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Communication is Key 2018: Excellence Award Winners

UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences held its third annual Communication is Key event on 14th June 2018, with Communications Excellence Awards & nominations for several UCL Institute of Neurology staff.

25 June 2018

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The event was organised by the Faculty communications team: Kate Faxen (Faculty Communications and Marketing Manager) and Therese Johns (Faculty Communications Officer) and attracted around 65 attendees from across the Faculty. Brain Sciences is still the only Faculty at UCL to hold an annual communications event.

The afternoon began with an introduction by Kate Faxen. The keynote speaker was Dr Hannah Devlin, Science correspondent on the Guardian, who spoke about the relationship between scientists and the media.

UCL Media Relations Managers Henry Killworth and Chris Lane then showcased the Faculty’s recent appearances in national and international media, demonstrating how impactful the Faculty’s research is on a global scale.

Attendees then attended two focus sessions, from a selection designed to empower them with new communications skills and knowledge:

  • Social media for intermediate users: Therese Johns (Faculty of Brain Sciences)
  • Technical writing: Dr Sunny Bains (UCL Engineering)
  • Facilitating public engagement: Cassie Hugill (Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging)
  • The essentials of writing a comms plan: Helen Khan (NIHR Moorfields BRC)
  • Expert event planning: Hayley Simpson (UCL SRM) and Candice Lewis (UCL Neuroscience Domain)

Communications Excellence Awards

During the event the Faculty also held its third annual Communications Excellence Awards. These Awards recognise and celebrate exceptional comms work and success in the Faculty, with an emphasis on highlighting the contributions of colleagues who don’t necessarily have “communications” in their job titles.

The Awards were presented by Collette Lux (Director, UCL Communications and Marketing). The award categories and nominees were as follows:

Comms targeted at staff:

  • Division of Psychiatry social team: WINNER
  • BRR department, IoN
  • Lynn Haddon, Queen Square Brain Bank

Comms targeted at students:

  • IoN Education Team: WINNER
  • Jacqueline Casey, IoN
  • Jake Fairnie, PALS

Anna Foakes receives the Award from Collette Lux on behalf of the IoN Education Team.

 

Comms targeted at the public:

  • Kailey Nolan, Created Out of Mind: WINNER
  • Cassie Terry, Institute of Prion Diseases
  • David Blundred, IoN
  • Tammaryn Lashley, IoN
  • Victoria Fleming, IoN
  • ‘Ways to Evaluate: Nominal Group Technique’ film team

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  • All photos by Jake Fairnie

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  • Slides and resources available from the day (UCL staff only)
  • Communications at Faculty of Brain Sciences

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