Communication training for scientists and researchers
Helping researchers build the skills to share their work and adapt their communication to work with any audience, in any context.
Why does this matter?
Research that isn’t communicated clearly doesn’t reach its potential. Whether researchers are presenting to peers, applying for funding, engaging with policymakers, or sharing their work with the public, the ability to communicate with clarity and confidence matters at every stage of a research career.
Yet most researchers are never taught to communicate. They’re trained to do exceptional science. And then they are expected to explain it, defend it, pitch it, and share it, often without any formal support.
That’s where our science communication and communication skills training comes in.
Science communication isn’t just public outreach
“Science communication” is often used as shorthand for public engagement, Typically, this means talks, podcasts, social media, outreach events.
And that’s part of it of what “science communication” and “research communication” is, sure.
But the ability to communicate science clearly is just as valuable when the audience is a grant panel, a collaborating team from another discipline, a hiring committee, or a room full of specialists from adjacent fields. For some researchers, this audience is even more important than the so-called “general public”.
In an increasingly interdisciplinary research landscape, the researchers who thrive are those who can adapt their communication across contexts. That means being precise with peers, accessible with public audiences, and persuasive with funders and policy makers.
Our training covers all of it.
Four areas of communication training for researchers
We offer training in four areas where we find researchers and scientists need, and request, support. Click the links for more information, or get in touch to tell us about your needs and we’ll suggest the right approach.
Presenting, Speaking & Storytelling
From conference presentations and flash talks to TED-style talks and poster delivery. Includes scientific slide design, narrative structure, and delivery skills.
Visual Communication
Visual communication and design principles and practice, graphical abstracts, slide design, and infographics for researchers working with complex information.
Outreach & Engagement
Science communication fundamentals, odcasting, social media, media skills, blogging, and website communication for researchers engaging beyond the lab.
Professional Communication
Personal branding, pitching, intercultural communication, networking, and career communication for researchers at every stage.
Not sure where to start?
Get in touch and tell us what your researchers need. We’ll suggest the right approach.
Or browse all training topics to get an overview of the specific training and workshops we offer.
Looking for custom training or in-person intensive for residential and offsite programmes?
Custom programmes:
We design custom programmes around your group’s specific needs, timeline, and goals — from a single bespoke session to a multi-day intensive.
Immersive in-person programmes:
We also offer immersive in-person programmes — week-long intensives, summer and winter schools, and semester-long curricula — for institutions that want to go deeper.
A few things worth knowing about us
We work across Europe, in person and online. Our programmes are delivered in English and are specifically designed for researchers working in multilingual, international environments. We’ve worked CERN, the University of Cambridge, Genentech, and 100s of other research institutes and research groups (in academia and industry), universities, EU- and nationally-funded projects, and intergovernmental organisations across Europe and beyond since 2011.
Why our skills training works
We focus on transferable skills, not rigid templates and “cookie cutter” approaches to skills development.
Your researchers learn practical techniques to use immediately, whether presenting at conferences, writing grant proposals, or engaging with policymakers and the public. Skills that serve them throughout their careers.
Our focus is on offering useful tools and approaches, so that training participants can try them out and choose the ones that help them communicate confidently, clearly, and authentically.