Training opportunities

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.

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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.

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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 in an academic environment

Public speaking is a skill that many people find challenging. It is an important generic skill used regularly in an academic environment as a student, clinician, academic, public contributor or researcher. During this ninety minute short course you will learn: To identify the issues and fears associated with oral presentations…

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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