Academic and Professional Communication for New Researchers

What you’ll learn

This module on academic and professional communication includes five units that reflect scenarios you will frequently encounter as a graduate student and, later, as a professor.

The topics covered include:

• Tips for networking at academic conferences,
• Techniques for mastering the academic introduction and introducing your research to scholars,
• Strategies for establishing appropriate online boundaries with students in the age of social media,
• Examples of successful research poster designs, and
• Approaches for successfully communicating your research to a non-specialist academic audience.

Completion of this module will give you increased confidence in your interpersonal and public speaking skills.