Workshops

Public engagement workshops

The Standing Up for Science workshops, run in partnership with Sense About Science, help early career researchers develop the confidence and the know-how to make an impact in the public, media and policy spheres.

The workshops are aimed at natural and social scientists and engineers, and equip the researchers to:

Know why it’s important for them to engage with the media, policy and public spheres.
Understand the lessons learnt by researchers with experience in public and media engagement and how they prepared for media interviews or overcame barriers.
Know how to make themselves visible to the media and how to contact journalists, and understand what journalists need from researchers and how to communicate that effectively.
Know why it’s important for them to bring evidence to policy, and understand the mechanisms for doing so at a local, regional, national and international level.
Understand the public discussion in their own field of research and how to identify opportunities for effective public engagement.
Form a support network among participants and provide them with resources that can help them engage with media/policymakers.

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