There is truth behind the saying, “a picture tells a thousand words”, because humans interpret images better than written words.

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.

Scientific experiments need to be replicable, otherwise the credibility of any results you get may become questionable if no one else can demonstrate what you did.

The ethics of using animals in research is a large and complex subject.

Governments make policy and legislative decisions that have long-term effects on society.

‘Collaboration’ is powerful when there is diversity of opinion involved, as opposed to working together on someone else’s idea which would be ‘cooperation’.

The scope of your project is what you are contracted or obliged to do with the time and funding provided, this is what is considered ‘in scope’ for your project.

There are several different types of resources when it comes to R&D projects, and it is important to know what they are, how you can access them, when you can access them and how to use them most efficiently without wasting them.

How you write something versus how you say something can change the way your message
is communicated, and its effectiveness in reaching your target audience.