Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Authors' biographies
- Introduction Public engagement in an evolving science policy landscape
- Part I What it helps to know beforehand
- Part II Policy-makers, the media and public interest organisations
- Part III What you can do and how to do it
- 15 Building relations with the various groups
- 16 Finding the right words: how to shine in radio and television interviews
- 17 Nanotechnology and the media: front page or no story?
- 18 The power of the podcast: the Naked Scientists' story
- 19 The social web in science communication
- 20 Dealing with dilemmas and societal expectations: a company's response
- 21 Science festivals
- 22 Things to see and do: how scientific images work
- 23 The Triple Helix: the undergraduate student-run face of science communication
- 24 Public understanding of research: the Open Research Laboratory at the Deutsches Museum
- 25 Imagine: a communication project putting life sciences in the spotlight
- Part IV And finally, evaluating and embedding science communication
- Index
- Plate section
23 - The Triple Helix: the undergraduate student-run face of science communication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Authors' biographies
- Introduction Public engagement in an evolving science policy landscape
- Part I What it helps to know beforehand
- Part II Policy-makers, the media and public interest organisations
- Part III What you can do and how to do it
- 15 Building relations with the various groups
- 16 Finding the right words: how to shine in radio and television interviews
- 17 Nanotechnology and the media: front page or no story?
- 18 The power of the podcast: the Naked Scientists' story
- 19 The social web in science communication
- 20 Dealing with dilemmas and societal expectations: a company's response
- 21 Science festivals
- 22 Things to see and do: how scientific images work
- 23 The Triple Helix: the undergraduate student-run face of science communication
- 24 Public understanding of research: the Open Research Laboratory at the Deutsches Museum
- 25 Imagine: a communication project putting life sciences in the spotlight
- Part IV And finally, evaluating and embedding science communication
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
Undergraduates represent a huge and largely untapped resource for science communication. Recently, it has been found that a little under one-third of students become involved with voluntary work at some stage during their student career here at the University of Cambridge, and with 6000 students studying science or science-related subjects, this could be up to 2000 people at your disposal. Who could pass up that kind of workforce?
The Triple Helix is a global undergraduate group for the communication of science and in particular how science interfaces with society. The organization achieves this through a mix of journalism through the production of literary material, engaging the public on topics of interest and explorations of science policy.
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- Successful Science CommunicationTelling It Like It Is, pp. 355 - 371Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011