Researchers are increasingly being asked to visualise their data. While this used to mean bar charts and line graphs, there's now a growing need to communicate with audiences outside of the research community and this means using more striking and memorable visual techniques.
Full of information, illustration and anecdotes so for an amateur I came away with a lot of good material to get excited about and make a good start.
The chance to 'have a go' at what we were learning about was fantastic.
The style was relaxed and fairly informal, with their personalities and backgrounds shining through. They were very good at keeping my attention and there was plenty of time to ask questions.
I thought both teachers were excellent. They conveyed their content very well but, more importantly for me, with a great rapport (both between them and, surprisingly quickly, with the room) and sense of humour.
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