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Freelancing in communications: tips and tricks
Have you considered going freelance at some point in your career? Hear from three speakers who have made the jump in communications.
Stempra end-of-year party
It’s back! Our much‑loved end‑of‑year science quiz returns this December, the perfect way to round off 2025 with a bit of brainpower and festive fun.
Have you ever been commsplained to?
Kasia Kokowska, Glasgow Changing Futures Communications Specialist at the University of Glasgow, explores commsplaining and shares her tips on turning commsplainers’ enthusiasm to your advantage.
EurekAlert! member survey results
We're hosting special event with EurekAlert! – our lead professional development partner – presenting data from their latest surveys, which many Stempra members participated in.
Stempra Lunch and Learn — Science Writing Workshop
Our next Stempra Lunch & Learn masterclass sessions has been set, run by one of our very own Stempra members, Lisa Boucher. Providing insight into the different writing opportunities about your organisations work and research, how to make it informative and engaging for your different audiences, and some top tips on improving your writing skills.
Stempra Star – Amy Shergold
This newsletter’s Stempra Star is Amy Shergold who is Senior Research Communications Officer at Breast Cancer Now What is your job and how did you get there?I am the senior research communications officer at Breast Cancer Now. In a previous life I was studying for my PhD in cancer immunology. I loved learning, talking, and […]
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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