How our short courses work
Join us online or in Oxford
Explore a new topic or revisit a favourite subject over a few days, a few weeks or a term. Our short courses run in person or online, with some offered in both formats – so you can choose the study option best for you.
- Online (Live) courses combine online course materials you can explore in your own time with a weekly live video webinar led by an expert tutor. You will therefore expect to commit to a 1-hour meeting at the same time every week
- Online (Flexible) courses have no live meetings. You study structured online course materials and do not have to be online at any specific time. You will be led through the course on a week-by-week schedule by your expert tutor, but you access the course according to your own schedule
- In-person events require attendance in Oxford and have no online components. These include weekly classes, day events and weekend schools.
- Hybrid teaching events are livestreamed from Oxford and include lecture series, day events and weekend schools. You can choose to join either in person or online.
Upcoming courses
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
How best to raise good citizens who will do the right thing even when under pressure to do wrong? This day school will consider this question, as well as the role of authority, critical thinking and moral relativism.
- Sat 14 Jun 2025
- 10:15am – 5:30pm
Online - live • Short courses • Hybrid - in person or online
In a career spanning decades, Miles Davis revolutionized jazz multiple times – from cool jazz to fusion. Explore the groundbreaking music and cultural impact of Miles Davis, as we trace his influence across genres and generations.
- Sat 14 Jun 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
Learn more about the many fascinating butterflies and moths that can be found in Oxfordshire. Gain an overview of the main species and their natural history, and have a chance to look for urban butterflies and moths in Oxford.
- Sat 14 Jun 2025
- 9:45am – 5:00pm
Online - live • Short courses
An online day school presenting experimental and theoretical information for clinical and experimental psychologists, therapists, counsellors, psychiatrists and other clinicians, taking as a starting point that brain and mind are linked and overlapping.
- Thu 19 Jun 2025
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
Short intensive • Short courses • Professional development
Exploring the role of desk-based assessments (DBA) in managing cultural heritage resource, providing a practical guide to their production, and guidance on their use to fulfil the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).
- Mon 23 Jun 2025
- 1 meetings
- 9:00am – 4:30pm
In-person day/weekend • Short courses
We will take a brief look at the workings of the brain, and how psychologists describe the functions of attention, perception and memory. Explore how these processes can work to fool us, and what we have learned from dysfunction.
- Fri 27 Jun 2025
- 10:00am – 5:00pm
Short online courses
Our short online courses are taught in two alternative teaching formats - flexible or live. All of these courses are 10 weeks long.Day and weekend events
Join us in Oxford or online to explore a topic in depth over one or two days with multiple speakers or extend your knowledge over several weeks with a lecture series.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. Choose from courses that meet in Oxford, online courses with live sessions and flexible online courses.