FYI.
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It is not too late to send in your applications for the positions of
Communication Secretary and Web Editor. The deadlines have been extended
until the 1st October.
WEB EDITOR
Website editor wanted! Do you have good writing and editing skills? An
ability to work effectively with others? An interest in communicating the
Society’s work to its members and the wider world?
We need a new member of the Communications Co-ordination Committee to take
charge of the content development of the BSHS website as a major resource
for BSHS members and historians of science more generally. The post needs
someone with energy, commitment, ideas and a will to make things happen. The
Web Editor will have responsibility for a major part of the BSHS
communication strategy, and will work closely with CCC and BSHS Council. For
further information and informal inquiries, contact the BSHS President, Jeff
Hughes, [log in to unmask]
COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY
The BSHS is looking for a new Communications Secretary to strengthen its
relationship with the media. The Communications Secretary is the Society’s
point of contact for the media, responsible for fielding general enquiries
and for notifying journalists through an online press service of forthcoming
BSHS events, books and research findings of the Society’s members. Ideally,
applicants should have good contacts within the BSHS, some knowledge of the
media and an interest in communicating history of science to the widest
possible audience. The appointee will, in the first instance shadow the
current Communications Secretary and act as his assistant. Enquiries to the
current Communications Secretary are welcomed: please contact
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Both officers will be members of the BSHS Communication Co-ordination
Committee which meets three times a year.
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