Promoting research

promoting research

If you have a paper accepted for publication by a journal and you think it is of interest to a broad audience, please contact RDM Communications who will be able to provide advice. 

Please provide the following information in layman's terms to help us work out which audience to target and which channels to use:

• What research did you do?
• What did you find out?
• What are the impacts of the research (existing or expected), i.e. how is it going to help people?
• When can we start talking about it? Is there a publication date yet?
• Who else is involved? Any funders, partner organisations or co-leads we should be aware of?

We will work with you to determine the best way to promote your work. This might mean working with the University's Research and Innovation Communications Team to publicise your research to local, national and international media. Other options include approaching The Conversation to pitch an article, publishing a feature on the University of Oxford website, or a news item on the RDM website accompanied by social media posts.

See the University's collection of tools and guides for promoting your research.

Working with the media

The Science Media Centre has some useful briefing notes for scientists about why to engage with the media, and top tips for working with them.

Filming and photogr​aphy

If there is going to be any filming or photography on any of the hospital sites, please contact RDM Communications.

We are obliged to inform the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust media team, who will in turn make sure security teams are briefed about film crews coming on site. We can also work with you to make sure the relevant permissions/consent forms are completed.

Please see further guidance on filming and photography on the University website.