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Dear All Applications are open for the 2012 round of the British Science Association's Media Fellowships- a fantastic opportunity for researchers to spend the summer working for media hosts such as the BBC, Guardian and Nature to gain world-class communication skills and confidence working with the media. Open to researchers from any discipline, at PhD level and above, it would be great if list members could help spread the word through newsletters, websites, emails or tweets to anyone you think suitable. We have a flyer at www.britishscienceassociation.org\forms\scicomm\mediafellows\download\MediaFellowshipFlyer.pdf<http://www.britishscienceassociation.org\forms\scicomm\mediafellows\download\MediaFellowshipFlyer.pdf> Any help very greatly appreciated. Thanks and best wishes Amy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be behind the headlines! Scientists, social scientists, engineers and clinicians can experience life in the heart of the newsroom by applying for a British Science Association 2012 Media Fellowship<http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows>. Spend 3-8 weeks this summer working with hosts including the BBC, Guardian and Nature to produce accurate, well-informed news about developments in science, and work alongside the UK's top science editors in the British Science Festival<http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/index.htm> Press Centre. Return to work with media confidence, contacts, and first-class communication skills. "My greater understanding of how the press works means I will now be able to pitch my research in a more accessible way to journalists so we both get the story we want." Media Fellow Apply online from 16 January - 11 March 2012 For eligibility criteria, experiences from past Media Fellows, and application form go to www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows<http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows> @MediaFellows ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amy Lothian Science in Society Officer British Science Association Wellcome Wolfson Building 165 Queen's Gate London SW7 5HD T: +44 (0)20 7019 4938 F: +44 (0) 20 7581 6587 E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Website: http://www.britishscienceassociation.org<http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/> Twitter: @SciCommConf<http://www.twitter.com/scicommconf> @thexchangeteam @MediaFellows Researchers! Find out more about opportunities in public engagement by signing up for the 'Scientist in Society' e-lert!<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Registered charity with the Charity Commission, no: 212479 and SCO39236 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System on behalf of the British Science Association (http://www.britishscienceassociation.org) ______________________________________________________________________ ********************************************************************** 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 You may also change your settings and subscribe/unsubscribe to psci-com from the web site. Psci-com is part of the National Academic Mailing List Service, known as 'JISCMail'. It adheres to the JISCMail Acceptable Use Policy: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/acceptableuse.html and to the JISCMail guidelines for etiquette: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/etiquette.html Email commands: 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] Please allow up to 24 hours for these commands to activate. Remember that you will need to send commands using the same email address that you used to register on psci-com. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************