It is important to have key messages for your research ready to go so that you can effectively communicate your work in a way that it is easy for most people to understand.

If people cannot understand or find your project, the chances of it being highly successful are decreased.

At the beginning of your project, you should clearly understand what the project is planning to achieve as the primary outcome.

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.

Having ideas is a great thing and makes up the foundation of scientific research.

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.

There are more elements to a presentation than just what goes on PowerPoint slides and what you say.

Writing a report for research you have completed that was funded externally is generally compulsory, so you should know how to write a good report.