Communicating Your Research to Non Specialists - ½ day
Delivery Techniques for Lecturers Working With Large Groups - ½ day
Pronunciation Skills Consultations for Non Native English Speakers – 1 day (8x40 minute sessions) Effective Vocal Skills & Voice Care for Lecturers - 1 day
Presenting Research Orally - 1 day
How To Teach & Assess Presentation Skills - 1 day
Presentation Skills Master Class - 1 day

Richard Payne - Lead Consultant

Richard originally trained as a teacher and has experience of teaching academic syllabuses in both further and higher education enabling him to provide a relevant and consistently highly rated series of courses and workshops for research and academic staff. He has over 12 years' experience teaching short courses within a staff development context for over 35 universities around the country. Richard is the author of ‘The Vocal Skills Pocketbook’ and writes regularly for newspapers, magazines, journals and new media.

Communicating Your Research to Non Specialists - ½ day

Researchers rarely need convincing of the importance of disseminating their work to peers. There is however an increasing requirement to explain research to stakeholders and other non-specialists. Such communication requires a unique set of skills. Developing the ability to deconstruct the technical jargon and explain research in accessible, user-friendly language is crucial for survival in the modern academic world.

Communicating to non specialists is also a useful method of developing the public’s understanding of academic disciplines as well as a good way of improving individual researcher visibility. It has also been described as vital for career development.

This half day session will focus upon and explore the techniques of mass and individual communication from a verbal perspective although quick tips will also be provided in respect of using the print media for disseminating your research.
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Delivery Techniques for Lecturers Working With Large Groups - ½ day

This half day lecture demonstration will focus on assisting lecturers in finding out how to improve their stagecraft and vocal skills within the context of large group teaching environments. Key areas covered will include stagecraft, proxemics, movement, gesture and orientation and vocal skills (audibility, clarity and vitality). Techniques for effectively co-ordinating visual and spoken elements of a lecture will also be explored. Theory in relation to teaching and learning and group management will not be covered.

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Pronunciation Skills Consultations for Non Native English Speakers – 1 day

An opportunity for those whose other language is English to book a one-to -one consultation. The aim of these sessions is to identify areas of individual pronunciation which may need improvement and to provide advice as well as structured phonetic exercises. The tutor will focus on prosody, paralanguage, articulation and voice production. It will not be possible to eliminate accents/dialects during these sessions, although if suggestions and advice are implemented attendees should be able to identify an overall clarity gain in both conversational and extended speech.

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Effective Vocal Skills & Voice Care for Lecturers - 1 day

This 1 day course will improve lecturers' ability to develop their vocal skills and care for their voice in teaching situations.

Work will be undertaken on the three essential areas necessary for producing an effective voice. The learning environment is supportive and positive and the approach to the work practical.

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Presenting Research Orally - 1 day

The aim of this popular course is to assist participants in preparing and delivering clear and concise oral research presentations in both formal and informal environments.

As a result of the training participants will be able to construct coherent arguments and articulate ideas clearly to a range of audiences. Furthermore tips and strategies will be provided to enable researchers to constructively defend research outcomes at seminars and conferences.

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How To Teach & Assess Presentation Skills - 1 day

This 1 day course will improve lecturers' ability to plan, prepare and deliver effective presentation skills training for students.

The training is designed to impart the essential teaching skills necessary to develop students' presentation skills as well as increasing awareness of how to provide constructive feedback and formal assessment.

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Presentation Skills Master Class - 1 day

Many institutions provide excellent in house presentation skills training for their staff. The purpose of this workshop is to enhance such programmes by providing second generation or advanced training for individuals who have already undertaken previous presentation skills training or who have considerable experience of speaking in public.

The Presentation Skills Masterclass would also be suitable for those who feel they have particularly unique or specialist needs in relation to presenting.

This session will be responsive and aims to maximise practical work whilst providing constructive, detailed feedback and formal evaluation of presentational technique. Extensive use will be made of video playback. Peer feedback will also be an important feature of this workshop. Each participant will be encouraged to develop an action plan for future personal development.

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Universities

Birkbeck College
Birmingham College of Food, Tourism & Creative Studies
Bolton Institute of Higher Education
Bournemouth University
Brunel University
Cardiff University
Cardiff University Law School
Centre for Window & Cladding - University of Bath
Cranfield University
De Montfort University
John Moores University
Josiah Mason College
Robert Gordon University
South Bank University
UMIST
University College London
University of Aberdeen
University of Aston
University of Bath
University of Bristol
University of Buckingham
University of Durham
University of East Anglia
University of Glasgow
University of Hertfordshire
University of Leeds
University of Leicester
University of Limerick
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Reading
University of Salford
University of Southampton
University of Sussex
University of Wales (College of Aberystwyth)
University of Wales Swansea
University of Warwick

Graduate & Other Schools

University of Cardiff
University of Exeter
University of Leeds
Cranfield University - Department of Air Transport


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