Training opportunities

Designing effective infographics, data viz and visual abstracts

This webinar, led by an experienced science communicator, will help you make a start in telling stories with your own data.

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How to win at Twitter

This course, delivered online, is for people who already have a Twitter account but maybe haven’t made the most of it yet.

• Remote
• ARC West

Authentic public speaking for patient and public involvement (PPI) contributors

Communication is vital to effective public involvement in research, for both researchers and public contributors. The NIHR’s  public involvement standards identify communication as one of six areas key to improving the quality and consistency of public involvement in research. Public speaking is an important part of effective communication. However,…

• Remote
• ARC West

Top tips for designing and delivering questionnaires

Our online materials give a rapid introduction to designing simple questionnaires to gather data, sharing the top tips from our former one-day course.

• Online learning resource, Remote
• ARC West

Writing for a lay audience

Writing accessibly for a lay audience is an art that many find challenging. This two hour online course will teach you the fundamentals.

• Remote
• ARC West

Quantitative evaluation of non-randomised interventions: an introductory course

This introductory course is for people working in the health and care system, whether delivering or commissioning services, who are interested in quantitatively evaluating clinical, social or public health interventions.

• In person
• ARC West

Introduction to service evaluation

This interactive workshop aims to help you get started with service evaluation. The presenters will share experience of successful evaluations and facilitate group work that will give you the opportunity to develop your own evaluation ideas and get feedback.

• In person
• ARC West

Introduction to qualitative evaluation

These online learning materials aim to break down the process of collecting and analysing qualitative data in evaluation, to help you use these methods with confidence. They are aimed at people working in all areas of health and social care who would like to know more about using qualitative methods in evaluation.

• Online learning resource, Remote
• ARC West

Basic statistics and data interpretation

This face-to-face course is aimed at anyone working in health and social care who needs to interpret the more commonly reported statistics in academic papers and scientific reports.

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Seven steps to planning your communications strategy

This interactive training session will take you through the seven steps of planning a communications strategy.

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Improving resource use: an introduction to economic approaches to evaluating health and care interventions

This introductory course is designed for people working in the health and care system, whether delivering or commissioning services, who are interested in improving the use of available resources and strengthening their knowledge of economic evaluation.

• Remote
• ARC West

Introduction to Theory of Change

These online resources are aimed at people working in the NHS and partner organisations in health and social care who are innovating, implementing and evaluating changes in healthcare.

• Online learning resource
• ARC West

Looking for evidence

This collection of online resources is for people working in health and social care organisations, looking to improve their use of evidence to support better decision-making.

• Online learning resource
• ARC West

Evaluation – the basics

These online materials are designed for people who want to understand the basics of evaluation. It includes videos, guidelines and checklists.

• Online learning resource
• ARC West

Introduction to Ripple Effects Mapping

This online training resource is about Ripple Effects Mapping, a participatory, qualitative method that can capture the wider (intended and unintended) impacts of a project or programme.

• Online learning resource
• ARC West

Introduction to implementation and impact

This bite-sized 10 minute video provides an introduction to the concepts of knowledge mobilisation and implementation as a means of increasing the impact of your research.

• Online learning resource
• ARC West