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 - flexible • Short courses
This course will examine the life and reign of Elizabeth I, from her troubled childhood to the death of the aged Virgin Queen. But what do we really know of this iconic queen? Can her reign be accounted a success?
- Wed 26 Jan 2022 – 08 Apr 2022
Online - flexible • Short courses
This course is the ideal introduction to English garden history. It provides an overview of five centuries of development, from baroque formalism through the naturalistic landscape style, right up to contemporary cutting-edge planting style.
- Wed 26 Jan 2022 – 08 Apr 2022
Online - flexible • Short courses
Are we just who we think we are, or are we also who others think we are? Are we born prejudiced? Can we talk of 'national characteristics'? How can we best live together on this planet?
- Wed 26 Jan 2022 – 08 Apr 2022
Online - flexible • Short courses
Britain led the world in the nineteenth century, but what were the consequences of industrialisation and empire on British society?
- Wed 26 Jan 2022 – 08 Apr 2022
Online - flexible • Short courses
Explore the culture of the English country house from its architectural form, social manners and distinctions to the furnishings and artistic manifestations of taste, as an expression of power and influence in a changing society.
- Wed 26 Jan 2022 – 08 Apr 2022
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.