OCTRU Summer Meeting 2026
Various
Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 9am to 1.45pm
Richard Doll Building Lecture Theatre
Hosted by octrutrialshub@ndorms.ox.ac.uk
The OCTRU Summer meeting will take place in the Richard Doll Building on 30th June. Registration is open to all within OCTRU's groups. Please note exact timings will be confirmed closer to the date.
Draft agenda (as at 22May2026)
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9:00-9:30am |
Registration |
| 9:30-9:35am | Welcome |
| 9:35-9:45am | Update on OCTRU over the last 12 months |
| 9:45-10:00am | Trial Regulations – 2 months on |
| 10-10:20am | The OCTRU Statistics Team: Highlights to date |
| 10:20-10:40am |
Communication: Including ways we have improved site/external communications including to participants, and in a broader sense getting medical specialties more trials aware |
| 10:40-10:55am | EDI: Making our trials more inclusive and the challenges encountered with the implementation of new initiatives |
| 10:55-11:20am |
Tea and Coffee Break |
| 11:20am-11:35am |
Qualitative research: How qualitative research has been incorporated to set-up good/improve Trials Recruitment |
| 11:35-11:50am |
PPI: Valuing and using PPI input - feeding back on where our PPI contributors have provided valuable insights/input |
| 11:50am-12:05pm | SWATS: Implementation/ongoing/results of SWATS across the portfolio |
| 12:05-12:20pm | Transparency: Research Transparency and Results Dissemination: Great examples from across the CTU |
| 12:20-12:30pm | Websites: Why? Wows? Hows? Results of the 2025 CTU survey |
| 12:30-12:45pm | OCTRU CTU Awards 2025 Presentation of Awards |
| 12:45pm | Close of meeting |
| 12:45-1:45pm | Lunch and Networking |
The meeting will take place in the Richard Doll Building and is in-person only.
Registration is required - the registration link has been circulated internally.
Please contact octrutrialshub@ndorms.ox.ac.uk for any queries.
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: Core introductory course
Research Integrity: Refresher course for more experienced researchers
Research Integrity: Trusted Research & Export Controls
Research Governance, Ethics & Assurance Team (RGEA) (Oxford SSO required)
UKCRC Registered Clinical Trial Units
Monitoring of clinical trials - Online Training Modules
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
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