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We asked, you answered – the Stempra membership survey
In this blog, the Stempra Committee summarise recent feedback from across the membership.
Stempra Scotland and North of England
Join us at the University of Glasgow to connect with fellow Stempra members, learn from colleagues and enhance your skills.
Stempra Summer Social 2026
Stempra members are invited to join us for the Summer Social - a chance to network and meet fellow Stemprans in a lovely pub in Highbury.
Memorial – Celebrating the life and work of Ruth Francis
Join us for a celebration of the life and work of Ruth Francis.
Building trust in the age of misinformation
Astrid Welford, Trainee Press Officer at the Science Media Centre, summarises expert views on how to fight back against misinformation and the current challenges in doing so, following Stempra’s 2026 Communications Training Day.
Communicating stats: “do’s and don’ts” when speaking for numbers
Freya Robb, Senior Press Officer at the Science Media Centre, shares tips from Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter’s Stempra 2026 Communications Training Day session, reminding us that science communication is about making sure the numbers mean something as much as it is about getting them right.
Useful Links
- Stempra Guides
- 2019 Stempra Guide To Being A Media Officer
- Preprints: A checklist for press officers
- Specific topics
- General guides
- Sense About Science guide for scientists on how to deal with the media
- Using statistics in the media
- Resources from the Royal Statistical Society
- Making sense of statistics from Sense about Science
- Dealing with controversial issues
- The Science Media Centre’s page for press officers
- Media copyright
- Factsheet on UK copyright law
- International media
- BBC’s guides to the media landscape in each country
- Science Media Centres around the world
- Peer review
- A Peer Review guide from Sense about Science
- Useful science conferences
- The AAAS conference
- World Conference of Science Journalists
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