Online short courses and events
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Explore a topic in depth over one or two days; extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series or a weekly learning programme.
Explore the different online course types below.
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Short online courses (Flexible): These have no live-time meetings, so you can study when it suits you.
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Short online courses (Live): These have weekly 1-hour online meetings to attend.
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Day and weekend events: Include livestreamed lectures and small online workshops.
Upcoming courses
Online - live • Short courses • Lecture series • Hybrid - in person or online
In this hybrid lecture, analyse Gordon Brown's term as Prime Minister, considering his failure to call an election, his denial of the Credit Crunch Crisis and his final satisfaction in denying David Cameron's Conservatives a working majority.
- Fri 27 Feb 2026
- 2:00 – 3:30pm
Online - live • Short courses • Lecture series • Hybrid - in person or online
Peter Blake's work on the cover for the Beatles' 1967 album, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', vividly encapsulated a new social and cultural phenomenon. Explore how high art became less incongruous with popular culture in this hybrid lecture.
- Tue 03 Mar 2026
- 2:00 – 3:30pm
Online - flexible • Short courses • Professional development
Part-time over ten weeks, this tutor-led online training course can be taken from anywhere in the world. It will appeal to students and practitioners who want to improve their ability to conduct vegetation surveys.
- Wed 04 Mar 2026 – 13 May 2026
- 10 meetings
Online - live • Short courses • Lecture series • Hybrid - in person or online
Delve into Theresa May's term as Prime Minister in this hybrid lecture, considering her failure to deliver Brexit, the loss of her parliamentary majority and eventual removal by her colleagues.
- Fri 06 Mar 2026
- 2:00 – 3:30pm
Online - live • Short courses • Professional development • Hybrid - in person or online
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geoscientists. Join us in Oxford or attend online.
- Mon 16 Mar 2026 – 18 Mar 2026
- 3 meetings
- 08:30 Monday - 17:00 Wednesday
Online - live • Professional development
Covering the process of undertaking a randomised trial, focusing on the practicalities of organising and running trials.
- Mon 16 Mar 2026 – 20 Mar 2026
- 1:00 – 6:00pm
Flexible learning with Oxford
As well as short online courses, we also offer flexible Oxford University qualifications and professional development programmes. Many can be studied fully online, some require short residencies in Oxford.
Short online courses
Our short online courses are taught in two alternative teaching formats - flexible or live. All of these courses are usually 10 weeks long.Distance learning
Study with Oxford from anywhere in the world. From part-time Oxford University qualifications and professional development programmes (CPD), to online short courses.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 with Oxford University. From short courses and training in Oxford and online to flexible graduate programmes and bespoke courses.