Build your confidence with the Bodleian iSkills programme, a series of free workshops that empower students, researchers, and staff at the University of Oxford to develop essential skills in discovering, critically evaluating, managing, presenting and sharing information in an evolving digital and physical world.
Workshops taking place in 4th Week Michaelmas Term
Tuesday 4 November
Working with sensitive research data
🕘 14:00-16:00 | 📍Social Science Library
Learn key principles for handling sensitive or restricted research data, including confidentiality, consent, cybersecurity, and data management. The session welcomes real examples from participants and highlights the support available at Oxford
Wednesday 5 November
Getting started in Oxford libraries
🕘 13:00-14:00 | 💻 Online
New to Oxford or need a refresher on using the Bodleian libraries? Join this session to learn how to access the library network and use their services and resources.
Research metrics and citation analysis tools: Part 2 article metrics
🕘 15:00-16:00 | 📍Radcliffe Science Library
Discover how citation counting can help identify influential papers and how altmetrics provide a different perspective on research output.
Thursday 6 November
Copyright the card game
🕘 09:30-12:30 | 📍Radcliffe Science Library
This fun, interactive, games-based session will introduce the key concepts of copyright law and help you to apply them in practice.
Undergraduate critical thinking with academic sources
🕘 09:30-11:30 | 💻 Online
Enhance your critical thinking and research skills in this practical workshop. Learn to question assumptions, analyse sources, and develop effective search strategies to excel in your studies.
Systematic reviews, scoping reviews and other evidence reviews in medicine: getting started
🕘 11:00-12:00 | 💻 Online
Learn how to plan and structure literature searches for systematic, scoping, and other evidence reviews in this introductory session.
Fundamentals of open access
🕘 14:30- 16:00 | 💻 Online
Understand what open access really means — decode the jargon and explore how publishing open can benefit your research.
Find out more and book your place via the workshop titles above.
To view a full list of this terms workshops go to the Bodleian iSkills website or take a look at the iSkills Michaelmas Term Card below. All workshops must be booked in advance via the Bodleian iSkills website.
