Science Communication

Multidisciplinary sessions

UM Graduate School Training Programme – Science communication; multidisciplinary session

Course Description

In this interactive session, we will discuss the importance of impact and science communication. Furthermore, we will briefly go over the impact journey and will dive into different communication strategies. Lastly, we will reflect upon your online presence.

Learning goals
• The students will learn the importance of impact and science communication
• The students will discuss the differences and similarities with regards to their impact journey
• The students will learn more about science communication strategies and activities
• The students will reflect upon their online presence

Target group: This course is mandatory for all internal and external PhD students of Maastricht University who started their PhD on or after November 1st 2021. For all other interested students participation to this course is on a voluntary basis. Completion of this Graduate School program course does not provide exemption from any faculty-related course!

Prerequisites: To participate in this interactive session, the online modules Impact; Science Communication and Online Presence need to be completed. These modules are accessible through the Graduate School portal at: https://graduateschool.library.maastrichtuniversity.nl/.

!Important!: Please bring your answers from the online module to the multidisciplinary session.

Registration: After completing the online modules associated with Science communication, you can subscribe to one of the multidisciplinary sessions mentioned below.

The course is offered in an online setting as well as an on-site setting. Please register for just one of these sessions. In the online setting priority will be given to external PhD students. Please note that on-site sessions can always be converted to an online setting due to unforeseen circumstances. You can cancel your registration up to 5 days before the start of the session. If you fail to do so we will notify your Graduate School.

Language: English

Practical information: Considering the interdisciplinary nature of the sessions there is only a limited number of seats available per faculty. Fully booked seats for a specific faculty will be displayed as N/A. So register soon!

The session may be cancelled if there are less than 8 subscriptions. We strive to notify you about cancellations a few days in advance.

Location of the on site session: The Makerspace is located on the first floor of the Inner City Library (route 160, Room D1.228/1.232). If you are an external PhD student who does not own a UM card please send us an email at gs-skills-support-ub@maastrichtuniversity.nl. We will then make sure you will get access to the library.

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