PROVISIONAL 2026-2027 Short Course Programme

We are delighted to announce provisional details of our exciting 2026-2027 programme of 35 intensive online short courses, developed specifically for researchers and healthcare practitioners. Confirmed dates, fees and full course details will be provided in the summer. Please be aware that we are unable to take bookings in advance - bookings for all courses will open at midday on Wednesday 7 October 2026.

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January 2026

Explore the provisional short course programme for 2026-2027

The following course dates and fees are provisional and will be confirmed in September 2026. Click on a course title for details related to the last run of the course. Please note that individual course webpages will be updated in the summer and all current information is subject to change.

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Course title

Provisional start date

Provisional end date

Provisional course fee

Introduction of medical 3D printing & 3D printing in Congenital Heart Diseases *NEW internal only pilot*

23/11/2026

24/11/2026

£500

Advanced Mendelian Randomization 

25/11/2026

27/11/2026

£630

Knowledge Mobilisation

30/11/2026

30/11/2026

£250

Introduction to Stata 

01/12/2026

03/12/2026

£750

Introduction to R

07/12/2026

09/12/2026

£380

Inclusivity within Research Processes

10/12/2026

10/12/2026

£250

Co-Design, Co-Production and Participatory Action Research

11/01/2027

11/01/2027

£250

Introduction to Research Governance

12/01/2027

13/01/2027

£500

Reproducible Health Data Science 

21/01/2027

26/01/2027

£1,000

Genetic Epidemiology

27/01/2027

03/02/2027

£1,250

Introduction to Statistics

04/02/2027

09/02/2027

£1,000

R for Health Data Science Research *NEW internal only pilot*

11/02/2027

12/02/2027

£500

Introduction to Linear and Logistic Regression Models

22/02/2027

26/02/2027

£1,250

Introduction to Epidemiology

01/03/2027

04/03/2027

£1,000

Introduction to Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis

08/03/2027

12/03/2027

£1,000

Mendelian Randomization

15/03/2027

19/03/2027

£880

Molecular Epidemiology

22/03/2027

24/03/2027

£750

Questionnaire Design, Application and Data Interpretation

13/04/2027

15/04/2027

£750

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods 

19/04/2027

23/04/2027

£1,250

Analysis of Repeated Measures

26/04/2027

27/04/2027

£500

Healthcare Systems Resilience: Analysing Failure, Driving Change, and Sustaining Improvement *NEW internal only pilot*

28/04/2027

30/04/2027

£750

Introduction to Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Methods

04/05/2027

04/05/2027

£250

Introduction to Rates and Survival Analysis

05/05/2027

07/05/2027

£750

Multiple Imputation for Missing Data

11/05/2027

13/05/2027

£750

Designing and Conducting Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trials

17/05/2027

21/05/2027

£1,250

Further Survival Analysis 

24/05/2027

25/05/2027

£250

Introduction to Economic Evaluation

26/05/2027

28/05/2027

£750

Economic Evaluation Modelling Using R

08/06/2027

11/06/2027

£750

Introduction to Data Visualisation and Web Applications Using R

14/06/2027

15/06/2027

£500

Optimising Recruitment to Randomised Controlled Trials

17/06/2027

17/06/2027

£250

Introduction to Protocol Writing

21/06/2027

21/06/2027

£250

Machine Learning with Omics Data

22/06/2027

24/06/2027

£750

Causal Inference in Epidemiology: Concepts and Methods

28/06/2027

02/07/2027

£1,250

Applying Qualitative Research to Randomised Controlled Trials

05/07/2027

05/07/2027

£250

Statistical Methods for Mediation Analysis

06/07/2027

08/07/2027

£630