What Showtime Studios

offers researchers

Partnering with Showtime Studios to support the delivery of research is what the European Commission research programmes are all about: international collaboration. As a UK-based agency with international staff, we feel this makes us the right partner for universities or researchers looking to improve the communication of their research. Additionally, the European research programmes require project participants to "communicate and engage with actors beyond the research community" and we are positioned to support researchers in this regard.

We aim to deliver the following benefits to the specific needs found in the academic and research fields:

Improved communication through better website design

Better website design includes striking yet suitable layout and structure and appropriate colours and tone for a researcher. Communication through elegant design is a tremendous asset to any research establishment. The right design can communicate the purpose of the academic institution and elegantly present  what the research is aiming to accomplish (see the European MICROKELVIN Collaboration Case Study).

Strengthening of your community

A research centre, university or specific research project is built around a set of partners, academic staff, colleagues, industry and governmental peers, students and others. It is crucial to foster this community of individuals and groups in order to meet the aims of any research initiative. How can this be achieved? Through the use of "Web 2.0" tools and technology; discussion forums, web conferencing, online contact and feedback forms, blogs, private secure login areas for document sharing, dynamic news functionalities, easy to maintain databases to hold, review and submit academic journals and white papers, RSS feeds and more (see the EREBUS Capacity Building Cluster Case Study).
 

Promoting an establishment offline

Professional print collateral design to increase awareness of a research centre or research project will not only complement their web presence but will enable them to draw particular attention to specific events and meetings as well as new announcements, equipment or projects which may have been secured (see the Aston CRISIS Centre Case Study).

Promoting your research and facilitating the feedback of new research ideas

Through an improved web design and better communication, we support the goals of an institution by; increasing their awareness, enabling them to receive research related feedback from peers, improving their ability to publish their research and ensuring their ability to promote the tools, techniques, staff and equipment used.

Specifically our professional services consist of;

Professional website design (including communications consultancy) and print design (including print production where relevant).