Skills Development Programmes Open for Applications in Hilary Term


Making time for extra-curricular activities alongside your studies can not only be enriching personally, but professionally too. Learning new skills and developing those you already have will contribute to your overall employability as the majority of organisations look for both academic qualifications and interests beyond academia.

To help you build your employability skills, we run a number of original Careers Service programmes in Hilary term 2024 for Oxford University students. Submit your applications now to take part in programmes that could help plan your next career move.

Insight into Strategy and Management

For current Oxford University undergraduate and postgraduate students

This 6-session programme aims to demystify business, explain the marketing essentials that are core to business strategy, and introduce University of Oxford students to business finance principles and commonly used reports and tools. Applications close on 8 February 2024.

Apply for Insight into Strategy and Management 

Insight into Publishing

For current Oxford University undergraduate and postgraduate students

This three-session programme will help you gain an insight into the future of the sector and discover practical ways to make your job and internship applications publishing-focused. Insight into Publishing will give you the opportunity to hear from professionals working in different departments of major publishing companies. Applications close on 16 February 2024. 

Apply for Insight into Publishing

The Oxford Strategy Challenge

For current Oxford University undergraduate and postgraduate students

On this week-long programme programme you will have the opportunity to develop skills in working effectively as part of a remote team, managing a client relationship, collecting data under time pressure, reacting quickly to unexpected changes, and summarising and presenting your findings to a client. The Challenge aims to provide you with real-world client experience and development opportunities across key employment skills that you can deploy on your CV, cover letters, and at interviews.  

Apply for the March - April Programme by 8 March 2024


If you have any questions about the programmes, get in touch with us on courses@careers.ox.ac.uk.