We provide customized courses and workshops on a wide range of topics tailored to different needs at various stages of the research process. Our courses, workshops and presentations can be booked for research or PhD candidates groups, staff seminars, or academic lunches.
Courses can be held in Norwegian or English and be adapted to the participants' prior knowledge and academic fields. Depending on the time allocated for a course, the format can range from brief introductions to longer lectures with hands-on-activities or interactive workshops emphasizing participant engagement.
Multiple topics can be combined and organized as, for example, half-day programs. Contact us well in advance to schedule a course or a workshop that suits your needs.
Book your course well in advance via email: ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no
Academic writing
Shut Up and Write for researchers
Shut Up and Write is a time set aside for writing, but it is also a social activity. During a Shut Up and Write session, we write for forty-five minutes and then break to talk and drink coffee. We repeat this process three times. In this way, we will have supported each other to spend the afternoon writing!
Information about drop in sessions in Upcoming events (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Academic writing for researchers
This is a semester-long course for researchers who want to develop as writers and improve their ability to produce academic texts in English. Information about the Academic Writing Course.
Creating Graphic Abstracts
Adding a graphic abstract to an article has become a common practice for many journals. Graphic abstracts can be used to summarise key messages for a specialist audience, but they are also opportunities to reach out to wider audiences.
This three-hour workshop aims to equip participants with the rhetorical knowledge they need to craft effective visual abstracts.
This course has concluded for the semester but will run again in the next academic year. Please contact EAP for more information.
The Doctoral Thesis as a Monograph
Are you writing your doctoral thesis as a monograph? Would you like to meet other PhD candidates at OsloMet who are also writing a monograph to discuss strategies and approaches for working within this format? Please contact EAP for more information.
Presenting in English
Three-session workshop providing participants with an opportunity to practice their communication skills and develop confidence in delivering academic presentations in English.
Information about the sessions that start 28 October (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Reading to Write: Preparing to Publish
This two-session workshop focuses on developing reading strategies and rhetorical and linguistic awareness that will help you get ready to write.
It is particularly suitable for PhD candidates at an early stage of their PhD or other researchers with limited publication experience, and is ideal to take before the semester-long Academic Writing Course.
This course has concluded for the semester but will run again in the next academic year. Please contact EAP for more information.
Writing the introduction to article-based dissertations: Kappe workshop
Three-session workshop to discuss strategies and approaches to writing the integrative text (“kappe”) of an article-based doctoral dissertation.
Information about the workshop that starts 12 November (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Writing qualitatively: writing with qualitative data
Are you a researcher working with qualitative empirical material? Do you want to join an arena to discuss writing challenges and writing strategies with other researchers who write with and about qualitative empirical material?
Join us for three sessions to discuss challenges and strategies for writing qualitatively.
Information about the sessions that start 15 September (ansatt.oslomet.no).
AI as an Academic Writing Companion
Generative AI presents a range of opportunities and challenges for researchers. This practical workshop gives participants the chance to experiment with ways to use AI in the writing process. The aim is to find new ways of using AI to help us write, but also to retain a critical approach to AI.
We will explore the kinds of rhetorical knowledge we need to evaluate an AI's output: how to use writing knowledge for more effective prompting: and the risks and ethics of using AI to write.
This course has concluded for the semester but will run again in the next academic year. Please contact EAP for more information.
Experimental writing for social scientists
There is life beyond IMRD! This course is for those who wish to take a more creative or experimental approach to academic writing, who wish to write differently.
The aim is to give participants the opportunity to experiment with imaginative relations between voice, style and subject matter – to open up the idea that some subject matter might benefit from more experimental writing, and some writing produces a different kind of thinking. It would take participants beyond “plain style” and towards writing that is unusual, bold, surprising, challenging.
Information about the course in October (ansatt.oslomet.no).
Mentoring: One-on-one sessions
Mentoring sessions provide one-to-one support tailored to each participant's needs. The sessions are designed to increase participants’ ability and confidence with academic writing in English or with presenting in English in an academic context.
Each participant will meet with a mentor to discuss the development of their work, and the mentor will provide insight, feedback and guidance about rhetoric, structure, organization, argument and so on. In most cases, you can expect to meet with your mentor for up to three sessions to work on the same text or presentation.
To get the most out of mentoring sessions, you should be
- reasonably fluent in written and oral English
- prepared to work on various tasks, readings, and your own writing and presentation skills between meetings.
Please note: this is not a copyediting, proof-reading or pronunciation-correction service: the aim is to produce better writers and presenters, not just better writing or presentations.
If you would like to apply, please contact Tom Muir (email).
Artificial intelligence
AI as an Academic Writing Companion
Generative AI presents a range of opportunities and challenges for researchers. This practical workshop gives participants the chance to experiment with ways to use AI in the writing process. The aim is to find new ways of using AI to help us write, but also to retain a critical approach to AI.
We will explore the kinds of rhetorical knowledge we need to evaluate an AI's output: how to use writing knowledge for more effective prompting: and the risks and ethics of using AI to write.
This course has concluded for the semester but will run again in the next academic year. Please contact EAP for more information.
AI as a research companion
This workshop facilitates an exploration and (critical) assessment of the use of AI tools for various parts of the research process.
The workshop starts with an introduction to the topic, followed by practical exercises with tasks in selected tools and discussion among the participants. Participants must bring their own PC to the workshop. Duration: 90 minutes.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
AI in literature searching
This course offers an introduction to various AI tools that can support literature searching, such as Keenious, Elicit, Scite, and Sikt AI Chat (the latter specifically for developing search strings, etc.).
Participants will explore how these tools work, the sources they rely on, their potential applications, as well as limitations associated with their use.
The different topics can be combined and customized to meet specific needs.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
Literature searching
Databases and Search Techniques
This course offers an introduction to a selection of relevant interdisciplinary and subject-specific Nordic and international databases suitable for your needs and discipline. We can also provide guidance for selecting suitable databases.
The course typically provides an overview and hands-on testing of useful search techniques such as truncation, Boolean searches, use of search fields, and limitations.
Depending on your needs, more advanced techniques, such as proximity operators and subject heading searches, can also be included.
Systematic Reviews and Scoping Reviews
This course focuses on literature searching methods specifically designed for systematic reviews and scoping reviews. In such reviews, literature searching is the foundation for data collection, requiring adherence to rigorous methodological standards.
The course covers the planning, testing, execution, and reporting of systematic searches. Participants can work either on a shared case study or on their own specific projects. This structure is suitable for those with a well-defined research question and plans to publish a systematic or scoping review.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
This course offers an introduction to various AI tools that can support literature searching, such as Keenious, Elicit, Scite, and Sikt AI Chat (the latter specifically for developing search strings, etc.).
Participants will explore how these tools work, the sources they rely on, their potential applications, as well as limitations associated with their use.
The different topics can be combined and customized to meet specific needs.
These courses can be booked for groups. Please book a course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
Media production
How to make a podcast
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
Video and sound production, and publishing
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
Three hour introduction to how to plan and carry out a video and/or audio production. As well as how to get it published correctly in relation to universal design.
Development and publishing of online courses (PISA courses)
PISA stands for Presentation, Interactivity, Collaboration, and Analysis. These are the components for the development of courses and digital learning materials on OsloMetX (an open-access course platform running on Open EdX).
The course consists of 5 sessions, each lasting 3–4 hours. Including preparations and follow-up work, we estimate a total of 40 hours.
As this course is extensive, PISA courses are organized by demand. Please contact OsloMetX if you want to know more (email).
The online part of the course is available in Norwegian at OsloMetX (x.oslomet.no).
Use of audiovisual equipment for collecting research data
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
Brief introduction to the use of video and audio equipment for interviews or observation. How to choose the right equipment for the job.
The course lasts two hours and coffee is included.
The use of a selfie room (self-service studio)
Please book guidance via email to AV Services.
One hour course on how to create your own video with or without PowerPoint. The "selfie room" is a facility for those who want to create their own lecture videos.
Publishing
Introduction to open access publishing and publish-and-read agreements
This session provides an introduction to OsloMet’s policy on academic publishing. We will present OsloMet’s options and workflows for open access publishing, including the publication fund and publish-and-read agreements. Duration: 20–30 minutes.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
Research data
Archiving and sharing research data
Good management of research data enhances the quality of research and ensures that your research data follow best practices and meet requirements for archiving and sharing.
This course gives an introduction to the FAIR principles and guidelines for archiving and sharing of research data. Other topics we will explore include the choice of research data repositories and the reuse of open research data.
Duration: 60 minutes seminar or 90 minutes workshop with exercises from DataverseNO.
The course can be booked for groups. Please book the course via email (ub.forskningsstotte@oslomet.no).
