On Tuesday, 24 April 2018, 18 SEPnet PGRs attended GRADnet's Science Communication Skills Workshop at Queen Mary University of London in Mile End, London.� PGRs experienced hands-on training from Chris White and Rowena Fletcher-Wood who are professional�science communicators.

PGRs learned how to write about�their research for departmental blogs and articles and how to present their�research�at events such as Pint of Science, Science Showoff, Soapbox Science, 3 Minute Wonder and many more.

Attendees explored ways of sharing their research with many different audiences and learnt the importance of being able to communicate with non-specialist groups.� Attendees were�advised to go and practise explaining�their research�to a friend in the pub or a caf� and to extract the main points of their research without getting lost in the details.

PGRs who attended said:��There�were�lots of useful ideas and tips in the first talk and the second was very engaging and idea generating�; "Both sessions exceeded expectations & highlighted some things I hadn�t thought about.�

Thank you to Chris and Rowena for�their contribution�and Dominic Galliano, SEPnet Outreach Director, and Cristobel Soares-Smith, GRADnet Administrator,�for organising this event.