Program Overview

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University Programs

The university offers a wide range of programs, including short and online courses, undergraduate, postgraduate, professional, and research programs.

Subject Areas

• Archaeology and anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Certificate of Higher Education
  • English Literature
  • History
  • History of Art
  • Theological Studies
• Architectural history
  • Architectural History
• Business and management
  • Business and management
• Data science, computing, maths
  • Data science, computing, maths
• Diplomatic studies and law
  • Diplomatic studies
• Economics and politics
  • Economics and politics
• Education and study skills
  • Education
• Environment and sustainability
  • Environment and sustainability
• History of art
  • History of Art
• History, including local and social
  • History
  • English Social and Local History
• Languages and cultural studies
  • Languages and cultural studies
• Literature, creative writing and film studies
  • Creative Writing
  • English Literature
• Medical and health sciences
  • Medical and health sciences
• Music
  • Music
• Natural sciences
  • Natural sciences
• Philosophy
  • Philosophy
• Psychology and counselling
  • Psychology and counselling
• Religion and theology
  • Religion and theology
• Technology and AI
  • Technology and AI

Course Format

• Day and weekend events
• In-person learning
• Lecture series
• Online learning
• Professional
• Summer schools
• Weekly learning

Academic Credit

Many courses can be studied for academic credit, which means they can count towards a recognised qualification.

Undergraduate Programs

Certificates

• Archaeology
• Certificate of Higher Education
• English Literature
• History
• History of Art
• Theological Studies

Diplomas

• Archaeology
• Creative Writing
• English Social and Local History
• History of Art

Advanced Diplomas

• British Archaeology
• IT Systems Analysis and Design (Online)
• Local History (Online)

Pre-Master's

• Advanced Pre-sessional Course for Graduate Students (nine weeks, full-time)
• Foundations of Diplomacy Pre-Master's Course (six months, full-time)

Summer Schools

• Oxford University Summer School for Adults

Postgraduate Programs

Certificates

• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Ecological Survey Techniques
• Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Health Research
• Historical Studies
• Nanotechnology
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Psychodynamic Counselling
• Qualitative Health Research Methods
• Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care

Diplomas

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Severe Mental Health Problems
• Health Research
• International Wildlife Conservation Practice
• Psychodynamic Practice

Master of Studies (MSt)

• Creative Writing
• Diplomatic Studies
• Historical Studies
• History of Design
• Literature and Arts
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• Practical Ethics
• Psychodynamic Practice

Research Degrees (DPhil)

• Archaeology
• Architectural History
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Literature and Arts
• Sustainable Urban Development

Master of Science (MSc)

• Applied Landscape Archaeology
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• English Local History
• Evidence-Based Health Care
• Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics
• Evidence-Based Health Care Systematic Reviews
• Evidence-Based Health Care Teaching and Education
• Experimental and Translational Therapeutics
• Nanotechnology for Medicine and Health Care
• Surgical Science and Practice
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Translational Health Sciences

Professional Programs

Continuing Professional Development

• Business and management
• Cultural heritage
• Data science, computing, maths
• Diplomatic studies
• Education
• Environment and sustainability
• Medical and health sciences
• Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
• Philosophy and ethics
• Psychology and counselling
• Research methods and skills
• Technology and AI
• Urban studies

Research

Research Community

Research at Oxford Lifelong Learning extends across the disciplines and is supported by a research culture that encourages interdisciplinary initiatives.

Research Areas

• Academic staff profiles
• Part-time DPhil programmes
• Research areas
• Research students

Research Forums

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Steering Group
• Lifelong Learning Pedagogies forum
• Research Ethics Colloquium
• The Vice-Chancellors Colloquium

Technical Team Leadership (Online) Course

Overview

This course is designed for technical professionals who are managing others, guiding teams, or stepping into leadership responsibilities and want to increase their impact beyond technical delivery.

Course Aims

• Understand how the history of management shapes our current workplace
• Learn how to balance management with leadership
• Examine the gap between technical leader and technical expert
• Distinguish the different behaviors required to lead or manage
• Understand people and their personalities
• Critique motivation techniques
• Discover why people before process is important
• Discover why you cannot ignore process
• Practice an operational model to get the right things done systematically
• Develop techniques to prioritize work to reduce work overload
• Learn practical tips and tricks to be an effective manager and inspirational leader

Who Will Benefit

• Technical experts moving into management
• Technical experts who need to lead in their role
• New managers who want to fast track their experience
• Experienced managers who want an up-to-date refresher on leading smart people

Dates, Times, and Delivery

The course will run over five days, in 2.5-hour sessions, including a short break, and dedicated time for questions and answers.

Accessing Your Online Course

Details about accessing the private MS Teams course site will be emailed to you during the week prior to the course commencing.

Programme Details

Session 1 - Understanding the Giant Leap to Leading People

• Discover how the history of management influences todays workplace
• Differentiate management from leadership in practice
• Define the leadership mindset
• Demonstrate the requirement for leadership in all roles
• Explore the new leadership paradigm
• Adapt technical strengths to a leadership environment

Session 2 - Leading with Aligned Purpose

• Learn how to plan for an unknown future
• Consider why starting with the why is so critical to goal setting
• Establish how to define the true requirements
• Build collaborative virtual teams in a complex environment
• Determine how to identify and engage all stakeholders
• Define unique roles and responsibilities in a team setting
• Identify and appraise the boundaries of ownership
• Use a leadership framework to run an innovative initiative

Session 3 - Understanding People, Personalities, and Motivation

• Understand the secrets of leading smart people
• Learn to work with different personality styles
• Understand how to motivate smart people
• Understand the balance between compliance versus commitment
• Build influential relationships, not just connections
• Networking and politics
• Understand trust versus micromanagement in the real-world

Session 4 - Establishing Your Operational Process to Get the Right Things Done

• How to stop the talking and start the doing
• Empower people using good process
• The key role of milestones and measures in planning complex projects
• Define unique versus shared ownership
• Define operational interfaces
• Learn to use negotiation levers of time, money, and scope

Session 5 - Personal and Team Development

• Create a personal development plan for you and your team
• Learn some daily habits that effective leaders use
• Build some checklists to help implement the changes required to close the gap
• Understand key traits to fast track your career

Digital Certification

In order to be eligible for a certificate of attendance, you will need to attend the whole course.

Fees

• Course Fee: ｣895.00

Payment

Fees include electronic copies of course materials. All courses are VAT exempt.

Tutors

• Trevor Manning - Course Tutor
• Berenice Manning - eLearning Support Facilitator

IT Requirements

This course is delivered online using Microsoft Teams. You will be required to follow and implement the instructions we send you to fully access Microsoft Teams on the University of Oxford's secure IT network.