The Conversation
The Conversation is a news and opinion website written by academics working with a team of professional journalists to publish short pieces that bring academic insight to the general public.
Online live training
The Communications & Public Affairs Team arranges occasional online briefing session and writing workshops with an editor of The Conversation. These are aimed at AU academics, researchers and PhD students.
Each session will include an introduction to The Conversation and advice on how to pitch, plan and structure articles to suit the readership.
If you are interested in attending one of the sessions, please register below to reserve your place:
Online video training courses
Four short online training courses are available for researchers, academics and PhD candidates to access at a time to suit them.
- The Conversation: Who we are and how we work with academics
- How to write for The Conversation
- How to pitch to The Conversation
- Writing for Insights (longer articles)
The courses aim to help academics understand how The Conversation works, the editorial support that is provided, and to develop the skills to write for non-academic audiences.
The courses are mapped to Vitae’s researcher development framework and therefore can contribute to professional development.