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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 香港六合彩中特网 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.

香港六合彩中特网 Media Relations Managers Henry Killworth and Chris Lane then showcased the Faculty鈥檚 recent appearances in national and international media, demonstrating how impactful the Faculty鈥檚 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 (香港六合彩中特网 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 (香港六合彩中特网 SRM) and Candice Lewis (香港六合彩中特网 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鈥檛 necessarily have 鈥渃ommunications鈥� in their job titles.

The Awards were presented by Collette Lux (Director, 香港六合彩中特网 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.

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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
• 鈥榃ays to Evaluate: Nominal Group Technique鈥� film team

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Photos

• All photos by Jake Fairnie

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