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Message from the MIST mailing list. The Science and Technology Facilities Council offers free one-day Media Awareness and Communications Skills courses for researchers, as part of its Science and Society programme. The Media course introduces scientists to the world of the mass media, press releases, how to be interviewed, etc; next dates are 14 May, 24 June, 21 October and 18 November 2009 in London. The Communications course includes how to write clearly without using jargon, structure a talk, use visual aids effectively, how to chair conferences, and how to run question and answer sessions. The next dates are 13 May, 23 June, 14 October and 11 November 2009 in London. STFC offers bursaries to pay the course fees and T&S costs for eligible researchers. The courses are run for us by the Royal Society. To book a place visit http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1151 . Once you have a place, then visit http://www.scitech.ac.uk/PandS/Courses/media_doc.aspx to apply for an STFC bursary. Contact for more information: [log in to unmask] , Tel 01793 442030 Jane Butt, STFC Science in Society programme. -- Scanned by iCritical. To send a message to the list, email [log in to unmask] or visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?P1&L=mist MIST Web page is http://www.mist.ac.uk/