Online short courses and events
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Explore a topic in depth over one or two days; extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series or a weekly learning programme.
Explore the different online course types below.
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Short online courses (Flexible): These have no live-time meetings, so you can study when it suits you.
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Short online courses (Live): These have weekly 1-hour online meetings to attend.
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Day and weekend events: Include livestreamed lectures and small online workshops.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Professional development • Hybrid - in person or online
Your methodology chapter is vital. Examine how we can come to know and inform others about each unique approach to original research through various methodologies. Part of the Graduate School's postgraduate research skills training programme.
- Thu 31 Jul 2025
- 11:00am – 1:00pm
Online - live • Professional development • Hybrid - in person or online
In this hybrid session we will not only examine the interview as a research method we will explore how it goes beyond the spontaneous conversations that take place every day. Part of the Graduate School's postgraduate research skills training programme.
- Wed 06 Aug 2025
- 11:00am – 1:00pm
Online - flexible • Short courses
A practical course covering all aspects of novel writing from character creation and story development to final edit.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
Every day we meet people with interesting life stories. Our lives are made up of tragic, uplifting and humorous experiences which shape us as individuals. We love, fight, apologise, account for and endure through whatever comes our way.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
The aim of musical analysis is to understand how music exerts such a powerful effect on us. This course introduces some of the main approaches as we attempt to bridge the gap between our intuitions about music and our intellectual knowledge of it.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Online - flexible • Short courses
Why do animals behave the way they do? In this course we will look at the full range of behaviours found in the animal kingdom, from simple escape behaviours to complex tool use and their evolution.
- Mon 08 Sep 2025 – 21 Nov 2025
Flexible learning with Oxford
As well as short online courses, we also offer flexible Oxford University qualifications and professional development programmes. Many can be studied fully online, some require short residencies in Oxford.
Short online courses
Our short online courses are taught in two alternative teaching formats - flexible or live. All of these courses are usually 10 weeks long.Distance learning
Study with Oxford from anywhere in the world. From part-time Oxford University qualifications and professional development programmes (CPD), to online short courses.Low-residency programmes
Our low-residency programmes allow students the flexibility of studying primarily from home, with short residential stays in Oxford.Continuing professional development
Professional development with Oxford University. From short courses and training in Oxford and online to flexible graduate programmes and bespoke courses.