Science Communication

Discover how to communicate complex issues such as energy conservation, waste disposal, pesticide risk, or novel, emerging technologies.

Practise strategies that educate and influence effective decision making by the public.

Build a communication toolkit using critical thinking, reading, verbal and writing skills.

Develop, deliver and evaluate your own science communication strategy with a local community audience. 

Use your elective courses to focus on strategic communication or journalism.

Be challenged by award-winning communication and journalism researchers during interactive lectures, tutorials and workshops.

Practice your collaboration and interpersonal communication with science and non-science students.

Science communicators work in research institutions, universities, government, the private sector, the media, education, cultural institutions, medical charities and the arts.

Employment for science communicators is continuing to grow as organisations prioritise communicating their research to raise awareness, public support and funding.