Online short courses and events
Join a worldwide community of adult learners.
Explore a topic in-depth over one or two days; extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series; or join a weekly learning programme.
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Flexible short online courses: these have no live-time meetings so you can study when it suits you.
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Live-time weekly classes: these have scheduled, live-time online meetings to attend.
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Day and weekend events: include live-streamed lectures from Oxford.
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Lecture series: structured as a series of 4, 6 or 8 online lectures on a given topic.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid teaching
An introduction to Islam's origins and early development, its key text, beliefs and practices, its ethics, its main mystical element, and an introduction to two of its most important medieval thinkers.
- Sat 21 May 2022 – 22 May 2022
- 09.45-17.00
Online - live • Short courses
This course will introduce students to the richness of meditation practices from various religious traditions. We will explore the aims of these practices, their use of psychophysical, cognitive, and emotive techniques, and their effects.
- Fri 27 May 2022 – 08 Jul 2022
- 6 meetings
- 12:30 – 1:30pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid teaching
Inspector Morse is one of Oxford's most famous fictional inhabitants. Come and find out more about Dexter's invention of this much-loved character, and the ways in which the Morse novels and their screen adaptations have contributed to detective fiction.
- Sat 28 May 2022
- 09.45 - 17.00
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid teaching
How did Oxford University develop in the medieval period and what was it like to be there? This event explores how archaeology has contributed to our understanding, including architecture, artefacts and information gained from recent excavations.
- Sat 28 May 2022
- 9.15am - 4.45pm
Online - live • Short courses
Introducing key examples of Sicily's cultural heritage, including its great Greek temples and sculpture, Roman mosaics, Siculo-Arabic architecture, resplendent Norman churches, and Baroque jewels, including Serpotta's stucchi and the town of Noto.
- Wed 01 Jun 2022 – 06 Jul 2022
- 6 meetings
- 2:00 – 3:00pm
Flexible learning with Oxford
Online and distance learning programmes, from short courses to Oxford qualifications.
Flexible, short online courses
Flexible and accredited tutor-led online courses of 5, 10 or 20 weeks. Study whenever it suits you, from anywhere in the world.Weekly Oxford Worldwide
Live-time weekly classes with interactive, tutor-led meetings.Lecture series
4, 6 or 8 lectures on a given topic. Online and hybrid lectures - allowing students to attend from anywhere in the world.Day and weekend events
Join us in Oxford or online to explore a topic in-depth over one or two days with multiple speakers or extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series.Distance learning
Online short courses, professional development and part-time Oxford award programmes.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 (CPD) with Oxford University. From short courses and training in Oxford and online to flexible graduate programmes and bespoke courses.Undergraduate Certificate of Higher Education
A flexible, part-time route to an Oxford University qualification. Gain credit from flexible short online courses, weekly classes, and the Oxford University Summer School for Adults. Explore a wide range of subjects in this multidisciplinary programme.