How our short courses work
Join us online or in Oxford
Ways to study with Oxford Continuing Education
Explore a new topic or revisit a favourite subject over a few days, a few weeks or a term. Our short courses run in person or online, with some offered in both formats – so you can choose the study option best for you.
- ‘Online – live’ courses are taught completely online and have scheduled, live-time meetings to attend. Live-time discussions and Q&A take place via an online platform. Additionally, some ‘online – live’ weekly courses have prerecorded lectures to enjoy. Courses include day events, weekend schools, lecture series and weekly classes.
- ‘Online – flexible’ courses are taught fully online but have no live-time meetings – so you can study when it suits you at any time of the day or night. Teaching takes place in a virtual learning environment, with students and tutors interacting in online text-based forums. The forums are not live and students can add their comments at any time.
- In-person events require attendance in Oxford and have no online components. These include weekly classes, day events and weekend schools.
- Hybrid teaching events are livestreamed from Oxford and include lecture series, day events and weekend schools. You can choose to join either in person or online.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses • Lecture series • Hybrid - in person or online
This lecture will focus on the hard-edged Modernism of the Vorticist group, and the various ways in which British artists responded to the advent of Cubism and the First World War. Featured artists include Wyndham Lewis, Jacob Epstein and C.R.W Nevinson.
- Wed 19 Feb 2025
- 2:00 – 3:15pm
Online - live • Short courses
An online day school presenting experimental and theoretical information for clinical and experimental psychologists, therapists, counsellors, psychiatrists and other clinicians, taking as a starting point that brain and mind are linked and overlapping.
- Thu 20 Feb 2025
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses • Lecture series
In his D major Prelude, Rachmaninoff weaves one of his characteristic extended melodies and builds towards a climax of shattering intensity. This lecture is part of the 'A Pianist Explores' lecture series.
- Fri 21 Feb 2025
- 11:00am – 12:15pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
An exploration of the artistic movement that came to embrace both art and music, looking at the major visual and musical works of the Impressionists, and tracing the roots of this aesthetic upheaval that laid the foundations for modernism in the arts.
- Sat 22 Feb 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
Online - live • Short courses • Professional development
Gain a solid understanding of the global financial system, covering key institutions, market dynamics, monetary and fiscal policy, and risk management. Ideal for financial professionals, new entrants to the profession and students wishing to deepen their
- Mon 24 Feb 2025 – 07 Mar 2025
- 4 meetings
- 7.00pm - 8.30pm (UK time)
Online - live • Short courses • Lecture series • Hybrid - in person or online
Explore British art during the interwar period. How did British artists react to the arrival of Surrealism in Britain? Featured artists include Barbara Hepworth, Paul Nash and Henry Moore. Part of the 'Art in Britain' lecture series.
- Wed 26 Feb 2025
- 2:00 – 3:15pm
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.Lecture series
Weekly lectures on a given topic. All can be enjoyed in person at Rewley House, with the majority also being livestreamed – so you can choose to attend online or in Oxford.Weekly learning
Study with Oxford on a weekly schedule over one or two terms. Choose from courses that meet in-person in Oxford, online courses with live-time sessions and flexible online courses.