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 9th Week Michaelmas Term

Tuesday 9 December 

REF open access policy briefing
🕘 10:00-11:00 | 💻 Online
Make sure your research meets the new REF open access requirements. Get up to speed on what’s changed and where you can find help at Oxford.

Science communication: An introduction to translating your research for a non-specialist audience
🕘 11:00-12:00 | 💻 Online
This session introduces the essentials of science communication and explores how to make your research accessible and engaging for different audiences.

Searching for patents and standards
🕘 13:00-14:00 | 💻 Online
Find out more about what patents and standards are, why they might be useful for your research and how to find them in specific databases.

Wednesday 10 December 

Overton walkthrough for Oxford University
🕘 11:00-12:00 | 💻 Online
Discover Overton—the world’s largest database of policy documents, indexing millions of policy documents from around the world.

Thursday 11 December 

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.

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.