COURSE DETAILS
Discover what elements of storytelling and narrative can be used to enhance a profession in the sciences.
Craft compelling and moving stories from your experiences as a scientist using these key story elements: character, conflict, structure, metaphor and description.
Apply these storytelling and narrative skills to working in the sciences: communicating research to a range of audiences (including publics, media and funding bodies); enhancing presentation skills; telling scientific stories across a range of media.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of the course is:
 To increase understanding of the essential elements of a compelling narrative.
 To increase understanding of how to draw an audience into a story and keep them involved.
 To increase understanding of how to use narrative skills to make an effective ‘pitch’.