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The application form for this year's BA Media Fellowship scheme is now available online. It's a great opportunity for scientists to see how science becomes news and be a part of the process. As one of the Fellows in 2006 said: "My experience as a BA Media Fellow was invaluable. I know that I have much greater confidence in speaking to the media and I now know how to prepare an advance statement that will be provocative, but not misleading. I also learned that I can write about 600 words in an hour if need be, which has been a great asset to my scientific writing." Please do pass the information below on to scientists with whom you work. If you could make use of a pdf of a poster, please contact me off list. Many thanks, Nigel ------------------------------- 2007 BA Media Fellowship scheme Experience first hand how science is reported by spending 3-8 weeks on a summer placement gaining experience of working within a media organisation. Come away better equipped to communicate your research and expertise to the public and your colleagues. Learn to work within the conditions and constraints of the media to produce accurate and well informed pieces about developments in science. The BA Media Fellowships are intended to create a greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, clinicians, social scientists and engineers. The fellowships provide placements working with a national press, broadcast or internet journalist. The application process is now open and details about the scheme, including an online application form can be found at: www.the-ba.net/mediafellows You are eligible to apply for the scheme if you: * are a scientist, clinician, social scientist or engineer * have a minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in your field * are a resident of the UK * work at any level in an academic or research institution, industry, civil service or any other similar organisation Application deadline: 18 April 2007 ------------------------------- ______________________________________ The BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) is a charity which exists to advance the understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering. Individual membership - which includes voting rights - is free to those who support the BA's aims and objectives and agree to abide by its statutes and rules. To find out more contact [log in to unmask] or visit www.the-ba.net <http://www.the-ba.net/> . To register to receive regular updates on events, activities and news from the BA email 'register' to [log in to unmask] Nigel Eady Science in Society Officer the BA Wellcome Wolfson Building 165 Queen's Gate London SW7 5HD T: +44 (0)20 7019 4938 F: +44 (0)870 770 7102 Website: www.the-ba.net Registered charity no: 212479 please consider the environment before printing this email ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System on behalf of the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) ________________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail 2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set psci-com mail 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk **********************************************************************