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A discussion surrounding the challenges and benefits of disseminating research findings into mainstream media and to the wider public.

Research isn’t much use unless it gets to the people who need to use it. With the rise of digital media, knowing how to best disseminate research findings for greater public understanding is crucial. This is especially relevant for ECR’s when considering grant and funding applications and how they can best demonstrate the reach and impact of their research. 

In particular, we would like to centre the discussion around the following (these are just some ideas, we welcome any suggestions around themes you would like to talk about):

• Examples of how you have disseminated your own research: where, how, the benefits you have noticed
• Challenges researchers might face in trying to publish through avenues other than academic journals 
• Advice you would give to PhD candidates/ECR’s on first steps to breaking their research out of the academic bubble and into the “real world”