Obtaining Ethical and HRA Approvals

Online

So, you’ve got a great idea for a research study – but what approvals do you need before you can start? Who do you apply to? And how do you go about doing this? For more details, follow this link.  

NIHR Academy Members’ Conference 2023

Online

The event is a fantastic opportunity for early career researchers to hear from inspiring speakers, network with peers and understand more about the NIHR. Our theme this year is Team Science, and will include a packed schedule of keynote speakers, panel discussions, skill sessions and networking opportunities. This will be a hybrid event with in-person... READ MORE

Equator Lightning Workshop: Editing your own words

Online

This workshop is led by Jen de Beyer. Good academic writing is simple, clear, and complete. You'll practice balancing these three elements in group editing exercises. For more details, follow this link.

Online Understanding and Predicting Choice Behaviour in Health: Preference Elicitation & Analysis

Online

This Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC) course is designed for those who need to perform discrete choice analysis in healthcare and who wish to understand the issues that health researchers face when performing these analyses. This could include researchers and decision makers from public, commercial and academic organisations concerned with understanding health preferences. It... READ MORE

NIHR Research Design Service Fellowship Application Day 2023

Old Road Campus Oxford

A free workshop for those thinking of applying for a doctoral or post-doctoral NIHR fellowship aimed at healthcare, public health or social care practitioners and academics considering an application in 2023 or 2024. Booking through Eventbrite.

Oxford BRC Writing Retreat for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals

Egrove Park Oxford, United Kingdom

This three-day Writing Retreat is sponsored by the Oxford BRC. It is open to all nurses, midwives and allied health care professionals at any career stage, working at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who need time and space to focus on writing without interruption. We will provide a mentor to guide you with your writing. We ask that... READ MORE

Involving Patients and the Public in Research

Are you a researcher who wants to know more about Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)? Are you a researcher who is looking for reliable online resources to help get you started with PPI? Are you a PPI lead or responsible for PPI in your team or theme looking for  support and information? If so, NIHR... READ MORE

Introduction to Good Clinical Research Practice

Online

This three-hour online course consists of trainer-led presentations, short video-talks from those experienced in the conduct of clinical research and interactive exercises. The course is run by the experienced research support specialists from the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospital’s Joint Research Office, JRO. There is an optional 30-minute Q&A session directly after the... READ MORE

Applied Methods of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Big Data Institute Oxford

This is an intensive 3- (or 4-) day classroom-based course from Health and Economics Research Centre (HERC). It is for health economists and health professionals, with some knowledge of health economics, who wish to learn about the methodology of cost-effectiveness analysis as applied in health care. We are introducing a new optional module on Friday... READ MORE

Randomised Controlled Trials Course: A Guide to Design, Conduct, Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting

Merton College Merton St,, Oxford

This annual course provides a thorough grounding in the principles and practice of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for evaluating healthcare interventions. You will learn from an interdisciplinary faculty of clinicians, statisticians, and trial managers, all with a wealth of RCT experience. The course uses a problem-based learning approach, including lectures and small-group practical sessions, and... READ MORE