Communication training and consultancy for science, research and technology
Helping scientists, researchers and technical experts shape and deliver their messages clearly for different audiences. In universities, research organisations and industry across Europe.
What would you like your researchers and experts to achieve?
01 Present to expert audiences
Share research clearly with peers and specialists in adjacent fields, in academic contexts.
Think: Presentations • Posters • Conferences
02 Reach wider, more diverse audiences
Make research accessible, engaging and relevant to non-specialists and the general public.
Think: Public engagement • Storytelling • Dissemination • Policy
03 Build a professional profile
Articulate skills and value learned in research settings to employers, funders and collaborators.
Think: Personal branding • Researcher visibility • Career skills
04 Influence business decisions
Close the gap between technical expertise and the decisions it should inform in industry and business settings.
Think: Presenting to Decision Makers • Stakeholders • Customers
Looking for individual training, coaching or mentoring for yourself? Learn more →
Whether you have a clear brief or just a starting point, we’d love to talk.
Tell us more about what you’re thinking and we’ll offer ideas, input, and suggestions about how we can support you.
Looking for a programme for an offsite, retreat, or winter/summer school?
Trusted by leading research institutions across Europe, including CERN, Innsbruck University, and the Society for Experimental Biology:
Suzanne and SciComm Success have become a key part of our student BIPs on science communication within AURORA. She helps to structure the week, supports us with the development of our programme, runs workshops, handles individual coaching (and occasional meltdowns!), moderates the final 3MT® competition, and facilitates the post-week debriefing without batting an eyelid.
The students love working with her, she provides us with practical reports so that we can adjust for future years, and the feedback we receive is consistently outstanding.
I have no hesitation in recommending her and her team.
—AURORA Universities Network Partner (BIP Organiser)
The presentation skills workshop was very helpful for our R&D team. I can see a clear improvement in both the structure of the information that they are presenting, and several of them appear more confident in delivering project updates and status reports to both the leadership team and in cross-divisional meetings.
—Daniele Petrone
Prysmian Group
The best workshop I’ve been to. So practical, with really useful results. We’ve collected so much valuable data from this workshop and I feel so motivated to refine our strategy and engage our partners in the process. From our initial discussions, to the clear design process, to the workshop and all the reports, this has been exactly what we needed.
—Workshop organiser
EU-OPENSCREEN
European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC)
Programmes for research retreats, graduate off-sites, and summer and winter schools
One to five days of skill-building, hands-on practice, feedback and connection.
For scientists and researchers at all career stages.
Choose from one of our tried-and-tested formats, or let’s discuss designing a custom workshop around your goals and the needs of your group. Programmes are available Europe-wide, in person or as blended learning programmes.
Three ready-to-run programmes:
SciComm Impact Week
Participants learn about what science communication is, and why it matters. Then over several days, they distil their research for a lay audience, practise and refine, then present it in a final showcase of three-minute talks. Typically, the final showcase takes the form of a 3MT® competition.
- 5 days to learn, apply and present
- 12-24 participants
- Master’s students, PhD candidates and early-career researchers
Research Communication Intensive
Participants build skills in flash talks, poster design, giving and receiving feedback, and presence, then apply skills learning in a live poster session, using a draft poster designed at speed during the day.
- 1-1.5 days to learn, practise, and deliver
- 20–60 participants
- Master’s students and PhD candidates
SciComm Studio
Participants learn the foundations of scicomm, and explore several science communication formats (like podcasts, video, comics, games etc.) through examples, guidelines and quick practice. Participants then choose a creative format, create their own piece of science communication, and present to the group for feedback.
- 2 days to several weeks
- 4-24 participants
- PhD candidates, researchers, research project and dissemination teams
Have something else in mind?
From facilitation training, futures thinking, and strategy sessions for dissemination groups, to exploring how to design arts-based and citizen engagement programmes, we’d love to help you design a format around your objectives.
Who’s behind SciComm Success?
I’m Suzanne Whitby, a communication specialist, science communicator and storyteller with more than 20 years of international experience. Since 2011, I’ve designed and delivered training for thousands of researchers across Europe and beyond, bringing in a small, hand-picked team when a project calls for it.
Today, I focus on immersive, in-person programmes, and I travel to wherever your group is, from retreats and summer schools to off-sites across Europe.
Communication skills grow through practice, feedback and human connection. In a world where LLMs and AI can deliver information in seconds, this kind of experiential learning matters more than ever.
Do I offer blended-learning and online programmes? Yes. Sometimes that’s needed. But my heart beats for workshops and training that takes place live, in a shared room, and filled with humans, not screens.
The two-day Science Studio that you designed for the doctoral fellowship launch was a complete success. The format was perfect and we and the evaluators were impressed with the creative science communication material that the students produced in such a short time. The student feedback has been very positive, and they appreciated the chance to learn three distinct approaches, and both apply them and receive immediate feedback.
—Antje Schmidt
Independent Higher Education Consultant
Since we started working with Suzanne and SciComm Success a few years ago, we’ve offered training on topics like presentation skills, poster design, storytelling, and most recently, elevator pitches. Aside from recruitment and initial communication, Suzanne takes all the work off our hands. We have fully-booked courses, good attendance, and excellent feedback every year. I recommend them to anyone looking for a flexible training provider for students and early career researchers.
—Janine Krandall
FAR-LeaF
Early Career Fellowship Coordinator
The workshop that you organised for our researchers on storytelling and podcasting was very well received. We have incorporated what we learned into our Academy of Good Science so that we can share our learning throughout the UMC. Thanks to the follow-up coaching and practical support with scripting opening and closing statement and drafting questions, we are now very close to launching our first podcast. Huge thanks for helping us turn ideas into impact!
—Workshop organiser
Amsterdam University Medical Center
Why organisations and projects across Europe choose SciComm Success
European research expertise
Training designed for the multilingual, cross-cultural reality of European research and international collaboration.
Practical learning that transfers
Researchers don’t just hear about communication techniques. They practise, receive feedback and leave knowing how to apply what they’ve learned.
Communication across contexts
From conferences and collaboration to policy, public engagement and professional visibility, we help researchers communicate effectively with different audiences.
Train-the-trainer expertise
When you want to build internal capacity, we can help your team develop the skills and confidence to deliver effective communication training themselves.
Trusted by 100+ organisations across Europe and internationally since 2011
5000+ researchers trained across Europe in onsite, online, and blended-learning programmes
Practical, relevant training and workshops that combine learning and application
Planning communication training for your researchers?
You don’t need to have the programme worked out already. Take a shortcut.
Tell us:
- about your scientists, researchers and technical experts
- what you’re hoping to achieve
- the ideas you already have in mind
- where you’re based
And we’ll help you explore what might work.
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