Overview
The Media Fellowships scheme – facilitated by the British Science Association
Aim: to offer practising scientists the opportunity to undertake a placement at a top media organisation to see how the media work and to gain valuable communication skills.
Subjects covered: the Media Fellowships have been running since 1987 and are intended to create greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, social scientists, clinicians and engineers. Fellows learn to work within the conditions and constraints of the media to produce accurate and well informed stories about developments and technical breakthroughs, as well as becoming better equipped to communicate their expertise to the public and their colleagues.
Eligibility: you are eligible to apply for the scheme if you fulfil the following criteria:
· Are a professional scientist, clinician, social scientist or engineer employed full or part time in the UK and have a contract until December 2011. If you are not a UK citizen we require you to have a UK work contract until June 2012.
· have a minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in your field
· work at any level in an academic or research institution, industry, civil service or any other similar organisation
· have your employer’s/funder’s consent to be released on full pay for the period of the Fellowship (annual leave may be used for part of the placement).
Applications will not be considered from those currently self-employed/freelance, those employed in full time PR positions, those who want to move full time into a science communication career, or those who have previously undertaken a Media Fellowship. Length of fellowships: Fellowships will be held in the second half of the year at a date to be mutually arranged with the media hosts. It is expected that most of the placements will be completed between July and the end of October.
Number Offered: 10-12 Fellowships (subject to funding)
Application closing date: 1 March 2011
Location of Fellowships: hosts are mainly based in London but are also offered in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin. The Fellowships cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs.
In the past placements have been offered at:
The Times, ResearchResearch, BBC Radio Science Unit, BBC Countryfile, New Scientist, BBC
Factual/Innovation Nation, BBC Look North, BBC News and Current Affairs, BBC News
Interactive, BBCi, BBC Horizon, Channel 4 News, Einstein.tv, Focus, Nature/Nature online, The
Daily Telegraph, The Express, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish
Times, The Observer, Times Higher Education, Daily Mirror, the Science Media Centre and
Yorkshire TV.
How to apply: the application form is available online at
www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows
Contact details:
Amy Lothian: amy.lothian@britishscienceassociation.org Tel: +44 (0)20 7019 4938 Fax: +44
(0)20 7581 6587. British Science Association, Wellcome Wolfson Building, 165 Queen’s Gate,
London SW7 5HD
Further details, reports and evaluations can be found on our website
www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
The Media Fellowships scheme – facilitated by the British Science Association
Aim: to offer practising scientists the opportunity to undertake a placement at a top media organisation to see how the media work and to gain valuable communication skills.
Subjects covered: the Media Fellowships have been running since 1987 and are intended to create greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising scientists, social scientists, clinicians and engineers. Fellows learn to work within the conditions and constraints of the media to produce accurate and well informed stories about developments and technical breakthroughs, as well as becoming better equipped to communicate their expertise to the public and their colleagues.
Eligibility: you are eligible to apply for the scheme if you fulfil the following criteria:
· Are a professional scientist, clinician, social scientist or engineer employed full or part time in the UK and have a contract until December 2011. If you are not a UK citizen we require you to have a UK work contract until June 2012.
· have a minimum of 2 years postgraduate experience in your field
· work at any level in an academic or research institution, industry, civil service or any other similar organisation
· have your employer’s/funder’s consent to be released on full pay for the period of the Fellowship (annual leave may be used for part of the placement).
Applications will not be considered from those currently self-employed/freelance, those employed in full time PR positions, those who want to move full time into a science communication career, or those who have previously undertaken a Media Fellowship. Length of fellowships: Fellowships will be held in the second half of the year at a date to be mutually arranged with the media hosts. It is expected that most of the placements will be completed between July and the end of October.
Number Offered: 10-12 Fellowships (subject to funding)
Application closing date: 1 March 2011
Location of Fellowships: hosts are mainly based in London but are also offered in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin. The Fellowships cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs.
In the past placements have been offered at:
The Times, ResearchResearch, BBC Radio Science Unit, BBC Countryfile, New Scientist, BBC
Factual/Innovation Nation, BBC Look North, BBC News and Current Affairs, BBC News
Interactive, BBCi, BBC Horizon, Channel 4 News, Einstein.tv, Focus, Nature/Nature online, The
Daily Telegraph, The Express, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Irish
Times, The Observer, Times Higher Education, Daily Mirror, the Science Media Centre and
Yorkshire TV.
How to apply: the application form is available online at
www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows
Contact details:
Amy Lothian: amy.lothian@britishscienceassociation.org Tel: +44 (0)20 7019 4938 Fax: +44
(0)20 7581 6587. British Science Association, Wellcome Wolfson Building, 165 Queen’s Gate,
London SW7 5HD
Further details, reports and evaluations can be found on our website
www.britishscienceassociation.org/mediafellows
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com on your application when applying for this scholarship
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