Your Successful DPhil (in-person)
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 9.30am to 12pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Interviewing for podcasts (online)
All Communications DPhil students Podcasting Public engagement Research staff
Thursday, 05 December 2024, 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.
Leading Collaboration - bringing people together to achieve the extraordinary (in-person)
All Enterprise Innovation and Enterprise Leadership
Wednesday, 04 December 2024, 10am to 3pm
You have brilliant ideas for research collaboration that could have extraordinary outcomes. But how will you engage the people you are relying on?
Putting stories to work (online)
All Communications DPhil students Public engagement Research staff
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 10am to 1pm
This builds on the introductory workshop (Telling Stories that Matter) and introduces new elements of great storytelling including clarity, summary and message.
Difficult conversations and the importance of giving and receiving feedback (online)
All Equality and Diversity Research staff
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 10.30am to 11.30am
We will look at the core components of how to give and receive feedback and why not doing this can sometimes lead to avoiding having some conversations.
Thesis and report writing (in-person)
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 9.30am to 1.30pm
The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Research staff Writing skills
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 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.
Your Successful DPhil (online)
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Time Management (online)
Dr Catherine Seed & James Cunning
All DPhil students Research staff
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 10am to 12pm
Being able to manage time effectively will help you to be more successful in all aspects of your life.
Coaching Skills for Leaders (in-person)
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 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.
How to prepare for a Career Development Review, for reviewees (in-person)
CV Career development Communications Research staff
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 2pm to 3pm
A positive Career Development Review conversation can play a really positive role in your professional development.
Cultivating resilience and self-care for ourselves and others (online)
All DPhil students Equality and Diversity Research staff
Monday, 18 November 2024, 10.30am to 11.30am
Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Presentation skills Public engagement Research staff Writing skills
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 10am to 4pm
Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research
Project management: the essentials (in-person)
All Project management Research staff
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 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.
Being an effective bystander (online)
All DPhil students Equality and Diversity Research staff
Monday, 11 November 2024, 11am to 12pm
What does it mean to be an effective bystander? How do we best challenge behaviours and practices which can potentially disadvantage staff and students?
Viva practice and preparation (in-person)
Thursday, 07 November 2024, 10am to 1pm
This participative workshop 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 practise.
Research Data Management (in-person)
All DPhil students Research staff
Wednesday, 06 November 2024, 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.
How to do a Career Development Review, for reviewers (in-person)
CV Career development Leadership Research staff
Wednesday, 06 November 2024, 9.30am to 11am
Regular meaningful Career Development Reviews are an important part of developing a positive research culture.
Get that grant (in-person)
All Research staff Writing skills
Tuesday, 05 November 2024, 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.
GROW: Understanding Oxford’s Innovation Ecosystem (in-person)
Serena de Nahlik (OUI) & Sanne de Jongh (OSE)
All DPhil students Enterprise Innovation and Enterprise Research staff
Monday, 04 November 2024, 12pm to 2pm
Thinking about turning your research into a start-up? Join experts Serena de Nahlik (OUI) and Sanne de Jongh (OSE) to learn how both organisations support researchers with their spinouts and ventures.
Your Successful DPhil (online)
Monday, 04 November 2024, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Ideas to Action: Effective Public Engagement with Research (online)
All DPhil students Public engagement Research staff
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 1pm to 4pm
Ready to bring your engagement idea to life?
Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Presentation skills Research staff
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 9.30am to 12.30pm
If you have little or no experience of giving presentations, this course is for you.
Getting Started with Public Engagement with Research (online)
All DPhil students Public engagement Research staff
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 2pm to 3pm
This session provides an introduction to public engagement for anyone interested in getting started or looking for a bit of inspiration.
GROW: Beyond RisingWise – showcasing STEM careers (online)
All DPhil students Enterprise Innovation and Enterprise Research staff
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 12.30pm to 2pm
Join us for Beyond RisingWISE, an exciting online session that brings together inspiring alumnae of the RisingWISE programme to share their diverse career journeys in STEM.
Getting started in policy engagement (in-person)
Jose Rojas Alvarado and Naomi Gibson
All DPhil students Innovation and Enterprise Research staff
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 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.
SeedWISE (in-person & online)
All Career development DPhil students Enterprise Innovation and Enterprise
Wednesday, 23 October 2024 to Tuesday, 03 December 2024
SeedWISE is an enterprise programme born out of the success and demand for our flagship enterprise programme for women postdocs; RisingWISE. Specifically aimed at women DPhil researchers, we have taken the core RisingWISE aims and tailored the course for women at this important stage in their careers.
Your Successful DPhil
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 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
All DPhil students Equality and Diversity Research staff
Monday, 21 October 2024, 10.30am to 11.30am
Scientific Entrepreneurship
All DPhil students Innovation and Enterprise Research staff
Thursday, 17 October 2024 to Thursday, 28 November 2024, 2pm - 4.15pm
The focus of the course is to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies that will equip scientists, mathematicians, engineers and medics to translate their research into real-world applications via commercial routes, either now or in the future; be it in a start-up or an industry collaboration.
Podcast your science (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Podcasting Public engagement Research staff
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 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.
Your Successful DPhil
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Your Successful DPhil
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 9.30am to 12.30pm
This course will help you kick-start your DPhil.
Optimise your time at Oxford (in-person)
All Career development Induction Research staff
Wednesday, 09 October 2024, 12pm to 2pm
Congratulations, you have got a research post at Oxford. But, what next? How do you manage your time at Oxford?
Virtual podcasting help desk (online)
All Communications DPhil students Podcasting Public engagement Research staff
Thursday, 27 June 2024
Book a half hour online session of individual coaching and feedback on your podcasting work, from technical tips to journalistic insight in to editing and identifying stories from podcast producer, Emily Elias.
Networking: a strategic approach (in-person)
All Communications Research staff
Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 9.30am to 3pm
Do you feel shy and uncomfortable at conferences? Do you feel networking is self-seeking and smacks of using people? On the contrary: “The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.” Keith Ferrazzi
Supporting neurodivergent staff (online)
All Equality and Diversity Research staff
Thursday, 06 June 2024, 10am to 12.30pm
Completing Your DPhil (in-person)
Dr Justin Hutchence & Professor Dimitra Rigopoulou
Tuesday, 04 June 2024, 9.30am to 12.30pm
If you are nearing the end of your DPhil, this workshop will help you develop a plan for completing your DPhil and prepare for the viva.
Applying Bayesian Statistics using Stan (in-person)
All DPhil students Research staff Statistics
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 9.30am to 5pm
This course aims to provide solid foundations to implementing linear regression, three types of Generalised Linear Models, and hierarchical models.
Thesis and report writing (in-person)
All DPhil students Research staff Writing skills
Tuesday, 21 May 2024, 9.30am to 1.30pm
The thesis and report writing course is relevant for research students at any stage.
Time Management (online)
Dr Catherine Seed & James Cunning
All DPhil students Research staff
Monday, 20 May 2024, 10.30am to 12pm
Being able to manage time effectively will help you to be more successful in all aspects of your life.
Creating an inclusive research culture (online)
All Equality and Diversity Research staff
Monday, 20 May 2024, 10am to 12.30pm
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (in-person)
All DPhil students Research staff Statistics
Monday, 20 May 2024, 9.30am to 5pm
This course aims to provide solid foundations to implementing linear regression, three types of Generalised Linear Models, and hierarchical models.
Mental Health and the Thriving Research Group (online)
All DPhil students Research staff
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 2pm to 3pm
A discussion by Outstanding Supervisor Award Winners & Group Members.
Scientific Writing: Getting Your Paper Published (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Research staff Writing skills
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9am 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.
Introduction to Presentation Skills (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Presentation skills Research staff
Wednesday, 08 May 2024, 9.30am to 1pm
If you have little or no experience of giving presentations, this course is for you.
Scientific writing: core skills (in-person)
All Communications DPhil students Research staff Writing skills
Tuesday, 07 May 2024, 9am to 5pm
This one day course provides a sound grounding in the core skills needed to produce accurate and effective scientific writing.
Intersectional allyship (online)
All DPhil students Equality and Diversity Research staff
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 10am to 12.30pm
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Training Session (in-person)
Communications DPhil students Presentation skills Public engagement
Friday, 26 April 2024, 2pm to 4pm
A 50,000 word thesis would take 7 hours to present; how about in just 3 minutes with the aid of a single slide?
SeedWISE (in-person & online)
All Career development DPhil students Enterprise Innovation and Enterprise
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2pm to 5pm
SeedWISE is an enterprise programme born out of the success and demand for our flagship enterprise programme for women postdocs; RisingWISE. Specifically aimed at women DPhil researchers, we have taken the core RisingWISE aims and tailored the course for women at this important stage in their careers.
