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Hi Louisa
I wanted to add that I think it’s great that you’re going to give researchers the flexibility to work on different aspects of public engagement. You might need
to start by highlighting that public engagement encompasses many different activities, as I’ve found that many researchers don’t realise all the options that are available.
The other key thing I’ve found from the training I’ve run at The University of Manchester is that it’s important to provide on-going support, rather than a day
of training. We have found that our programmes have been most successful when other researchers have shared their experiences of engaging with the public and when the researchers have an event/project planned that they can focus on. These factors give them
more motivation and clarity about what they are aiming for.
I’d be happy to tell you more about the training for biomedical researchers that I’ve led, so please get in touch if you want to know more.
All the best
Kate
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Hi Louise
The training Group run outreach training courses for researchers looking at public perceptions of science and scientists, how to target your audience, and different engagement methods.
We've offered training through the HESTEM engagement programme and worked with researchers across a broad range of disciplines. Happy to discuss in depth off list
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On 19 Oct 2012, at 14:16, Louisa Wood wrote:
Dear all,
I'm hoping you can share some best practice with equipping researchers for outreach purposes. We're looking at both encouraging our researchers to become more involved with outreach and also provide training support to demonstrate that we're committed to enhancing
their skills, as well as making them better communicators. To do this we're thinking of creating different semi-formal training routes - matched to people's interests and the sort of outreach they want to do (writing content, talking to people, taking tours,
acting as media spokespeople etc).
Do any of you do this, provide prescribed or recommended training for your researchers working in outreach, and how do you do it? What's the uptake like, do people feel supported and positive about it or does it put them off? Any thoughts?
Thanks for your input,
Louisa
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Louisa Wood
Special Projects Leader - Outreach
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1223 494585
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