Friday 8 June 2018

What next?

We presented our work to the Forum in November, leaving them with three questions to think about.



  1. The sector is poorly understood. To what extent would work to better characterise the different clusters within the sector for example, the languages, motivations, diversity, and economics that make up each cluster, be useful?
  2. There are no agreed quality standards. Would a clear articulation of what quality science communication and public engagement practice encompass be a helpful step forward?
  3. Professionalisation is happening in a piecemeal way, who should be taking ownership of the current appetite for, and emerging practice around, better professional recognition for science communicators? 
Our formal role in this work is now complete but we have heard on the grapevine that there may be people within the Forum are taking some of this forward. We'll share more if/when we can.

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