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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.
Measuring What Matters: evaluation to improve communications
Whether you’re new to evaluation or looking to strengthen your approach, this event will offer clear frameworks, practical examples and take‑away insights to help you measure what really matters.
Navigating career journeys in science communication
Clare Green, Media and Communications Officer at the Francis Crick Institute and Stempra committee member shares highlights from a panel on “squiggly” science communication careers at Stempra’s 2026 Communications Training Day.
Stempra AGM 2026 minutes
The Stempra AGM took place online again in 2026 to allow for as wide attendance as possible.
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.
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.”
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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