Welcome to our podcast highlighting the practicalities and challenges of transitioning the annual King’s Health Partners Summer School from an in-person to a virtual event. Listen to find out about the pros and cons of online events for student engagement, top tips for both public engagement professionals and researchers, and the overall impact that the Summer School has had.
If you want to skip to a specific section in the podcast, check out the time stamps below:

0:00: Intro from Anna Perman, communications manager for Research & Development at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
01:03: PPE Manager Claire O’Neill describes the set-up of the live King’s Health Partners Summer School events
05:25: Pros to an online school – Recruitment & hard to reach audiences
10:06: Pros to an online school – Students career development benefits
12:59: Challenges to an online school – Camera interaction
14:28: Challenges to an online school – Changing the method of conversation
17:40: Challenges to an online school – Student social bonding
21:30: Claire’s advice to researchers and PE professionals on developing digital activities
24:15: Dr Mahesh Sangrithi shares his experience delivering the online stem cell research session
30:20: Mahesh’s tips for researchers running an online session
31:36: Evaluation and interpreting feedback
37:12: How has the Summer School impacted research throughout King’s Health Partners
39:25: Concluding thoughts from Anna Perman