Short courses for professional development

Online and face-to-face courses for professionals
Short courses and workshops
Our extensive range of continuing professional development (CPD) short courses and workshops are designed with academic experts from across the University and beyond, allowing professional learners from across the globe the opportunity to benefit from Oxford University's excellence in research and teaching.
Develop or gain new skills in subjects including business and management, technology, medicine, natural sciences and cultural heritage.
We also offer a wide range of longer CPD programmes including part-time graduate awards and degrees.
Upcoming courses
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
A thorough insight into the main aspects of knowledge management to help you equip yourself with practical skills to build or begin the introduction of knowledge management interventions within your organisation.
- Mon 17 Mar 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Investigate the main theories and principles of managing change in relation to current changes in commercial and public sectors.
- Tue 18 Mar 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Examine the nature of the future and the extent to which strategy, planning and forecasting can be used at individual and organisational levels in this exciting workshop.
- Wed 19 Mar 2025
- 09:00 - 17:00
Short intensive • Professional development
Basic and advanced statistical methods for meta-analysis.
- Mon 24 Mar 2025 – 28 Mar 2025
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
This five-day course provides a thorough overview of the exciting and emerging discipline of nanomedicine, which is already starting to transform the way that medical and health care solutions are developed and delivered.
- Mon 24 Mar 2025 – 28 Mar 2025
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Good communication is key to achieving high performance in the workplace. Technical people need to communicate with multiple stakeholders using multiple communication methods. This course will cover how to excel in written and verbal communication.
- Mon 24 Mar 2025 – 27 Mar 2025
- 4 meetings
- 9.30am - 12.30pm (UK time)