The first step in project risk planning and management is identifying what the potential positive and negative risks are for your project and capturing these in the risk register.

It can be difficult to identify risks and the impact they might have on your project because you don’t know what you don’t know!

In science, you have to accept that you will always have critics, and not everyone will agree with your point of view.

For your science to have an impact, it needs to be accessible to as many people as possible.

Communications can present the greatest risks to a project, as such, most funding organisations will require you to create a communications plan with your project.

It takes a certain kind of person, commitment and perseverance to be a successful scientist, in any field or application…but take a moment to think about all the skills that you have developed as a scientist.