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Telling stories that matter: Communicating your research through story (in-person)
Discover more about how to craft and apply storytelling skills to communicate your research.
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’.
Date:
6 November 2025, 10:00
Venue:
TBC
Speaker:
Robert Holtom (Narrative Coach)
Organising department:
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS)
Organiser:
Dr Catherine Seed (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
training@mpls.ox.ac.uk
Host:
MPLS Researcher Training & Development (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/training/courses/telling-stories-that-matter-michaelmas
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editors:
Sophie Campbell,
Karen Brayshaw
