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\n \n\n \n \nFutureLearn is hosting this free three-week course, created by staff at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Presenter Network. Learn how to improve your presentation skills (face to face and digitally) and add personality into your presentation style.
\n \n\n \n \nFutureLearn is hosting this free three-week course, created by staff at the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Presenter Network. Learn how to improve your presentation skills (face to face and digitally) and add personality into your presentation style.
\n \n\n \n \nThe Royal Society of Chemistry's Chemistry World provides a short article highlighting some of the key ways to hone your communications with the media.
\n \n\n \n \nIn this Sharing Science webinar, part of the American Geophysical Union's \"How to: Skills for the Complete Scientist\" series, learn from folks who have both written and edited op-eds and LTEs for local and national outlets.
\n \n\n \n \nThese focused, practical webinars are 45 minutes long, and give an insight into how to use research to engage with Parliament.
\n \n\n \n \nThe Department of Physics recently hosted Dr Martin Archer, Stephen Hawking fellow in space physics and public engagement at Imperial College London to talk about what we know about what factors affect STEM aspirations, what's likely to impact aspirations, before talking through a case study of a project he's been involved in.
\n \n\n \n \nThe University's PER Conference (7-10 July 2020) session videos and slides, etc., will be online for another month.
\n \n\n \n \nThe Working Scientist Podcast from Nature Careers discusses the craft of clear storytelling and science writing with seasoned communicators and journalists.
\n \n\n \n \nBarry J Gibb, film-maker and former scientist has made this handy short introduction on how to make decent quality videos from home - based on a workshop he normally delivers.
\n \n\n \n \nThese self-paced courses, created by the National STEM Learning Centre to support STEM Ambassadors, take you through the key ingredients of creating high quality activities that cater for young people, and covers diversity and inclusion, too.
\n \n\n \n \n22 Oxford PhD students in Environmental Research visited the Cotswolds last week and heard about local issues
\n \n\n \n \nThis is an excellent introduction to science communication specially geared towards practising scientists from Greg Foot.
\n \n\n \n \nThis webinar was aimed at supporting early career researchers in 'getting ahead' in their research career. Hear about \u2018what has worked (or is working) for me\u2019 as case studies or tips from researchers who are undertaking wider engagement around their research, including business engagement, public engagement and policy engagement.
\n \n\n \n \nThe Royal Society are offering two sessions for researchers: 'an introduction to public engagement' (12 March, 10am to 3pm), and 'Engaging with schools' (21 March, 10am to 5pm) in London.
\n \n\n \n \nThis talk is co-hosted by the Oxford Martin School, University College & Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, to celebrate their 20th Anniversary and is a continuation of the Trinity Term Series Science and Populism: from evidence to narrative
\n \n\n \n \nThe National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement have set up a new public engagement professionals network which aims to support public engagement professionals across the UK working in higher education and research to access CPD, peer support and the latest thinking on engagement.
\n \n\n \n \nPaul Manners, Director of the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE), shared lessons learnt about assessment of impact(s) arising from public engagement in REF 2014, and, the works currently underway aimed at providing a more robust framework for evaluating impact(s) arising from public engagement for REF2021 as part of a webinar hosted by Vertigo Ventures.
\n \n\n \n \nThis year the MPLS Division are supporting the British Science Association to identify a researcher who works in an EPSRC-related area at the University to receive a sought after Media Fellowship, which provides a unique opportunity for practising scientists, clinicians and engineers to spend two to six weeks working at the heart of a media outlet.
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