctoral early career researchers using and interpreting statistical data.
Qualitative research made simple, online
Thursday, 13 November 2025 to Friday, 14 November 2025, 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.
Supervising a Research Student at Oxford: Rules and Procedures, online
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 10am to 12.30pm
This is a 2.5 hour course for those in academic posts at the University of Oxford with responsibility for training DPhil or MSc by Research students.
How to be a milestone assessor and an internal examiner at Oxford, online
Friday, 07 November 2025, 10am to 12.30pm
This is a 2.5 hour course for those in academic posts at the University of Oxford who are likely to be called to act as a milestone assessor (transfer and confirmation of status assessments), an internal DPhil/MSc by research examiner, or as an external examiner. This Workshop is UNSUITABLE for students.
Writing a journal article, online
Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
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.