Training

We don't think academics need to be media relations or communications experts but we do think that a bit of specialist knowledge about communicating research and working with the media can help. We've developed a series of training workshops to help researchers learn the skills they'll need, particularly given the demands for greater impact from research. We also run a workshop for the press officers who have to do the rest, based on our expertise gained over many years of working in research PR. All our courses can be delivered online or face-to-face and involve practical exercises based around delegates' own research or expertise.

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Our workshops give academics the skills and knowledge to maximise routes to impact for research, including working with the media, with policy makers and more general public engagement.

Our workshops

Below you can find details of some of our most popular workshops, but we're happy to adapt these to suit your needs. We can combine elements of different workshops to deliver a course that meets your training objectives, in a format that will work for you. Just give us a call to talk it through.

WORKSHOP 1
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Intro to media skills

WORKSHOP 4
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Planning research communications

WORKSHOP 3
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Writing opinion pieces

WORKSHOP 2
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Writing for a lay audience

WORKSHOP 5
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Intro to research PR

  • Very practical and challenging advice on how to start off in this game of writing for non-academics.

    DELEGATE ON OUR WRITING FOR LAY AUDIENCES WORKSHOP

  • Inspiring as directly relevant. Very hands on and delivered by professionals who shared their expertise and gave specific and practical advice to every delegate.

    DELEGATE ON OUR WRITING FOR LAY AUDIENCES WORKSHOP

  • Campus PR has vast experience of working with many institutions to achieve the best coverage for their research and this experience shone through with our one to one training sessions. I felt engaged immediately and could feel my confidence growing as each session developed.

    MARK THOMPSON, MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER
    UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

  • Being able to spend time with individuals who have so much experience and success in higher education communications is a great opportunity for anyone starting out in the sector and I would thoroughly recommend they take up the opportunity.

    JENNY WATKINSON, MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICER
    UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD

  • The training really helped me to think about better techniques to aid in producing the best story. Definitely worthwhile!

    LAUREN ASHTON, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
    UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

  • The training was very helpful and I’ve been using the concepts to rewrite some of my work (funding applications, articles, presentations, even emails). This workshop was far more engaging than similar sessions that I’ve attended.

    DELEGATE ON OUR WRITING FOR LAY AUDIENCES WORKSHOP