Regardless of whether your project was a success, ended badly, or fell somewhere in between, there should always be a proper wrap up of the project.

One of the most important things to remember about effective communication is you need to ensure people understand what it is you’re saying.

There are several different types of risk that should be thought about when you’re setting up a project, but one of the most common risks are those related to internal communications within your project team

Networking involves talking to other people. In the context of science, this could mean talking to people with different perspectives, ideas and expertise – even if they are not a scientist.

Humans are constantly weighing the costs and benefits of decisions, but how do you know what a risk is? Or what a risk looks like?

Risk management is what you do when a ‘risk’ becomes an ‘issue’, which puts you in the situation where you have to work out how you are going to manage this issue to keep the project on track.

A scientist is one of the few professions where failure means progress. No one wants their project or experiments to fail, but a large part of science is failing and learning it.