HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a particular emphasis on health economics, HTA and evidence synthesis.

Monday 25 April 2022

ScHARR ONLINE Course - Communicating your research using social media, video, podcasts, blogs and infographics


Tuesday, 24th & Wednesday, 25th May 2022 (2-3 half day sessions) 





Communicating your research has never been more important in this ever changing digital world. This two half day course (with optional third half day) will guide you through the practical ways in which you can effectively disseminate your research outputs to wider audiences.

Who will benefit from this course?

  • Researchers
  • Masters and PhD students
  • Research support staff and managers
  • Library and information professionals
  • Communications and marketing professionals


Course schedule


Session 1:  1pm - 4pm

  • How research is changing in the 21st Century
  • Social networks - What they are and which ones should you join
  • Managing your reputation online
  • Maximising Twitter’s potential as a research communication platform 

Session 2:  9:30am - 12:30pm

  • Creating research communication podcasts
  • Creating infographics and eye-catching posters
  • Getting visual - tools to help you turn a piece of research into a video presentation, screencast or animation.

Session 3: 1:30pm - 4:30pm (Optional extra)

  • Research blogging and working with the media - how to turn a piece of research into a blog/media article
  • Altmetrics and alternative indicators of scholarly interest
  • Creating a campaign and putting it together
  • 1% increments to enhance your research communications


Course Faculty:

Andy Tattersall, Jisc Social Media Superstar in UK Higher Education for 2017

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact ScHARR Short Course Unit via email at scharr-scu@sheffield.ac.uk.

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