Skills development programmes open for applications in Trinity 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 Trinity 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 11 April 2024.

Apply for Insight into Strategy and Management 

The Oxford Strategy Challenge (TOSCA)

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. TOSCA 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 April-May Programme by 9am on 26 April.

We are running an additional round of the Oxford Strategy Challenge in the summer vacation. This programme is also open to students graduating in 2024! 

Apply for the June-July Programme by 9am on 14 June.


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