Events across the Network

Learning and Development Opportunities for Researchers and Trialists

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October 2026

Title: Improving Clinical Trial Delivery: Investigator Site Staff
Date: 12 – 13 October 2026
Venue: Online (University of Birmingham)
Cost: £250 person

This two day programme is designed to build understanding and efficiency in the ongoing site management and delivery of open trials. It is aimed at site delivery staff. The teaching will be delivered through a combination of pre-recorded lectures; independent reading and live online sessions.

For sites to achieve their recruitment target on time, in compliance with the trial protocol and with the collection of complete and accurate data, experienced and trained staff are required. This 2-day programme will focus on the management of trials from the perspective of the Principal Investigator and the site delivery team. It will explore clinical trial challenges such as the factors that can affect successful participant recruitment, data quality and the challenges in the assessment and reporting of safety data. It will focus on the impact of protocol deviations on patient safety and data credibility and will improve comprehension of the rationale for specific trial activities. 

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Aims
To provide participants with a practical introduction to the biology, diagnosis, staging, and treatment of cancer, and to explain how these inform the design, conduct, assessment, analysis, reporting, and oversight of cancer clinical trials. The course will focus on the core concepts underpinning key trial outcomes, including adverse events, response, survival, and other time-to-event endpoints. It will also provide an opportunity for attendees from a range of professional backgrounds to share experience and build connections across the cancer trials community.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will have a better understanding of the clinical and trial-related data that contribute to cancer trial design, conduct, analysis, and reporting, and of the principles for interpreting and presenting these data. In particular, participants should be able to demonstrate greater knowledge of:

* cancer biology and its relevance to treatment selection, tumour spread, and outcome assessment
* cancer diagnosis and staging, and their implications for screening, eligibility criteria, and trial entry
* commonly reported patient and tumour characteristics, including considerations in selecting stratification factors
* cancer treatments, including practical issues in documenting and reporting treatment delivery and protocol compliance
* adverse events associated with cancer therapies, and principles for their assessment and reporting
* response assessment in solid tumours and haematological malignancies, and the reporting of response-based endpoints
* survival and other time-to-event endpoints commonly used in cancer trials
* challenges arising in trials of novel therapies, including targeted agents and biomarker-informed treatments

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: Running a trial from concept to completion
Date: 15 October 2026
Venue: Cancer Research UK & UCL CTC, 149 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7N
Cost: £50 (non-profit organisations) £100 (for-profit organisations)
Course lead: Rubina Begum, Senior Project Manager, CR UK & UCL CTC

This session gives an introductory overview of all the steps required to design, set up and complete an academic cancer trial conducted in the hospital setting.

Participants will know what all the organisations and people involved in trials do and what permissions and documents need to be in place at different stages of a trial. The course is of most interest to those new to working in academic cancer clinical trials. Those currently working in the field who would like to gain an overview of what happens at other stages to the one familiar to them, may also benefit.

Please note that the course will run between 10.00am until 13.00pm.

For further information, and to register, please click here.

Title: Using healthcare systems data in clinical trials: Data Utility Comparisons – DUCkS Workshop
Date: 22 October 2026
Venue: 90 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LJ
Cost: Free (see note below)
Course lecturers: Dr Macey Murray, Sharon Love, Prof Matt Sydes, Dr Jemima Thompson, & Gabriela Toledo

The use of health systems data (aka routinely-collected healthcare data, such as Hospital Episode Statistics) as trial data could transform the delivery of clinical trials, but there are key challenges to address. One of the challenges is assessing the suitability of the data to replace trial-specific data collection and its relevance, which we refer to as its utility. To have utility, we need to be assured that health systems data sufficiently captures the data traditionally reported on case report forms. We assess utility through the comparison of health systems data with trial-collected data. These formal comparison studies will provide evidence on the fitness of purpose of a dataset to answer specific questions.

In this workshop, we will be showcasing some utility comparisons, explaining their need, presenting our suggestion for how to conduct one, and giving some space for you to plan your own utility comparison.

For more details on DUCkS, please read Sydes et al. ‘Getting our ducks in a row: The need for data utility comparisons of healthcare systems data for clinical trials’ (doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107514).

This workshop is being run as part of the HDR UK Transforming Data for Trials programme (2023-2029).

Target Audience
Researchers and statisticians who want to use healthcare systems data in a clinical trial.

Fees
The workshop is free. However, it is likely to be oversubscribed – in this case the attendees will be selected based on their registration. A waiting list will be maintained and spaces allocated subject to any cancellations. 

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

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November 2026

Title: An Introduction to Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials: Statistics for Non-Statisticians
Date: 2 – 5 November 2026
Venue: Via Zoom (09:30 – 12:45)
Cost: £130 – Low & Middle Income Countries (LMIC), £245 – Academic / not-for-profit organisations, £320 – for-profit organisations
Course facilitators: Dr Laura Murphy, Yath Yogeswaran (UCL Innovative CTU)

This four-day course will provide an introduction to the principles and application of statistics in the randomised controlled trial (RCT) environment. It will explain what’s important and why, and enable understanding of statistical methods and analyses in RCTs.

Intended audience
Non-statisticians working in clinical trials who only have a basic level of statistical knowledge at present and wish to be more familiar with the meanings of common statistical terms used in clinical trials and the interpretation of results. Generally this course is aimed at people with less than 3 years’ experience in a Clinical Trials setting, although all applicants are welcome.

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: Introduction to Clinical Trials
Date: 2 – 27 November 2026
Venue: Online via Teams
Cost: From £180 per person. Early bird rates available until 2 October 2026
Course leads: All sessions on the course are delivered by experienced trialists and professional staff from Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit

The Introduction to Clinical Trials course offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the design and conduct of randomised clinical trials (RCTs). Through a combination of flexible online learning and interactive tutor-led sessions, students will gain an understanding of the key principles that underpin high-quality clinical research and the evaluation of healthcare interventions. It is ideal for healthcare professionals, researchers, trial staff, statisticians, clinicians, and anyone involved in the planning, delivery, analysis, or review of clinical research.

The course focuses primarily on large, multicentre randomised clinical trials, including both drug trials and trials of complex interventions. It does not cover non-randomised studies, observational research designs, or trials evaluating diagnostic tests.

The course is delivered entirely online through Microsoft Teams and runs over four weeks, with a mixture of pre-recorded lectures, live online tutor-led sessions, and supporting resources and self-directed learning activities.

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: Entering patients into cancer clinical trials
Date: 10 November 2026
Venue: Cancer Research UK & UCL CTC, 149 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7N
Cost: £50 (non-profit organisations) £100 (for-profit organisations)
Course lead: Laura Hughes, Trial Manager, CR UK & UCL CTC

This session gives a comprehensive overview of the clinical pathways cancer patients can take to be eventually referred for trial entry.

The first part of the session spans across the diagnostic methods and staging of cancer and gives a brief overview of the common tests carried out prior to trial treatment. In the second part of the session participants will learn about the importance of ensuring only eligible patients enter a trial and how eligibility criteria help to safeguard patients and differ amongst different phases of trials. They will also learn the importance of assessing treatment compliance and how every clinical intervention comes with a different set of challenges in collecting data about patient compliance.

Please note that the course will run between 10.00am until 13.00pm.

For further information, and to register, please click here.

Title: Clinical Trial Management: Maximising Effectiveness
Date: 16 – 17 November 2026
Venue: Birmingham
Cost: £250 per person
Course lead: Razia Meer-Baloch (Birmingham CTC)

This two-day programme will focus on the fundamentals of the project management of trials. The teaching will be delivered through a combination of pre-recorded lectures; independent reading and live online sessions.

Trials that are successfully delivered on time and to the recruitment target require the employment of good project management. High quality data is driven through data and quality management processes, and these must be combined with an understanding of the trial safety reporting requirements, and the ongoing assessment and evaluation of trial risks.

The programme will explore how to plan for and respond to clinical trial challenges, maximising effectiveness, efficiency and data quality. It is aimed at individuals involved in trial co-ordination and management who have some experience, and who would like to build on this skill set.

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: CAR-T cell therapy in cancer clinical trials: manufacturing, regulations and clinical implementation
Date: 18 November 2026
Venue: Cancer Research UK & UCL CTC, 149 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7N
Cost: £25 (Clinical Trials Units), £50 (non-profit organisations), £100 (for-profit organisations)

Course aim

This course offers a thorough exploration of CAR-T cell therapies (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell) within the realm of clinical trials. Participants will delve into the historical background of CAR-T therapies, their classifications, regulatory frameworks, safety considerations, mechanisms of action. Additionally, the course emphasizes Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), addressing essential considerations, manufacturing processes, and quality control. By the end of the course, participants will have a solid understanding of CAR-T therapies in the context of clinical trials, including practical insights into managing CAR-T cell therapy trials and an overview of their clinical implementation.

Please note that the course will run between 09.30 until 16.15

For further information, and to register, please click here.

Title: Cancer treatments and their side-effects
Date: 19 November 2026
Venue: Birmingham
Cost: £250 per person
Course lead: Razia Meer-Baloch (Birmingham CTC)

This two-day programme will focus on the fundamentals of the project management of trials. The teaching will be delivered through a combination of pre-recorded lectures; independent reading and live online sessions.

Trials that are successfully delivered on time and to the recruitment target require the employment of good project management. High quality data is driven through data and quality management processes, and these must be combined with an understanding of the trial safety reporting requirements, and the ongoing assessment and evaluation of trial risks.

The programme will explore how to plan for and respond to clinical trial challenges, maximising effectiveness, efficiency and data quality. It is aimed at individuals involved in trial co-ordination and management who have some experience, and who would like to build on this skill set.

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: Research Methods: Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials in Healthcare
Date: 23 – 25 November 2026
Venue: Edgbaston Campus, University of Birmingham
Cost: £600 per person
Course leads: Razia Meer-Baloch (Birmingham CTU) and Dr Sara Brookes (CRUK CTU)

Clinical trials have huge societal impact, providing the best evidence of the effectiveness of healthcare, social care and public health interventions. Research through clinical trials is a growing global business in academic institutions, industry, the NHS and across public health organisations. To ensure efficient trials that reach successful completion, trial staff require a solid grounding and knowledge of the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials.

This face-to-face 3-day course in Research Methods: Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials in Healthcare organised by the Birmingham Centre for Clinical Trials (BCCT) provides an overview of the research process from idea and design to analysis and publication. This programme will be designed to combine theory with opportunities to apply knowledge to practice, and will be delivered in person with additional access to recordings and self guided readings.

Birmingham is well recognised for its research methods teaching with over 20 years’ experience of delivering short course CPD teaching in research methods, in addition to running a Master’s programme in Clinical Trials (MSc/PGDip/PGCert).

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: An Introduction to Pragmatic Clinical Trials
Date: 24 – 25 November 2026
Venue: London
Cost: £350
Course leads:

The course will provide an introduction to the principles of pragmatic trials, including their design and analysis.  It will introduce strategies to optimise trial conduct, including consent, recruitment and data collection and highlight the importance of patient and community involvement. Participants will have an opportunity, in facilitated sessions, to work up an outline protocol for a pragmatic trial.

This introductory course would be suitable for early/mid-career researchers working in clinical research in academia or the NHS. It is open to those working across a range of research roles, including trial or data managers, principal / chief investigators etc, and does not require detailed knowledge of statistical methods.

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Potential Attendees:

This workshop is aimed at trial statisticians, regulators and clinicians who want to understand more about the design and analysis of multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) platform trials, or those who are new to the area. This includes statisticians looking to design MAMS platform trials, or clinicians and researchers wanting to understand the statistical issues in designing such trials in the phase III setting.

There will be an opportunity for delegates to send questions in advance so that they can be addressed at the workshop.

The workshop aims to help participants:

• understand the motivation behind these designs
• learn how to choose the design parameters and stopping boundaries, both for lack-of-benefit and efficacy
• learn how to deal with overwhelming efficacy
• learn about stopping randomisation to research arms
• learn how to add a new research arm, and how to control Type I and II error rates in both pre-planned and unplanned addition of a new research arm
• learn about MAMS designs in which arms are ranked and selectively chosen to continue
• learn how the programs written in Stata software can be used to design MAMS trials with time-to-event and binary outcomes

MAMS platform trials:

Typically, in these protocols, randomisation is stopped to insufficiently active treatment arms at interim stages and new research arms can be added during the course of the trial. MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL is a leader not only in the design, but also in implementation and analysis of such trials.  The MAMS approach is one of the few adaptive designs being deployed in a number of trials and across a range of disease in the phase III setting, including STAMPEDE (prostate cancer), CompARE (TB), TRUNCATE-TB (TB), RAMPART (renal cancer), and ROSSINI-II (wound surgery) .

Structure of the workshop:

This half-day workshop consists of two main sessions. The first session of the workshop provides an overview of the design issues involved in MAMS platform protocols. The second session focuses on the implementation of the statistical aspects of such trials and provides guidelines on the design and analysis of such trials. It will also explore further design issues such as adding new research arms, and designs in which research arms are ranked and selectively chosen to continue.

Software and examples:

In both sessions, the methods are explored using real platform trial examples, and using programs written in Stata software – i.e. the nstage suite in Stata for trials with binary and time-to-event outcomes, which can be usefully partnered with artpep for time-to-event projections.

The workshop concludes with a discussion session when participants have the opportunity to discuss specific design and analysis questions with the panel. For this reason, we encourage those planning to attend the workshop to submit their questions to the above email in advance, any time after registration.

Faculty will include: Dr Babak Choodari-Oskooei, Professor Mahesh Parmar

Please click here to register. 

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

The National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR), as well as other funders, are increasingly requiring Knowledge Mobilisation approaches to be incorporated into research grant applications to strengthen pathways to impact. Knowledge mobilisation is used to share knowledge between different communities, to create new knowledge and catalyse change.

Academics at the Applied Research Collaboration South West have been exploring and developing these approaches for the past decade and have worked with colleagues at the NIHR. This course will introduce the key concepts and definitions in the field and the latest developments. It will also take attendees through the process of designing a Knowledge Mobilisation plan for a research project.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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December 2026

Title: Trial outcomes: what are we trying to measure?
Date: 1 December2026
Venue: Cancer Research UK & UCL CTC, 149 Tottenham Court Road, W1T 7N
Cost: £50 (non-profit organisations) £100 (for-profit organisations)
Course lead: Will Wilson, Senior Research Fellow – Senior Medical Statistician

This session, aimed at non-statisticians, will cover the most common primary outcomes measures used in early and late phase cancer trials.

Participants will learn what makes a good outcome measure, how outcomes measures are defined and what data need to be collected to assess the outcome, especially for tumour response assessment and time to event measures such as survival and disease (or progression) free survival.

Please note that the course will run between 10.00am until 13.00pm.

For further information, and to register, please click here.

Title: Qualitative Methods in Clinical Trials
Date: 2 – 4 December 2026
Venue: Nottingham
Cost: From £240 per person. Early bird rates available until 4 November 2026
Course leads: Paul Leighton, Kirsty Sprange, Rachel Evley, Louise Thompson, & Amy Fuller

This three-day course provides a practical introduction to the use of qualitative research within clinical trials and feasibility studies. Delegates will explore how qualitative methods can be used to optimise intervention development, improve recruitment and retention, enhance trial delivery, and support interpretation of trial findings. 

Through a combination of expert-led teaching, practical exercises, real-world case studies and discussion, participants will develop an understanding of the theory underpinning qualitative research and gain confidence in designing, conducting and evaluating qualitative components within clinical trials.  

For further information, and to book your place, please click here.

Title: Edinburgh Clinical Trial Management Course
Date: 3 – 5 December2026
Venue: John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh
Cost: £570 (NHS/Academic) £970 (Industry)
Course lead:

This two-day course has been running for more than two decades to support the professional development of anyone involved or interested in clinical trial management.

The aims of the course are:

~ To develop attendees’ knowledge and skills in clinical trial management.
~ To improve attendees’ understanding of related disciplines including research governance, regulation, trial methodology, data management, monitoring, and project management, with a view to effective teamworking.
~ To highlight the importance of Research Inclusion, including Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE), and the need for efficiency in trial design and conduct. These threads will run through the whole course.

The course consists of a variety of workshops, practical tasks and lectures. Interactive sessions cover key topics associated with setting up and delivering clinical trials. Sessions provide practical guidance and facilitate discussion, information exchange and provide plenty of networking opportunities.

The course is co-delivered by The Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

For further information, and to register, please click here.

This course aims to provide an introduction to the importance of inclusivity in health research, key issues to consider while designing your study and tools to optimise inclusivity. We will draw from work led by academics at the University of Bristol and other institutions, the literature on developing inclusive methodology and strategies used to reduce inequities in health research. Course content will provide an overview covering multiple under-served groups (e.g., people with autism, those experiencing socio-economic disadvantage), with a focus on strategies that enable inclusivity of ethnic minority groups.

This course aims to provide a broad understanding of the why and how of considering inclusivity throughout the life cycle of a research project, with an added emphasis on ethnic minority group inclusion.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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January 2027

Co-producing a research project is an approach in which researchers, practitioners and the public work together, sharing power and responsibility from the start to the end of the project (NIHR, 2021). This course focuses on involving members of the public, to ensure more democratic, relevant research/ services that make a difference in practice. This course will be particularly useful for researchers considering using co-production, co-design or participatory action research, people co-designing services/ interventions or anyone wanting to find out more.

This course will provide an introductory overview of approaches where researchers and practitioners work in partnership with members of the public to co-produce/ co-design research, services or interventions. Participants will learn about the theory of these approaches and apply principles into action through case studies and their own/ others work. We draw on the expertise within the University of Bristol and beyond, with course tutors who are researchers, public involvement specialists and community members, who all have extensive experience in this field.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

Health research, whether population based, epidemiological or randomised controlled trials, must comply with a host of standards and legislation. The course is led by staff who have many years’ experience in health research and have been involved in a wide range of high impact health research projects. Invited tutors provide specialist expertise for complex areas such as Data Protection.

This course is designed for researchers who are new to health research, providing an overview of all you need to consider, and signposting further information and support. You will leave the course knowing which standards and legislation apply to your work, where to go for further support and armed with practical tips on how to fulfil your obligations as a health researcher. Please note that this is an introductory course and not designed for those already experienced in this field who may have specific, complex queries.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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February 2027

Title: Practical use of multiple imputation to handle missing data in Stata
Date: 9 – 12 February 2026
Venue: Online via Zoom
Cost: Early Bird Offer: £161 – LMIC Countries; £327 – Academic/not-for-profit; £394 – Attendees from or-profit organisations / Standard fees (after 1 September 2026): £175 LMIC Countries; £355 – Academics/not-for-profit; £428 – Attendees from for-profit organisations.
Course leads: Ian White (UCL Innovative CTU), Angela Wood (University of Cambridge), Tra My Pham (UCL Innovative CTU)

Our aim in this course is to provide participants with the ability to analyse their own data using multiple imputation, but also to be aware of the pitfalls and limitations of the technique. We will give plenty of practical examples from our own experience of analysing data in medical research. We welcome participants bringing their own data and problems.

This course is loosely based on our tutorial in Statistics in Medicine.

Target audience

The target audience is researchers needing to analyse incomplete data:

* Attendees are expected to be familiar with running Stata from the command line (i.e. not using menus) at least to the level of fitting a regression model to complete data and producing simple graphs
* No prior knowledge of multiple imputation is assumed.

Find out more, and register, here.

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March 2027

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April 2027

Questionnaires are widely used for data collection in health research and evaluation. Their design, use and analysis are key to accurate, comprehensive and complete data. This course is an introduction to questionnaire design, application and data interpretation delivered by researchers and healthcare professionals experienced in developing, conducting and analysing questionnaire-based research for use in health services research and healthcare.

This course provides an introduction to the theoretical and practical approaches to questionnaire design, application and data interpretation. It covers an overview of processes involved in questionnaire development, testing, administration and data management to provide a basic understanding of the key concepts and approaches when using questionnaires to collect healthcare data and measure outcomes.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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May 2027

This course aims to provide an introduction to the challenges of recruiting people to randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and strategies to address these. The course draws on evidence generated by the QuinteT research programme, which specialises in optimising recruitment to RCTs based on research conducted in over 70 trials to date. Course content and examples will be drawn primarily from trials set in secondary care hospital settings that span a range of medical specialities.

This course aims to equip attendees with insight into the common sources of recruitment difficulty in RCTs and ways of mitigating or overcoming these.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial (RCTs) are the ‘gold standard’ test for evaluating whether a new intervention is better than an existing one and are routinely used in both real-world healthcare and public health settings. Academics working in the Bristol Trials Centre (BTC) and the University of Bristol (including those who are tutors on this course) have all been at the forefront of designing and implementing high quality pragmatic RCTs for this purpose.

This course aims to provide an understanding of the essentials of designing, conducting and analysing pragmatic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The course examines RCTs evaluating health and public health interventions in primary, secondary and community settings with individual and cluster randomised designs. Please note this course does not go into lots of detail about regulatory approvals and research governance.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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June 2027

Protocols are essential for many areas of health research and a quality protocol is key to the successful delivery of a study. Academics working in the Bristol Trials Centre (BTC) and the University of Bristol (including those who are tutors on this course) have many years of experience in writing and delivering a wide range of protocols for high impact health research projects.

This course is aimed at health researchers new to writing protocols, and will cover the essentials of writing a good quality protocol for a range of health research projects. Core knowledge will be supplemented by practical tips and illustrated by real life examples, with signposting of relevant guidance and support. 

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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July 2027

This course will demonstrate how qualitative research can be used to address particular trial design and conduct issues, enhance understanding of how qualitative methods can be integrated at various stages of a trial, show how a range of qualitative methods can be used within trials, and facilitate greater confidence in including qualitative research in grant applications for randomised trials. It is not a course on how to do qualitative research but rather a course on how to appreciate its value within trials.

This course aims to illustrate how qualitative research can be used to optimise the design and conduct of randomised trials, particularly pragmatic trials of complex interventions.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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August 2027

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September 2027

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Flexible Online Training

Title: Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials
Date: Anytime
Venue: Online course on FutureLearn
Cost: Available via subscription
Course Lead: Razia Meer-Baloch, Birmingham CTU

Discover the importance of trials in evidence-based medicine and learn about the trial lifecycle from conception to publication.

This course has been built by a team of expert research trial staff from the Birmingham Centre for Clinical Trials within Birmingham University. This team will guide you through the entire process for conducting randomised controlled trials and how to report results that can then be used to inform guidelines.

This course is designed for new or existing clinical trial staff. It may also be of interest to anyone looking to learn more about the wider randomised controlled trials process.

For further information, and to register, please click here.

Title: Introduction to Data Management in Clinical Research
Date: Anytime
Venue: Online course on FutureLearn
Cost: Available via subscription
Course Lead: Razia Meer-Baloch, Birmingham CTU

Improve the quality of medical research with clinical data management tools to collect, manage, and store trial data effectively.

This introductory course is for anyone setting up clinical trials and responsible for ensuring trial data integrity, such as aspiring chief investigators, trial coordinators, managers, data managers, and administrators. No prior knowledge is needed to join.

For further information, and to register, please click here.

Title: Statistics in Clinical Trials for the Non-Statistician
Date: Anytime
Venue: Online course on FutureLearn
Cost: Available via subscription
Course Lead: Sara Brookes, CRUK CTU

Discover the crucial role statistics plays in clinical trials and enhance your understanding of clinical trial data and analysis.

This course is ideal for individuals involved in clinical trials, whether in academia or the NHS, as well as those without a background in statistics. This includes aspiring chief investigators, research nurses, trial coordinators, trial managers, data managers, quality assurance team members, trial administrators, and other members of trial teams such as qualitative researchers or health economists.

The course is introductory with no prior knowledge or experience of statistics required.

For more information, and to register, please click here.

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Post-Graduate Degrees

Title: Clinical Trials MSc/PGDip/PGCert
Institution: University of Birmingham
Teaching Staff: Razia Meer-Baloch, Birmingham CTU and Sara Brookes, CRUK CTU

This Master’s degree (Also available as a postgraduate diploma and certificate with modules available as standalone options) provides students with an excellent foundation in clinical trials, covering the theoretical and practical aspects of the design, conduct, analysis and interpretation of clinical trials, promoting efficient trials that reach successful completion. The programme aims to produce skilled specialist trials staff in the existing workforce and expert trial Chief Investigators of the future.

This course will run over 12 months in a full-time-mode. There’s also scope to undertake the programme on a part-time basis or flexibly (up to 5 years). 

For further information please click here.

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