We’re excited to announce Sense About Science’s Voice of Young Science (VoYS) Programme is happening again this year – and our ECRs have first-row seats!
VoYS is a growing international community of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) who are inspired and motivated to take responsibility for the public conversation about science and evidence. They provide training, resources, and ongoing opportunities to build the confidence and skills of ECRs to engage in the public discourse around science, research and the research process. This includes running Standing up for Science workshops.
At Standing up for Science workshops, ECRs hear directly from researchers further along in their careers about their experiences – both good and bad – of working with the media and policy worlds. They then hear directly from experienced journalists and policy professionals who will bust common misconceptions about how the media and policy worlds work and what they need from scientists to operate effectively.
I loved it and was really glad I attended. I enjoyed the group activities as our group had loads to talk about and it’s a shame it wasn’t longer! I met some really great people that I have connected with on social media/LinkedIn.
University of Exeter PhD student, 2023
We have 5 priority spots for each of these Standing up for Science workshops:
- 1 March – Institute of Physics, London – applications close Friday 23rd February!
- 11 April – Norwich Research Park
- 24 May – University of Nottingham
- 12 July – Online
- TBC September – Lorentz Center, University of Leiden
- 1 November – University of Edinburgh
- 6 December – Online (with an EU policymaking lens)
To view details about the workshops click here. You can sign up to the VoYS newsletter here, to receive updates on news, resources, events, and opportunities.