Leaders in Sustainable Development regional workshop

Writing for Development (Cambridge)

The CSC’s Leaders in Sustainable Development programme of workshops focus on professional and practical skills and are designed to be interactive, with small groups of Scholars and Fellows taking part in each event.

This workshop will help to develop the following skill areas:

• Analytical skills
• Challenging bias
• Communicating to a lay audience
• Constructing an argument
• Debating
• Impact planning
• Investigation
• Networking
• Problem solving
• Public engagement
• Stakeholder management
• Trend analysis
• Written communication
• Writing

This workshop is relevant for Scholars at any point in their postgraduate studies or research.

To attend this workshop, Scholars should have an introductory knowledge and understanding of the basic context of the subject area.

Before attending, Scholars should ensure they have completed weeks 1, 2, and 3 of the CSC’s Understanding Development Impact training course on FutureLearn.

This workshop will be run by AccessEd, a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting fair access to university for all young people. Alongside running in-school programmes for under-represented pupils, they also work with researchers across the world, training them to focus on outreach and public engagement skills, career readiness, and leadership development. AccessEd workshops are designed and delivered by qualified teachers and academics with extensive experience of training researchers across the UK and internationally.