At Educons University on 9 May of 2024 TRAINING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAPACITY BUILDING OF EDUCONS UNIVERSITY was held – Workshop of scientific communication and media cooperation for scientists where the lecturer was Dr. Aleksandra Ziembińska-Buczyńska from Silesian University of Technology, Centrum Popularyzacji Nauki Politechniki Śląskiej from Poland with the topic “Scientific communication for environmental sciences – is microplastics “catchy” enough to get media attention? “, as well as two workshops in which researchers from the Educons University participated. Every researcher was asked to prepare an oral presentation of their research and to present it in 3 minutes in front of the cameras. After that Dr. Aleksandra Ziembińska-Buczyńska directed researchers on how to improve their presentation and directed it to be better and receptive to the media.
Assoc.Prof. Andrea Andrejević Panić chosen to present EDUCIRC2023 main project activities and results in the envisaged 3 minutes. After the presentation, they were coordinated by Dr. Aleksandra Ziembińska-Buczyńska and received feedback and advice on how to improve her presentation to media representatives.