This is a planning resource for strategic communications to engage stakeholders, drive research impact and raise the profile of your research.
These resources are primarily designed with funded research projects in mind. Large research groups may wish to use a communications management platform such as Kudos Pro, which is based on a similar impact-focused model and is available on subscription.
This process enables you to consider your project goals with respect to each key audience so that you REACH, ENGAGE and PROMOTE your research most effectively, and ultimately achieve your intended Research Impact.
Complete the Communications Planning for Research Questionnaire to in order to determine:
These are the essential determinants of what communications you must develop and when, so that your plan contains:
For individual researchers looking to promote their research and raise their research profile, please visit our dedicated Promote Your Research website for guidance and resources.
To learn how to plan, capture, communicate and monitor your research impact, visit the UCD Research Impact Toolkit.
For specific guidance on scholarly publishing, including citation improvement strategies, visit Scholarly/Research Outputs and Activities here on the UCD Research and Innovation Services Portal.
Some colleges and some schools have local communications offices and/or outreach managers. Ask your school admin team, college, institute or centre about support for press releases, news stories for their websites and promotion through their social media channels.
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For general enquiries and queries about college and schools websites |
| UCD College of Business | Contact Details |
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General Enquiries
For news story submissions for UCD Lochlann Quinn School of Business and UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business |
Communications and PR Manager
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General Enquiries
For queries about college and schools websites
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Senior Marketing Manager Website Manager |
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For general enquiries and queries about the college website |
| UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and queries about the school website
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Communications Manager |
| UCD School of Veterinary Medicine | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and queries about the school website
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Communications Manager |
| UCD School of Medicine | Contact Details |
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General Enquiries For queries about the school website
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Marketing and Communications Manager |
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General Enquiries
For queries about college website and social media
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Science Outreach Manager Marketing Officer |
| UCD School of Computer Science | Contact Details |
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For queries about college website and social media |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the college website
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Marketing and Communications Manager |
| UCD Sutherland School of Law | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the school website
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Marketing and Events Manager |
| UCD Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the institute website
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Institute Manager |
| UCD Institute for Discovery | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the institute website
The institute can highlight members' research, launches and events on their website through Stories of Discovery and profile early stage academics through their Rising Stars series. |
Institute Manager
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| UCD Earth Institute | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the institute website |
| UCD Energy Institute | Contact Details |
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General Enquiries For submissions to the institute website and social media.
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External Engagement Manager |
| UCD Institute for Food and Health | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the institute website |
| UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the institute website To submit an article for Publicpolicy.ie |
| UCD Humanities Institute | Contact Details |
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For general enquiries and submissions to the institute website |
Look out for seminars and workshops from the Analytics and Impact team in UCD Research and Innovation.
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For communications enquiries related to research
For communications enquiries related to innovation or NovaUCD
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Communications Manager Communications Manager |
Consult the training resources and guides prepared by UCD Library Research Services, including software and tools, social media training and how to create a podcast, as well as information on dissemination through UCD's Open Access Research Repository and Irish Social Sciences Data Archive. All available at www.ucd.ie/library/researchers.
Find out about media relations and more from UCD's central communications office and see the university's brand guidelines for use of UCD branded materials in print and online.
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General Enquiries UCD Newsdesk |
Visit UCD IT Services' Web Publishing setup to create your own UCD website for a research project, group or centre.
Be aware of UCD's brand guidelines for any branded online communications.