With increasing recognition of public engagement as a route to research impact, engaging non-specialist audiences is a core skill for doctoral students to develop and practice. This interactive and skills focused masterclass, offered by Imperial’s Public Engagement team, is open to both Imperial staff and doctoral students and supports participants to build their knowledge and practice of how to communicate and engage non-specialist public audiences with their work throughout the research cycle.

Participants are strongly advised to attend the GS accredited Core Public Engagement Masterclass, or have equivalent skills, before attending this session.

Learning Outcomes: 

Following completion of this course, participants will be better able to:

• Identify and articulate key messages to share in their public engagement activities 
• Consider the needs of different public audiences in communication and engagement 
• Recognise appropriate language, content and techniques to engage public audiences 
• Develop confidence and motivation to communicate with public audiences

Please note:  

• Doctoral students who wish to gain presentation skills relating to conferences, seminars and posters are recommended to attend the courses in the GS Research Communication Programme’s ‘Perfecting Presentations’ Suite.
• Information about other Masterclasses offered to doctoral students and staff by Imperial’s Societal Engagement Team is available here.

How to Book 

This session is run by the Societal Engagement Team and open to both Imperial staff and doctoral students, so the sign up is slightly different to some other GS courses.  

To book a place on this course, please complete the following  booking form.