Graduate School student spotlights

Meet our Graduate School students

Supporting postgraduate study

The Graduate School at Oxford Lifelong Learning offers a stimulating and enriching learning and research environment for both internal (Oxford University) and external graduate students and postgraduate researchers.

Our programme of training and development activities is designed to help students conduct their research while supporting them to become independent scholars.

Interested in taking your research further? Learn more about the Graduate School.

Student spotlights

Use the links below to hear from past and current Graduate School students as they share their experiences.

Charlotte Phillips

Charlotte Phillips

Charlotte was looking for a course to help develop her skills and aide her transition to research in the field of health and social care. Two of our Graduate School training courses were exactly what she was looking for.

Peter Steere

Peter Steere

After a career in IT for more than 40 years, Peter turned a lifelong passion for history into an academic journey at Oxford Lifelong Learning. From undergraduate diplomas to a master's degree and now a DPhil.

Rezia Begum

Rezia Begum

Thanks to the skills and knowledge gained after completing two of our Graduate School training courses, Rezia was able to scope out and plan future research projects.

Gregory Miller

Gregory Miller

Gregory, a Minister of Music at a church in California, enrolled on our online Digital Ethnography short course as he wanted to gain an understanding of how digital spaces shape and influence social behavior from an ethnographic perspective.

Lauren Woodcock

Lauren Woodcock

Lauren enrolled on one of our Graduate School training courses to help refine the presentations she was working on as part of her PhD. The skills and confidence gained led to a Best Oral Presentation award at a recent conference.