Apologies if you have already received this. These courses are very 
useful and recommend them even if you are not 100% sure about working 
with the media. The give a very good insight into how the media works 
and how to go about communicating your work. I have done both so have 
personal experience of the course so if you have any questions you can 
ask me.

The Science and Technology Facilities Council offers free one-day Media 
Awareness and Communications Skills courses for researchers, as part of 
its Science in Society programme.

The Media course introduces scientists to the world of the mass media, 
press releases, how to be interviewed, etc; the next dates are 23 
February 2011 in London and 18 March 2011 at the Royal Society’s Kavli 
Centre in Buckinghamshire, as part of a two day residential 
communication skills and media training course.


The Communications course includes how to write clearly without using 
jargon, structure a talk, use visual aids effectively, how to chair 
conferences, and how to run question and answer sessions.  The next 
dates are 2 March 2011 in London and 17 March 2011 at the Royal 
Society’s Kavli Centre in Buckinghamshire, as part of a two day 
residential communication skills and media training course.

STFC offers bursaries to pay the course fees and T&S costs for eligible
researchers. The courses are run for us by the Royal Society. To book a
place visit http://royalsociety.org/Communication-and-Media-Training/ . 
Once you have a place, visit 
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Public+and+Schools/1333.aspx to apply for an STFC 
bursary.

The contact for more information is [log in to unmask], Tel 01793 442030

Thanks,
Neasan O'Neill
NGI Coordination Manager
GridPP Dissemination Officer

Queen Mary, University of London
Physics Department
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS, UK

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