Partners & sponsors
Many of our courses are developed in partnership with non-profits, professional organisations, corporate and academic entities.
- Astra Zeneca
Astra Zeneca discovers new medicines that are designed to improve the health and quality of life of patients around the world - medicines which are innovative, effective and which offer added benefits such as reduced side effects or better ways of taking the treatment. We also focus on getting the best from every medicine we make by exploring all the ways it can be used or improved.- Berkshire Local History Association
The Berkshire Local History Association (BLHA) was founded in 1976, to encourage Local History Research and interest in the county, both pre- and post the 1974 boundary changes. It provides a common meeting ground for individual members, the various local history societies and groups within the county, and the professionals who work in archives, libraries, museums and education.- Berkshire Record Society
The Society was founded in October 1993 to print scholarly editions of important documents on the history of Berkshire held in the Berkshire Record Office and elsewhere. - Bracknell & Wokingham College
Established in 1963, 'Bracknell & Wokingham College' is a further education college, and a not-for-profit organisation, specialising in 16+ learning. The College enrols approximately 850 school leavers and 14,000 adults every year, and has 30 centres in Bracknell, Wokingham and surrounding areas.- British Institute for the Study of Iraq
The British Institute for the Study of Iraq (Gertrude Bell Memorial) was established as the British School of Archaeology in Iraq on 14 January 1932 to promote, support and undertake research in Iraq and neighbouring countries.- Buckinghamshire Adult Learning
Buckinghamshire Adult Learning aims to ensure that everyone who wants to learn is able to and that no one is excluded on the grounds of disability, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or culture. - CASPe, Spain
CASP España (CASPe) is a Spanish non-profit making association, founded in 1997 by Dr Juan Cabello with the help of CASP (the Critical Appraisals Skills Programme in the UK). The organization teaches skills in searching for and critically appraising research evidence to inform health care decisions. CASPe undertakes outreach teaching and has run over 500 workshops for clinicians within the Spanish National Health System and has taught more than 6,000 practitioners. CASPe, as part of the CASP International Network, has collaborated in training and developing a large number of CASP organisations in other countries (Peru, Mexico, Poland etc).- Centre for Reception History of the Bible
The Centre for Reception History of the Bible (CRHB) is a research centre based at the University of Oxford. It aims to foster exchange between scholars working on the biblical text across the Humanities, creating a research network which focuses on exploring the use and influence of the Bible.- CloudTimes
Based in San Francisco, CA, CloudTimes is the premier source for thought leadership and latest news on Cloud Computing. We are an international group of Cloud Computing experts and write on topics covering SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Cloud Security, Virtualization, Enterprise 2.0 Applications, Cloud Services, Cloud Marketing, Social Cloud, Mobile Cloud and everything related.
CloudTimes is a leading technology media property, dedicated to providing knowledge, research and breaking news on the Cloud. Leading publications have declared CloudTimes one the most influential online news outlet and a must-read site. It hosts the largest research database on the web, featuring free white papers, webinars and articles from leading IT companies. Click the logo to visit www.cloudtimes.org- Council for British Archaeology
The CBA is an educational charity working throughout the UK to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations.
Under the mission statement Archaeology for All, we aim to deliver our strategy through three objectives: participation, discovery and advocacy.- d-fine
With over 270 highly accomplished consultants based in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, London and Hong Kong, d-fine is one of the leading providers of demanding quantitative and technical consulting projects in Europe. We are able to draw upon our pool of highly skilled and experienced people to provide solutions to mission-critical challenges faced by our clients.- Department of Clinical Pharmacology
The Department of Clinical Pharmacology is part of the Medical Sciences Division, an academic division of the University of Oxford, and is led by Professor Leonard Seymour. The Department has a major research portfolio and also teaches the principles and practice of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics to medical students during their clinical training. The Department also runs a taught residential M.Sc in Experimental Therapeutics and co-hosts (with the Department of Pharmacology) a research M.Sc course in Medicinal Chemistry for Cancer.- Earthwatch
Founded in 1971, Earthwatch is an international environmental charity which engages people worldwide in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
We are the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than £850 million a year. EPSRC Collaborative Training Account (CTA) funds were used to build new bridging modules to sit between Software Engineering and Bioinformatics programmes.- English Heritage
English Heritage (formally the Historic Building and Monuments Commission for England).[1] is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government with a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England. It is currently sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.- Environmental Change Institute (ECI) - Oxford University
ECI is an interdisciplinary unit within Oxford University that undertakes research on environmental issues, teaches an MSc in Environmental Change and Management, and fosters university-wide networks and outreach on the environment.- Food Animal Initiative
FAI works to help the food and farming sectors to develop a 3e business model. Integrating environmental, economic and ethical strategies strengthens investment decisions and drives sustainable progress.- GameTrender
Blog dedicated to testing and playing apps; sharing that experience; information; bringing tips, hints, clues, and strategy guides to those who are also interested in what we are interested in.
- Garden History Society
The Garden History Society (GHS) is the oldest society in the world dedicated to the conservation and study of historic designed gardens and landscapes. Through interventions, advice and casework they helped save or conserve scores of important gardens since their foundation by a small but dedicated band of garden-lovers in 1966. - Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF)
The Higher Education Innovation Fund is a funding programme designed to encourage knowledge transfer in Universities and other Higher Education institutions in England.- Historic Farm Buildings Group
The group was founded in 1985 for those concerned with the past, present and future of historic farm buildings. It recognises their importance as evidence for past farming systems and technologies, the development of agricultural and constructional practices, and more generally for the life and work of our ancestors, peasant and monk, landowner and farmer, craftsmen and surveyor, engineer and architect.- International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry (INPP)
- The INPP is a UK registered charity set up by Bill Fulford, John Sadler and Giovanni Stanghellini to help co-ordinate international activities in philosophy and psychiatry. It was launched officially in 2003 at a conference in South Africa organised by Professor Werdie van Staden under the auspices of SASOP (the South African Society of Psychiatrists) and now includes many academic and subject-based organisations from different parts of the world. It has supported a series of annual international conferences running from 1997. The INPP website includes information about these conferences as well as many other events in the field and links to related activities such as the Oxford IPPP book series (International Perspectives in Philosophy and Psychiatry) and the journal PPP (Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology)
- Mathematical Institute
The Mathematical Institute is the centre for mathematical activity at the University of Oxford. It is one of ten departments under the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Divisional Board.- Mental Health Foundation
The Mental Health Foundation is a leading UK charity working in mental health and learning disabilities and has significant experience in social research, service improvement and workforce development, including service user involvement and empowerment, and policy and public affairs.
The Mental Health Foundation is unique in the way we works: we bring together teams that undertake research, evaluation, help develop services, design training, influence policy and raise public awareness, within one organisation, as well as working in partnership with other organisations including universities. We are keen to tackle challenging issues and try different approaches, many of them led by service users themselves. We use our findings to promote survival, coping strategies, recovery and prevention. We do this work by working with statutory and voluntary organisations and enabling them to provide better support for people with mental health problems, including dementia, and promote mental well-being.
We use our knowledge to raise awareness and to help tackle stigma attached to mental illness, dementia and learning disabilities, and to influence policy, including Government at the highest levels.
- Met Office
The UK’s National Weather Service. A Trading Fund within the Ministry of Defence, operating on a commercial basis under set targets.- MobileGroove
MobileGroove produces and promotes custom research, strategic thought leadership and knowledge resources for the global mobile industry.- Newbury College
Newbury College offers around 2,000 full and part time courses.Full time courses cover a range of vocational subjects from Entry Level to HNCs. Part time courses cover a variety of subjects from leisure to professional and post graduate qualifications and we operate out of around 40 venues across West Berkshire.- Oxford and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services to people of all ages in Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties. We pride ourselves on being caring, safe and excellent, and work to constantly improve the quality of the care we provide.- Oxford Archaeology
Oxford Archaeology is one of the largest independent archaeology and heritage practices in Europe, with over 400 specialist staff. They have three offices in the UK, in Oxford, Lancaster and Cambridge and two in France, in Caen and Montpellier. They were founded in 1973.- Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies is a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1985 to encourage the scholarly study of Islam and the Islamic world. HRH The Prince of Wales is the Patron of the Centre. It is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of scholars and statesmen from different parts of the world, alongside representatives of the University of Oxford. - Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre
OCTC is a specialist agency within Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, with a brief to provide specialist CBT training and services.
OCTC currently runs three Certificate / Diploma / MSc level courses in association with Oxford University's Dept for Continuing Education.- Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books- Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute was founded as a department of the University of Oxford in 2001, as an academic centre for the study of the societal implications of the Internet. The current home in a building owned by Balliol College was formally opened in July 2003.- Oxford Preservation Trust
Oxford Preservation Trust is Oxford's own national trust, with 80 years of experience of owning land and buildings to protect the character of Oxford and its green setting. The Trust prides itself on its positive approach to Oxford in the 21st century. - Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS)
Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS) was founded in partnership with the Oxford Deanery and NHS Education South Central to promote and advance clinical academic careers. Oxford’s world-leading biomedical and clinical research environment offers outstanding opportunities to combine comprehensive clinical, academic and research training for those with the ambition and motivation to shape the future of medicine- http://www.oucags.ox.ac.uk/ http://www.oucags.ox.ac.uk/
- Oxford University Department of Psychiatry
The University Department of Psychiatry supports research in four key areas: neurobiology, psychological treatments, developmental psychiatry and social psychiatry and forms an important component of the University’s strategy for neuroscience. - Oxford University Department of Public Health
With the Department of Primary Health Care, we form the Division of Public Health & Primary Health Care which is part of the University of Oxford's Medical Sciences Division and we are located at the Old Road Campus in Headington in east Oxford. The Department of Public Health has a distinguished record of research with a number of renowned research groups and units providing a strong environment for multi-disciplinary research. In the 2008 national Research Assessment Exercise, 65% of the Department’s research was awarded world-leading and internationally excellent ratings.- Oxfordshire Record Society
The Oxfordshire Record Society was founded in 1919. The Society's objectives are to publish transcripts, abstracts and lists of the primary sources for the history of the County of Oxfordshire, and generally to stimulate interest in archives relating to Oxfordshire, the Society aims to publish a volume a year. - Panthera
Panthera's mission is to ensure the future of wild cats through scientific leadership and global conservation action. With our team of experts, we conduct the best possible science, and convert scientific data into effective and relevant conservation action.- Prince's Foundation for Building Community
For 25 years The Prince's Foundation has been at the vanguard of the movement towards sustainable and ecologically sound ways of planning, designing and building the communities in which we live, work and play. The Prince's Foundation actively promotes both a diligent application of time-tested principles, as well as a deeper understanding of the importance of building in a more sustainable way. - Society for Medieval Archaeology
Society for Medieval Archaeology exists to further the study of the period from the 5th to the 16th century A.D. by publishing a journal of international standing dealing primarily with the archaeological evidence, and by other means such as by holding regular meetings and arranging conferences. While maintaining a special concern for the medieval archaeology of Britain and Ireland, the society seeks to support and advance the international study of this period (as broadly defined above) in Europe. It also aims to serve as a medium for co-ordinating the work of archaeologists with that of historians and scholars in any other discipline relevant to this field.- TALL
Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) aims to harness technology to support excellence in teaching, learning and research. - The Centre for Evidence-based Medicine
The Centre for Evidence-based Medicine was established in Oxford as the first of several UK centres with the aim of promoting evidence-based health care and providing support and resources to doctors and health care professionals to help maintain the highest standards of medicine. The CEBM provides free support and resources to doctors, clinicians, teachers and others interested in learning more about EBM. - The EQUATOR network
The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that seeks to improve the reliability, utility and value of medical research publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies.- The European Payments Council
The European Payments Council (EPC) is the coordination and decision-making body of the European banking industry in relation to payments. The term bank is used in a non-discriminatory fashion and includes payment institutions. The purpose of the EPC is to support and promote the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). SEPA is a European Union (EU) integration initiative in the area of payments designed to achieve the completion of the EU internal market and monetary union. SEPA is currently defined as consisting of the 27 EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Monaco. The EPC develops the payment schemes and frameworks which help to realise SEPA. The EPC consists of 74 members representing banks, banking communities and payment institutions. More than 360 professionals from 32 countries are directly engaged in the work programme of the EPC, representing all sizes and sectors of the banking industry within Europe. For further information on the EPC please contact secretariat@epc-cep.eu or visit www.epc-cep.eu.- The National Trust
The National Trust, founded in 1985, protects and provides access to the public to over 350 historic houses, gardens, ancient monuments, forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves, and villages.- The Paypers
The Paypers is the leading independent source of news and analysis for professionals in the global payment community. Our products are created by payment professionals and cover all significant developments in cards and payments, with a special focus on the online payment, online banking, mobile payments and e-invoicing industry as well as in the Single Euro Payments Area.
Download The Paypers Mobile Payments Market Guide 2012 - click the logo to visit The Paypers website. - The World Psychiatric Association (WPA)
The WPA is an association of national psychiatric societies, presently 137, spanning 118 different countries and representing more than 200,000 psychiatrists.
The WPA organizes the World Congress of Psychiatry, International and Regional Congresses, and Thematic Conferences. With its 68 scientific sections, it promotes collaborative work in specific domains of psychiatry. It has developed ethical guidelines for psychiatric practice, including the Madrid Declaration.
Its website is currently visited from almost all countries across the world and the WPA News is widely disseminated. Various educational programmes and series of books had been produced including an E-Learning long distance programme. World Psychiatry, the WPA official journal, could be freely downloaded from PubMed Central and the WPA website (www.wpanet.org).- University of Oxford Begbroke Science Park
The Oxford University Begbroke Science Park is a pioneering development. It offers a unique environment where world-class scientists work alongside colleagues from industry, decision-makers and entrepreneurs to translate cutting-edge research into commercial opportunities.- University of Oxford Department of Zoology
The Department of Zoology, within the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division at the University of Oxford, has a long-standing reputation for world class research and teaching. Research in the Department is organised into several research themes; these span a broad spectrum of biology ranging from ecology and behaviour, through to molecular evolution, development and infectious disease biology.- University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division is an internationally recognized centre of excellence for biomedical and clinical research and teaching, and the largest academic division in the University of Oxford.- University of Reading
The University of Reading is ranked as one of the UK's 10 most research-intensive universities and as one of the top 200 universities in the world. Established as an extension college of Christ Church, Oxford in 1892, Reading received a Royal Charter in 1926.- Vernacular Architecture Group
The Vernacular Architecture Group was formed in 1952 to further the study of traditional buildings, originally those of the British Isles. In recent years, its membership and publications have also reflected a growing interest in buildings from other parts of the world.- WildCru
Part of the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology, WildCRU is a pioneering, inter-disciplinary research unit in a world-class academic centre- Women in Telecoms and Technology (WITT)
WiTT was founded in November 2001 by a group of women executives all working in the communications and technology industries in the UK. These women realised that often they were the only woman in their organisation at a senior level and they set up WiTT to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and to share experiences.- Workers' Educational Association
The Workers' Educational Association (WEA) is the UK's largest voluntary provider of adult education. Ever since it was founded in 1903, in order to support the educational needs of working men and women, the WEA has maintained its commitment to provide access to education and learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education.