Policies and practices in supporting scientists' public communication through training

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 722-731

  Trench, Brian ^a   Miller, Steven ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Dialogue; Government policies; Professional education; Training courses; University programmes

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; POLICY APPROACH; STATE ROLE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84883004102     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs090     Document Type: Article

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