CLIC offers all CUED students, postdocs and researchers the opportunity to refine their communication skills for career progression.

Workshops

Communicate your best - Friday 31 October 2025 - book here (booking opens 6 October)

This workshop is open to all CUED members and focuses on how to maximise your communication skills for leadership and career success. It provides strategies, tips and feedback on honing key areas of verbal, non-verbal and written communication, as well as advice on other leadership communication skills that enable positive outcomes.  

Pitching your work successfully - Friday 23 January 2026 - book here (booking opens 1 December)

This interactive workshop provides guidance and feedback on sharing your research clearly and effectively in spontaneous and prepared situations.

LinkedIn Post that works - Wednesday 28 January 2026 - book here (booking opens 1 December)

Negotiating with colleagues and clients - Wednesday 4 February 2026 - book here (booking opens 1 December)

This interactive online workshop provides guidance and feedback on the language and strategies of successful negotiation.

Challenging Conversations -  Wednesday 11 February 2026 - book here (booking opens 1 December) 

Challenging conversations are opportunities to embrace. Why? Because they are catalysts for better connection and understanding. Often, they’re exactly what you need to advance in your life or career. Suitable for both non-native and native English speakers, this session provides a toolkit to help you navigate difficult dialogues with confidence and clarity, manage conflict with sensitivity, and set healthy boundaries with integrity and respect.

Individual Speaking Supervisions

Individual online speaking supervisions are available to schedule throughout the year (during and out of term) and are tailored to your needs.

The individual speaking supervisions focus on your particular speaking needs, provide guidance and feedback, as well as opportunities to practice or rehearse for presentations, meetings, or other situations

Public Speaking

Public Speaking Club - Begins Tuesday 21 October 2025 - book here (booking opens 6 October)

Are you looking to build confidence in public speaking in an informal, supportive and relaxed environment? Join our club designed to help you gain confidence and develop a toolkit of speaking skills. You’ll learn essential tips and strategies, while receiving feedback from both peers and professionals. Seize this chance to learn the art of rhetoric and the power of the spoken word.

Whether you're aiming to captivate audiences, motivate teams, or inspire change, this club will give you the tools and confidence to make an impact.

On-demand support

For flexible, available-when-needed online or in-person support with areas such as checking or refining paper submissions, dissertation chapters or reports, presentation practice, CV refinement, review of research statements/applications, emails, letters, interview practice and preparation, etc, contact Nicola Cavaleri via Teams or email.

Inter-Communication Skills for Engineers

For more information see here.