Courses

Our emphasis is on practical teaching, combining key principles with hands-on exercises to develop participants’ skills.
In addition to traditional face-to-face workshops, we provide online and remote training. Our online training typically uses 'asynchronous' course materials that participants can work through at their own pace, usually combined with a live interactive event that brings remote participants together, and includes skills development exercises with individual feedback for each participant.
Areas in which we offer training include:
- Popular science writing: 'short-form', 'long-form', & online
- Media skills: understanding how research hits the headlines
- TV & radio interview skills for scientists
- Presenting compelling public talks about your research
- Using online media for effective public engagement with research
- Achieving 'impact' through public engagement with research
Courses that we have recently provided include: Royal Society 'Writing about your research' (2015-2019), and University of Sheffield NERC DTP 'Media training' (2016-2020).
As an example of tailoring training to a client's needs, we co-developed a 'Women in science and the media' course to provide communication training specifically for early career female researchers - and here's a round-up of how it went.
We have also provided science communication training for undergraduate degree programmes, and workshops for early career researchers as part of international conferences.
For examples of feedback comments from course participants, please see 'Why us?', and if you would like to discuss your training requirements, please contact us directly.
Fascinating 'Writing about your research' course at @royalsociety thanks @expeditionlog @james_randerson
— Dr Rachel Lowe (@drrachellowe) January 19, 2017
Thanks @expeditionlog for really useful 'blogging about your research' day. #C3RIImpactBlog will be in top form now! https://t.co/A1knNeokqM
— Alison Honnor (@AlisonHonnor) April 26, 2017
Can you explain your research in 1 minute? We've been Practicing interview techniques @SciConnect @expeditionlog #MediaSkillsForScientists pic.twitter.com/vcs08dOiEk
— Annie Russell (@Annie__Russell) May 18, 2017
Midway through a brilliant session with @expeditionlog learning how to use the story house/mind palace technique when preparing our research for media interviews #MBA18 #SherlockHolmes pic.twitter.com/OkwPnRs0Iu
— Bethanie Francis (@BH_Francis) May 23, 2018
This week @DataLabScotland Industrial Doctorate students from across Scotland have come together as a cohort for the first time to work, share and learn together how to communicate science in industry. @SciConnect @expeditionlog #datatogether pic.twitter.com/Xe3t8gpEXu
— Heather Thomson (@luckywhite13) May 21, 2019
We’ve announced new dates for our #PublicEngagement training for Research Fellows. Join us and @SciConnect in Durham on 26 September for ‘Communication skills for public engagement’. https://t.co/NEDheBnHMP pic.twitter.com/aPe5o0zRIQ
— The Royal Society (@royalsociety) September 2, 2019