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Are you a NERC-funded student or do we fund your scientific research? If so, you are eligible for free training to develop your science communication and public engagement skills. This is a great way to learn how to promote your research findings and ideas to different audiences.

NERC runs approximately six of these courses a year at its office in Swindon. You learn, through hands-on sessions, how:

• the media works
• to write effectively
• to do confident radio interviews
• to design public engagement activities

You will have the opportunity to meet a science journalist working for one of the UK’s leading national newspapers, a public engagement specialist, and hear a researcher talk about their experiences of developing and delivering a public engagement activity. You will also benefit from the experience of a former BBC radio journalist to help you hone your interview skills.

Forthcoming dates in 2013 are:

• 19-20 March
• 4-5 June
• 10-11 September
• 5-6 November
• 10-11 December

For full details, please click here.

If you would like to discuss how improving your public engagement skills can enhance your research and your career, please do not Becca on redwards@bournemouth.ac.uk or 01202 961206.