OCTRU Extended Training Bite: Statistics for Non Statisticians *online*
Fema Er, Eleanor Temple
Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 10am to 12pm
Online
Hosted by octrutrialshub@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
THIS SESSION COVERS:
- Introduction to Trial Design
- Basic Statistics and Sample Sizes
- Randomisation and Blinding
- Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials
- Trial Outcomes - what are we trying to measure?
Places must be booked for this course.
Please email octrutrialshub@ndorms.ox.ac.uk to reserve your space. A University/NHS email address should be used when making your booking.
External Training
These links lead to a variety of clinical research related resources, training opportunities and conferences offered by external organisations – OCTRU does not necessarily endorse the links – this is offered only as a resource for individuals to use when looking for wider opportunities.
Note: We endeavour to keep this page up to date, however if a link is broken please can you let the admin team know on octrutrialshub@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
Training Opportunities
Training provided in Clinical Trials by the University of Oxford (Oxford SSO required)
Research Integrity Training - Compulsory for all University research staff and research students. The core course and refresher courses are available to undertake online, as well as supplementary modules about specific aspects of research integrity to supplement the core and refresher courses.
Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance Team (RGEA) (Oxford SSO required)
UK Registered Clinical Trial Unit Network
Monitoring of clinical trials - Online Training Modules
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Resources about Human Tissue Act
Resources about Public Engagement
Health Research Authority (HRA)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) including NIHR Learn
Integrated Research Application System (IRAS)
NIHR Research Delivery Network
This team have regular emails with links to training opportunities offered by themselves and other – follow this LINK for more information.
NIHR Learning for Involvement - training and resources dedicated to learning and development for public involvement in health and social care research
NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme Resources Site
E-Learning
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Training offered on Good Research Practice, including GDPR, Human Tissue legislation, IRAS - follow this LINK
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR Learn)
Online training courses for those working on trials, including those with an ac.uk email address. Courses include Introduction to GCP and refresher GCP training, diversity and inclusion training, and more - follow this LINK
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
The video library on the NIHR Oxford BRC website includes a variety of talks, including those from the series of lunchtime seminars carrried out by the Statistics Hub - watch them here
The Global Health Network
Conferences
Biannual conference for researchers and practitioners to present the very latest in trials methodology research
Society for Clinical Trials (US organisation)
Annual conference in the US for those working in trials