Optimise your time at Oxford (in-person)
Thursday, 09 October 2025, 12pm to 2pm
Congratulations, you have got a research post at Oxford. But, what next? How do you manage your time at Oxford?
Your Successful DPhil (online)
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Getting started in policy engagement (online)
Jose Rojas Alvarado and Naomi Gibson
Tuesday, 14 October 2025, 10am to 12pm
In this session, you will benefit from a combination of presentations, short exercises, and opportunities to discuss with peer researchers your motivations, plans, and challenges when it comes to engaging with policymakers and the public policy world.
Your Successful DPhil (in-person)
Wednesday, 15 October 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
First Principles for Scientists: Enterprise & Innovation (in-person)
Thursday, 16 October 2025 to Thursday, 27 November 2025
Achieve greater impact and stronger collaborations by adopting these first principles approaches to analysing and implementing ideas and developing your research strategy.
GROW: Negotiating with Investors - transferable skills for academia, industry, and life (in-person)
Tuesday, 21 October 2025, 12pm to 2pm
Negotiation is a skill that cuts across every aspect of our professional and personal lives — whether you’re seeking research funding, managing collaborations, advancing your career, or navigating everyday decisions. In this interactive session, Paola Cuneo will share insights drawn from working with investors and show how the same principles can be applied into different situations.
Your Successful DPhil (in-person)
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Surviving your DPhil and Thriving Emotionally (in-person)
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 11.15am to 12.45pm
This workshop offers DPhil students a space to reflect, share challenges, and explore emotional wellbeing during their doctoral journey. Through guided discussion and facilitator input, participants gain insight into common issues and learn strategies to manage stress, work-life balance, and transitions throughout their DPhil.
Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
Monday, 27 October 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
If you have little or no experience of giving presentations, this course is for you.
Getting Started in Public and Community Engagement with Research (online)
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 2pm to 3pm
This session provides an introduction to public & community engagement for anyone interested in getting started or looking for a bit of inspiration.
Your Successful DPhil (in-person)
Monday, 03 November 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
An introduction to anti-racist allyship (online)
Daisy Hung and Hannah Ravenswood
Monday, 03 November 2025, 10am to 11.30am
How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 9.30am to 11am
Regular meaningful Career Development Reviews are an important part of developing a positive research culture.
GROW: Discover the Conception X Venture Pathway (online)
Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
Discover how your research could become a deeptech startup. Join Conception X for an online session introducing their venture programme for STEM researchers. Learn about Startup X and Project X tracks, funding opportunities, and how to join Cohort 9. Open to all researchers interested in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Get that grant (in-person)
Thursday, 06 November 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
External research funding is a crucial part of the research profile of universities and is a major issue for academic staff.
Viva preparation and practice (in-person)
Thursday, 06 November 2025, 10am to 1pm
This course provides doctoral students in the third year and above with information about the viva, guidance on planning a proactive approach to it, and opportunities to practice.
Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
- All
- Communications
- DPhil students
- Presentation skills
- Public engagement
- Research staff
- Writing skills
Thursday, 06 November 2025, 10am to 4pm
Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research
Academic Writing with AI (online)
Monday, 10 November 2025 to Monday, 01 December 2025, 10am - 12pm
Unlock the potential of AI to enhance your academic writing with this new course offered by the University of Oxford's Language Centre. Designed specifically for Oxford MPLS students and staff, the Academic Writing with AI course provides a structured approach to effectively integrate AI tools at each stage of the writing process.
Scientific writing: core skills (in-person)
Tuesday, 11 November 2025, 9.30am to 5pm
This one day course provides a sound grounding in the core skills needed to produce accurate and effective scientific writing.
Project management: the essentials (in-person)
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 9.30am to 4pm
The focus of this course is to provide a practical ‘project management toolbox’ that you can use in your daily work.
Stakeholder Mapping for Academic Policy Engagement (in-person)
Jose Rojas Alvarado and Naomi Gibson
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 10am to 12pm
Who do you need to engage with in the policy world to achieve impact?
Hands on science engagement (in-person)
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 1pm to 4pm
Dive into the world of experiential learning with our immersive course, 'Hands-On Science.' This programme is designed to equip you with the practical skills and insights needed to effectively communicate your research through engaging desktop activities.
RisingWISE: developing enterprising women in STEM
Tuesday, 18 November 2025 to Saturday, 21 March 2026
RisingWISE is an established Oxbridge programme and network inspired by EnterpriseWISE: designed by women, for women.
Your Successful DPhil (in-person)
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Research Data Management (in-person)
Tuesday, 18 November 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
Research data is often at the heart of scientific projects, it’s what you spend hours in the lab generating or in the field collecting. It forms the basis of your analysis and underpins your arguments in papers and theses.
Get that job (in-person)
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 9.30am to 1pm
An interactive workshop for researchers on making successful job applications.
Time Management (online)
Dr Catherine Seed & James Cunning
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 10am to 12pm
Being able to manage time effectively will help you to be more successful in all aspects of your life.
Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 9.30am to 5pm
This course will look at the aspects you need to consider when constructing your paper; demystify peer reviewed journals by giving insider insights from science journal editors and show you what they really want.
How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 9.30am to 11am
A positive Career Development Review conversation can play a really positive role in your professional development.
Podcast your science (in-person)
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 9.30am to 4.30pm
From inception to publication this practical session delivered by Emily Elias, journalist and producer of the Oxford Sparks podcast series, is a whirlwind tour through the basics of how to share your research in an engaging manner through podcasting.
Thesis and report writing (in-person)
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 9.30am to 1.30pm
The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
Being an effective bystander (online)
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 10.30am to 11.30am
Authorship, Publication and Peer Review (in-person)
Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 9.30am to 1pm
This course provides foundational guidance for researchers on publishing practices, aiming to foster fairness, originality, and impact in research outputs. It supports the University's commitment to enhancing research culture and development.
GROW: Unlocking Innovation: Problem-Solution Fit for STEM Ventures (online)
Shannon Collins, Lightwork Enterprise in collaboration with Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre
Wednesday, 03 December 2025, 12.30pm to 2pm
At the heart of transformative science and technology ventures lies the ability to ensure innovations genuinely solve real-world problems. Whether developing new research, launching a startup, or advancing industry solutions, problem-solution fit is the foundation that distinguishes impactful work from mere novelty. Understanding authentic customer needs, and rigorously validating your ideas, makes all the difference in creating meaningful innovation that truly matters.
Interviewing for podcasts (online)
Thursday, 04 December 2025, 9.30am to 12.30pm
You are behind the mic, ready to record your first podcast ... but wait! What do you ask? This hands-on training session helps you navigate the world of podcast interviews.
Coaching Skills for Leaders (in-person)
Dr Justin Hutchence & Louisa Trevail
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 9.30am to 1pm
Coaching skills can help you build positive and effective working relationships with all those you work with. Coaching is a highly impactful approach to people development and can support individuals to identify goals, gain insights into challenges, consider options and plan actions. They are a valuable asset to leaders and managers and can be useful in a range of workplace conversations, such as feedback, delegation and career development reviews.
Optimise your time at Oxford (in-person)
Wednesday, 14 January 2026, 12pm to 2pm
Congratulations, you have got a research post at Oxford. But, what next? How do you manage your time at Oxford?
Scientific writing: core skills (in-person)
Wednesday, 21 January 2026, 9.30am to 5pm
This one day course provides a sound grounding in the core skills needed to produce accurate and effective scientific writing.
Interviewing for podcasts (online)
Thursday, 22 January 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
You are behind the mic, ready to record your first podcast ... but wait! What do you ask? This hands-on training session helps you navigate the world of podcast interviews.
Responsible Research and Innovation (in-person)
Sarah Callaghan & Sally Charles
Monday, 26 January 2026, 9.30am to 5pm
The aim of the course is to enable researchers to adopt a responsible approach when considering the positive and negative aspects of their research, including the moral, ethical and societal impacts of it.
Advanced presentation skills (in-person)
Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This session is for people who have experience of presentations and want to hone their skills.
Your Successful DPhil (online)
Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
An introduction to anti-racist allyship (online)
Hannah Ravenswood and Daisy Hung
Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 10am to 11.30am
We will look at what it means to be an Anti-Racist Ally, by considering the role that power, privilege (especially white privilege), and white fragility have and to feel confident using bystander interventions when needed.
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Training Session (in-person)
Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 10am to 12pm
A 50,000 word thesis would take 7 hours to present; how about in just 3 minutes with the aid of a single slide?
Managing difficult situations (in-person)
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
The aim of the course is to provide participants with an awareness of what causes difficult situations / behaviour, a set of skills for managing them, and opportunities to practice the skills.
Podcast your science (online)
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
From inception to publication this practical session delivered by Emily Elias, journalist and producer of the Oxford Sparks podcast series, is a whirlwind tour through the basics of how to share your research in an engaging manner through podcasting.
Get that grant (in-person)
Wednesday, 04 February 2026, 9.30am to 12.30pm
External research funding is a crucial part of the research profile of universities and is a major issue for academic staff.
Engaging with controversial and sensitive topics (online)
Thursday, 05 February 2026, 1pm to 3.30pm
Engaging with sensitive or controversial topics in research requires a thoughtful and strategic approach, especially when communicating with diverse audience groups.
Cultivating resilience and self-care for ourselves and others (online)
Monday, 09 February 2026, 10.30am to 11.30am
What does it mean to be resilient, what does self-care really mean and how can we best support ourselves and others?
How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 9.30am to 11am
Regular meaningful Career Development Reviews are an important part of developing a positive research culture.
