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DPhil Students

Supporting your progression through your doctorate and giving you the skills needed to succeed in your future career.

The DPhil is a period of professional research training during which you will develop advanced specialist skills and knowledge, as well as broader transferable skills to equip you for a range of careers. You will have lots of opportunities to develop skills and expertise in your everyday work in your research group and department. The MPLS divisional training and development programme aims to complement these.

What training do I need?

It’s important to think about the kind of skills and experience you will need to develop in order to carry out your research and successfully complete your DPhil.

Training and development courses

Browse our current MPLS Researcher Training and Development course programme

Blog posts

Impact of Covid-19 on researchers and the UK research base

2 June 2020

Training and development

You are invited to participate in an online survey to share your experiences of how the Covid-19 ‘lockdown’ since 23 March is impacting on your research.

Listen: Science communication made simple podcast from Nature Careers

26 May 2020

Public Engagement - training Training and development

The Working Scientist Podcast from Nature Careers discusses the craft of clear storytelling and science writing with seasoned communicators and journalists.

Intro to Communicating Your Science Online training, 8 June

20 May 2020

Public Engagement - training Training and development

A short webinar to give you a whistle-stop tour of the key ingredients for effective science communication, featuring Prof Chris Lintott (presenter of BBC's Sky At Night) to share his experiences and tips. We will also share how you can get involved in Oxford Sparks 'Science at Home' campaign.

Webinar: A Recipe for Evaluating Online Citizen Science, 8 June

6 May 2020

Public Engagement - training Training and development

This webinar from the PER Team in Research Services will provide specific guidance on evaluating an online citizen science project to gather evidence of outcomes and impact and how to improve activities.

Training & Development Programme for Trinity Term

7 April 2020

Public Engagement - training Training and development

Training courses for Trinity term 2020 launch 20th April