Career Development and Training
We provide training and resources to support you in carrying out your research and develop and progress your career. All our courses are currently being delivered online – see below for details.
If you are unable to take part in our courses, particularly during lockdown, or prefer to work individually rather than attend courses, our self-access Researcher Development Resources provide information, tools and support on a range of topics.
COURSE PROGRAMME
Michaelmas 2020
Training Brochure Michaelmas 2020
Researcher Development Resources
DPhil Students
Research Staff
Enterprise
Public Engagement
Upcoming Courses
Scientific writing: core skills
Tuesday, 08 December 2020 to Wednesday, 09 December 2020, 9.30am - 1pm
This one-day course provides a sound grounding in the core skills needed to produce accurate and effective scientific writing.
Podcast Your Science: One-to-One Coaching Session
Tuesday, 08 December 2020, 1pm to 5pm
Book a half hour session of individual coaching and feedback on your podcasting work, from technical tips to journalistic insight in to editing and identifying stories.
Blog posts
MPLS Enterprise and Innovation Fellows 2021
17 November 2020
If you are an entrepreneurially minded post-doc, why not apply to be an Enterprise and Innovation Fellow, working with us to shape and sustain development of our Enterprise programme, supporting researchers to explore the creative and commercial potential of their work.
Why join the #RisingWISE programme?
16 November 2020
RisingWISE is an enterprise programme aimed at early career researchers at Oxford and Cambridge. It is a course entirely developed by and for women, including strong links with women experts in industry. If you are curious about enterprise, entrepreneurship and impact then this is the programme for you!
Free course: Become a Better Presenter: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
19 October 2020
FutureLearn is hosting this free three-week course, created by staff at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Presenter Network. Learn how to improve your presentation skills (face to face and digitally) and add personality into your presentation style.
Head of UKRI speaks out on diversity in research system
21 September 2020
Ottoline Leyser says: We must reshape the system so it genuinely values and supports difference