Stempra’s flagship annual one-day event, the Communication Training Day (formerly Press Officer Training Day), provides training advice, tips, discussions, and the opportunity to share best practice in science communication.

It is also an event to network with press officers and communications professionals, and to learn through panel sessions organised by the Stempra committee.

The Communication Training Day is open to any Stempra member, but is aimed at those who are early on in their career. There will be something for you, whether you work in the university sector, or for a learned society, academic journal, research council, agency, research charity, industry or museum.

In the meantime, we have asked a number of our members to share their impressions of sessions from previous Communication Training Days, which you can find below:
Straight from the horse’s mouth: Do’s and don’ts for communication officers

Straight from the horse’s mouth: Do’s and don’ts for communication officers

Ed Day, Press Officer at the Science Media Centre and Stempra Treasurer shares tips from the journalists you pitch to every day. A key session at our annual Communications Training Day is the journalists panel, and it’s always one of…
STEMPRA CTD 2026: why being on the organising committee was ‘networking without the ick’

STEMPRA CTD 2026: why being on the organising committee was ‘networking without the ick’

Jane Shepley, a freelance writer and editor, gives a behind-the-scenes view on volunteering to organise STEMPRA’s Communications Training Day 2026 and how it became “networking without the ick.”
7 tips to help prepare for and handle a communications crisis

7 tips to help prepare for and handle a communications crisis

By Arjun Sanganee, Stempra committee member I had the chance to chair the recent session on Issues Management and Crisis Communications during the Stempra Press Officer Training Day. While I haven’t (yet!) been at the centre of a full-blown media…

Details, including how to sign up, are posted on the Events page at the start of each year. The Communication Training Day is made possible through the support of EurekAlert! – Stempra’s Lead Development Partner.

EurekAlert! is a non-profit news release distribution system operated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society.

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