Day and weekend events
Join us online or in Oxford
Explore a topic in depth over one or two days with multiple speakers, hone your skills in small workshops and practical sessions, or extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series.
Our day and weekend events, courses and lecture series are taught by lecturers and speakers who are specialists in their field of research. All courses and events are non-assessed and don't require coursework.
How to join an event
Events are delivered in the following teaching formats:
- 'Online – live' events are delivered online, with real-time discussion with tutors and other students taking place using an online platform.
- 'In-person' events meet in Oxford or at another specified location for face-to-face teaching.
- 'Hybrid teaching' events consist of livestreamed lectures and panel discussions. You can join us in person or online – you decide! Look for 'hybrid' in the course listings.
Upcoming courses
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
A more advanced workshop for experienced essay and report writers who would like to improve the style and structure of their writing and to develop the technique of persuasive argument.
- Sat 22 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 1:00pm
Online - live • Short courses
Medicinal products are developed from nature and may offer therapeutic benefit. This day school is designed to provide an understanding and insight into how medicinal products are discovered and developed into approved pharmaceutical agents for human use.
- Sat 22 Mar 2025
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
This event will explore the Battle of Naseby, a turning point in British history. We will explore the battlefield itself (accessing locations not open to the public), why it occurred where it did, and how its participants determined Naseby’s outcome.
- Sat 22 Mar 2025 – 23 Mar 2025
- 9.45am Sat - 5.00pm Sun
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
Learn how emerging technologies, such as AI and extended realities (VR/AR/MR), can empower social innovation, guiding you to develop tech-enhanced solutions for sustainable social change.
- Sat 22 Mar 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
Online - live • Short courses
An introduction to the brain, presenting the main topics of neuroscience. Biological theories are discussed in the context of psychology, covering basic brain neuroanatomy and linking it to human behaviour and mind functions such as learning and sleeping.
- Thu 27 Mar 2025
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
Introducing a wide variety of different election forecasting methods for UK general elections. As well as pre-election forecasts, the day will cover exit poll methodology and seat prediction from early constituency results.
- Sat 29 Mar 2025
- 1:45 – 5:00pm
Contact
If you have a question about any of our day and weekend events, including lecture series, please email: ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk
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.Online short courses and events
Study with Oxford University whenever it suits you, from anywhere in the world, with a flexible online course, live-time weekly class, online lecture series or day event.