Description
Outline and Aims:
This module aims to develop your skills in getting your message across, and in understanding the messages of others. These skills are crucial not only for being an effective physicist, but also in functioning effectively in many career or non-career situations.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
After completing this module successfully, students should be able to:
- write short science pieces for non-specialist and specialist audiences;
- understand and practice active listening skills and orally present scientific ideas to a group of peers;
- prepare proposals for science communication or public engagement projects;
- use appropriate IT effectively.
Teaching and Learning Methodology:
This module is delivered by lectures, discussions, seminars, and surgeries. Some of the work is done as part of tutorials. Students will practice writing of short essays and reports, prepare, deliver and discuss short oral presentations to small and medium sized audiences, and construct a proposal for a scientific outreach project. The module continues in the second term, with oral presentations that take place during reading week.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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